#English

George Mack

george__mack

Lack of innovation in LANGUAGE destroys our ability to think and communicate CLEARLYE.g. "Ego"Some people use it to describe a grandiose sense of self Others use it to describe the

The Contemporary China Centre Blog

CCCblogUoW

Ok, after we first suggested it in September, it's finally happening. A thread on electronic experimentalist Jean-Michel Jarre, the first Western musician to be invited officially to perform in early

Christopher Pittard

CAPittard

Twitter: Hur hur, English Lit is useless.Also Twitter: Why oh why don't schools teach a subject all about the kinds of critical thinking and textual analysis that would challenge the

My Name Is Red

NMNM87622188

In this thread I want to share lesser-known events in the history of Azerbaijan. You can find the detailed descriptions and day to day reports in “18 years history of

Chawanna

DrChaeEd

One day I want to talk about what it was like to have been a classroom teacher in multiple settings & content areas (including virtual teaching) and having educators who

Dr Rosemary Hannah

dodgyvictorians

Been watching the unedifying pile-on @Lenniesaurus. Happily defended by @neilhimself and @JaneyGodley. Especially claims we all ought to speak ‘proper English’. Ghastly. I honestly thought this horrible idea (that some

sarah

sarah_pasta

After fighting at work for weeks to keep open captions on a vid I created, I've now removed them. Defeat . Despite providing stats & proof as to why captions

Sam Morgan

SamJamesMorgan

News for language nerds (the best kind of people)Big case this week at European Court of Justice. : The court will on Thursday hear its first case ever filed in

Milan Vaishnav

MilanV

1/ This is such a fascinating piece by @DataDhrumil on South Asian political contributions in the United States, I want to tweet every line. But here are a few of

Rahul Arya

saffronarya

This is 2020 and we still have near-mainstream media peddling clickbait news with misleading headlines. Take this one by @WIONews for example:https://www.wionews.com/india-news/moscow-assures-support-to-india-amidst-stand-off-with-china-306

Rei.

rei5131

Kana-boon Kishimoto InterviewHinata heroine & Sakura addicted ? The word "heroine" is written out in English (with kana alphabet) so it just means a main female character"Hinata is not like

Douglas Fraser✒️🎥🎙

BBCDouglasF

Scots finance secretary @KateForbesMSP: ““Despite discussions today, @hmtreasury continue to deny our request that full furlough at 80% be available in Scotland at any point we need it, suggesting that

Sturdy

sturkmardy

PE didn't traumatise me exactly (and not because I'm made of sterner stuff - I still inwardly crumple at the thought of things that happened in GCSE drama). But, THIS.

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Or at least with the restoration of English sovereignty.https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1343930988263591938 What we all need to realise - there are two separate narratives of Brexit. A heroic story of sovereignty and control

Roger White

rogerlwhite

I have to say that at an earlier stage in the pandemic I was willing to cut all politicians a lot of slack, suspend my disbelief etc etchttps://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1278279964912226305 But here

Alex West ~ Medieval Indonesia

siwaratrikalpa

I was reading a popular account of the history of the Venetian Republic recently and I noticed that the author appeared to have mixed up Melaka and Maluku. They're really

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