This is where you’ll find lots of interesting and relevant articles, programmes and information about all things English. Keep checking to find material for English Language, Literature, LangLit and Creative Writing and if you find anything you think we should add, just let your teacher know.
Cancelled for sadfishing: the top 10 words of 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/14/cancelled-for-sadfishing-the-top-10-words-of-2019
A great article for second year Language students to read and write about in your reading logs.
Check out events and resources related to this year’s theme of Truth
Newborn babies have inbuilt ability to pick out words, study finds
Read about the latest University of Liverpool findings
Coochy coo: why baby talk is more sophisticated than you might think
‘Research reveals subtle changes in sound patterns help babies recognise the voice of their mothers.’
An interesting article on current attitudes towards CDS.
Great resource for second year Language students who can read the whole thing here:
Give me a ‘break’! Travel buzzwords for 2019
Painmoons, zen-dos, mumcation … the boom in wellness breaks has prompted travel firms to invent a new batch of toe-curling words for ‘holiday’
Carol Ann Duffy: ‘With the evil twins of Trump and Brexit … There was no way of not writing about that, it is just in the air’
After 10 years, the poet laureate is preparing to step down. She talks politics, swearing – and how poetry has changed since she started writing.
Read Lisa Allardice’s interview
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/27/carol-ann-duffy-poet-laureate-books-interview
HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY DAY!
Woohoo! National Poetry Day is here! We are ready to enjoy, discover and share poetry and – judging by our packed events map – so are you. Remember to take pictures of any great poems you encounter and use #NationalPoetryDay and #PoetryForaChange to show your discoveries to the world.
Poem of the week: The Gulls by Howard Altmann
In this rhythmic poem, a figure finds his state of mind reflected in the wheeling movements of birds and a briny, rocky seascape.
Read the poem and a discussion of it below.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/03/poem-of-the-week-the-gulls-by-howard-altmann
The Prime of Miss Jean Rhys
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/01/tvnews.books
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