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On Accents Free
Some subscribers to this website know me personally. They know I speak English with an accent. Specifically, they know I speak with a Glaswegian accent. I can’t really help it; I was born and grew up...
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World Exclusive: Andy Murray Wins Wimbledon Free
Okay, not the most up-to-the-minute post, I admit it. And, I'm sure you already know that Andy Murray recently won Wimbledon, becoming the first British player to win the Men's Singles Championship since...
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Writing Rationales for Written Tasks
Writing the rationale to Written Tasks, type 1 can be challenging for students. Historically, the idea of writing Written Tasks borrows from the now moribund Language A2 course. A frequent lament of Language...
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WT SL S1 (The Bell Jar)
The following Written Task, type 1, was written by a Standard Level student who, for Part 3, Literature - Texts and Contexts, has studied Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar. The task involves two letters,...
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The Power of Naming
The Language and Literature course is constructed around four parts; parts 1 and 2, which may be regarded as the language parts, and parts 3 and 4, which are the literature components of the course....
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Attitudes to Language
As a teacher of English, you may have been in the situation where a young student says to you, "you should never begin a sentence with a conjunction". And, you are impressed that the student knows what...
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Journalism and its Culture of Privilege Free
It's getting to that time of year. Summer, in the northern hemisphere. Living at one degree above the equator, I just manage to qualify as a northern hemisphere dweller and, as such, I'm looking forward...
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Fighting Apathy Free
I was running on Saturday. At any rate, it looked something like running. And it was midday, and therefore hot, and so my slow pace had slowed. I don't really care about the running; it was an opportunity...
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Texts to go
Teachers may find it useful to have a range of texts and text extracts relevant to Parts 1 and 2 of the course that are readily accessible. The point, in this section of the website, is not to be prescriptive...
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Endangered Languages and Language Death
The following ten texts are themed around the issue of endangered languages and language death. There are a range of text types. The texts are considered to be of appropriate difficulty for students of...