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13 Eng Lang Paper 1 exam papers:
✅ The Landlady
✅ The Silent Patient
✅ White Fang
✅ The Monkey’s Paw
✅ King of the Castle
✅ Enduring Love
✅ Dracula
✅ To Kill a Mockingbird
✅ Hound of Baskervilles
✅ War of the Worlds
✅ The Pearl
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅ The Birds

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Slang terms like ‘six-seven’ have no definition. But they’re loaded with meaning | Matthew Cantor Older generations are demanding explanations of the viral phrase – but slang doesn’t have to make logical sense

Finally, a good article about 6-7 and about youth sociolect and social meaning in general.
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Such a time saver! Thanks for sharing 😀

*NEW* for 2026 onwards: updated and some brand new specimen AQA Lang P2s with accompanying PPT slide decks to support teaching. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish

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Once You Notice ChatGPT's Weird Way of Talking, You Start to See It Everywhere As AI-generated text is becoming increasingly ubiquitous on the internet, some distinctive linguistic patterns are starting to emerge.

Languague and technology: a good text here for A Level language students looking at language discourses
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Accents, complex identities, and politics In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Nicole Holliday. Dr. Holliday is a sociophonetician and Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cali…

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, our host @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @mixedlinguist.bsky.social about language and accent in US politics, with a focus on the speech of @kamalaharris.com

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New episode out. This could be a good one for anyone looking at language & occupation and/or language & power. Plus there are some potential language investigation ideas in here. Lots to think about!

Full stops probably are in decline, says linguist in qualified statement Why tech-driven language change is a fascinating area for students to study at A Level

NEW BLOG

Wise words from EMC's Dan Clayton about language change and social media, with details of a teacher conference at the end of September @englangblog.bsky.social

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One for Eng Lang teachers here.

How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset | Elisabeth Ribbans ‘Got’ was changed during the editing of an opinion piece, leading to correspondence lamenting a slide into American English. But language isn’t a fortress, says the Guardian’s global readers’ editor E...

It's AQA Paper 2 this afternoon, but this feels like it could be the sort of text that appears in section B for language discourses another year: especially because of this line: "However, it would be a mistake to regard language as a fortress."
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Great resources, thank you 😊

To reflect changes to AQA GCSE English Lang P2 for 2026 onwards, here’s a folder of 10 specimen papers. Help yourself and please re-post to reach a wider audience. Thanks 😊 #teamenglish

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Three mini mock papers for GCSE English Language Paper 2 (AQA) www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/gcse-en... 📰 🖊️

"Official English" with Carmen Fought YouTube video by Because Language

ICYMI: A fiery episode with Dr Carmen Fought, in which we take apart the "official English" executive order in the USA.

Listen to the episode, or read the transcript:
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Greeking Out is geeking out about Old English with @colingorrie.bsky.social about a certain bear. (Say that 5 times fast.)

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Fab! Thanks for sharing 👍

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hz42t.... 8 more here same as post above

Aqa style paper One : 5 short extract , question succinct answers , longer answers : questions 2-5 : #TeamEnglish - Will add some more to it - as they are half done .

( we got 5 done in a lesson today but could be used independently ). www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hz42t...

#TeamEnglish

A good read for everyone but especially useful if you are working on the Paper 2 2021 question 'Evaluate the idea that schools should ban the use of non-standard language'.

Blog post Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog Documenting and dismantling language ideologies in education Ian Cushing, Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University 3 Mar 2025 Picture of Ian

i was so honoured to be asked to contribute to the 10 years of the BERA blog series .. here i write about longstanding and contemporary efforts to dismantle language ideologies as part of broader struggles for linguistic justice www.bera.ac.uk?p=56193

Six statements for discussion on An Inspector Calls that cover aspects of the play that students typically struggle with or form misconceptions about www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/stateme... 🔍

Hey Andy P. I'm afraid I'm not the band...just a person! Some cracking tunes on that playlist though and beautiful views. Great way to spend the weekend 😀

Linguistic engineering Since my last post was about the phrase “women of a certain age”, I was intrigued to see a report in the Mail Online last week which claimed that Bristol University wants to ban it, along with othe…

Really interesting new blog from Deborah Cameron on 'linguistic engineering'. One for further discussion for the Language Discourses part of the A level
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first they came 4 the full stops, then they came for the capital letters 😱
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Lovely piece for a bit of A level language discourses analysis 😁

Reading & Leeds boss tells us about "world-first" shake-up to camping for 2025 and huge headline sets Reading & Leeds have announced a "world-first" huge shake-up and improvement to their camping facilities for 2025. See plans here as Melvin Benn explains what to expect

Reading & Leeds festivals are announcing new camping areas and it's an amazing piece of marketing to construct different audience demographics. The linguistic dimensions to this are quite something...
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Sheila and Sybil: names and their meanings in An Inspector Calls As soon as the characters are introduced in the opening stage directions of An Inspector Calls, it is clear that their names are symbolic of their characters in some way.* In particular, the names …

Just happened upon this gem from @amy117.bsky.social - fascinating stuff.

Sheila and Sybil: names and their meanings in An Inspector Calls amysmithliterature.wordpress.com/2021/09/18/s...

English Grammar Day is back for 2025!

We're happy to announce we'll be returning to the British Library on 7 July with another great roster of speakers.

The ticketing page will go live soon, so keep checking back for updates...

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My ‘Chinglish’ has a cringe-inducing ocker accent – but I’m determined to pass it on to my child | Monica Tan As a second-generation parent, my Mandarin is more zombie than living language. But the language we pass down is more than grammar and vocabulary – it’s a bridge through time

“Language is more than grammar and vocabulary; it’s a bridge through time. Even when fractured and messy, it connects us to those who came before and to those yet to come.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Have you seen the changes to AQA GCSE English Language questions for 2026? The sample papers are live now - do make sure your teams have seen these:
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