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  1. "There is a serious danger in the class-room, with text books open before us, of our forgetting what #drama really means." (1908) SEE: The English Association, The Teaching of English in Schools (Leaflet No. 7, 1908), p. 7. #Shakespeare #TeamEnglish #EngChat

  2. Nonfiction for Young Adults: forty of the most esteemed contemporary and classic nonfiction texts. Many of these books have won numerous awards and are deemed suitable for young adults. After the short author/title list you will find further information on each book, such as plot summaries and short reviews. Enjoy!
    #books #reading #bookstodon #literacy #education #TeamEnglish #EngChat
    academia.edu/49455045/Nonficti

  3. "Michael Mosley speaks to Dietrich von Bonin from the Swiss Association of Art Therapies, who says as little as 5 minutes of rhythmic #poetry read aloud can be even more effective than slow-paced breathing at relaxing your body and mind." #engchat #TeamEnglish bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001z6pb

  4. "Dr Ellie Rye, a lecturer in English language and linguistics at the University of York, said apostrophes were a relatively new invention in our writing and, often, context allows people to understand their meaning."
    #TeamEnglish #engchat
    theguardian.com/uk-news/articl

  5. "the characters come to life through their interpretations of the events ... there's also an amazing depth to the setting of St Andrews and lots of references to what was happening in the world at that time." #novel #TeamEnglish #satire #fiction #1980s #campus #darkacademia #lightacademia #engchat amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BVCT45DX

  6. Counting system used by Northumberland shepherds (UK). Love the sound of these words!
    #TeamEnglish #EngChat #dialect #English

  7. 'Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops
    De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots
    Dis poetry is designed fe rantin
    Dance hall style, big mouth chanting,'
    --- Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-1923).
    #TeamEnglish #Engchat #poetry

  8. Too much Screen Time?
    Even Book Time (novels) might “feed habits of improper indulgence, and nourish a vain and visionary indolence, which lays the mind open to error and the heart to seduction” --- Hannah More.
    #TeamEnglish #EngChat #BooksWorthReading theguardian.com/books/2023/oct

  9. "creative writers have a unique expertise that enables us to develop high-quality training data for creative AI generation like poetry, song lyrics and narrative writing"

    Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.

    #TeamEnglish #EngChat #highered #acwri #phdchat

    restofworld.org/2023/ai-develo

  10. Isambard: Library Cat at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.
    Book: 'Opuscula of Gregorii Tiferni' (1494)?
    #TeamEnglish #EngChat #Books #Cats

  11. What do teachers, DJs, preachers, the police, and Bank Robbers have in common? #TeamEnglish #engchat

  12. How many words can you create from DISCOMBOBULATED ?
    Foreign words, proper nouns and abbreviations are not allowed.
    This #English #teaching resource lists 1,370 answers.
    This exercise can be used at the start of the class as a #vocabulary warm-up exercise. #EngChat #TeamEnglish academia.edu/43715959/The_DISC

  13. This guide surveys key media resources on Shakespeare's Macbeth: recordings of live performances; podcasts; feature-length films; audio recordings; History / context / discussion; lectures; other film adaptations; games and quizzes; further reading. Film versions of Macbeth date back to the earliest days of silent film.

    academia.edu/41268347/Macbeth_

    #Shakespeare #TeamEnglish #GCSE #KS3 #EngChat #film #radio #TV #podcast #audio #drama #performance