VCE+English+Language


 * Children using 'textisms' in school work
 * Are texting and tweeting making our students bad writers?
 * Will texting destroy writing skills?
 * G'day or not g'day. It's a question of hanging on to our lingusitc identity
 * The internet to transform spelling
 * 40 everyday phrases we owe to Shakespeare
 * Do we really need the apostrophe?
 * Linguists identify words that have changed little in 15,000 years
 * Council considers ban on apostrophes in street signs and UK council rules that apostrophe must be left alone, full stop.
 * Does texting hurt your grammar?
 * Grammar nerds take on Twitter 'natives'
 * Professors says teen social media lingo hurts language
 * Texting doesn't hurt writing skills says students and professors
 * Texting does/doesn't* affect kids' language skills - *delete where appropriate
 * Are Digital Media Changing Language?
 * Macquarie Dictionary: Dictionary of English as it is spoken in Australia. (Log in with your SLV card.)

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Sentences - Taylor Mali media type="youtube" key="OEBZkWkkdZA" height="315" width="520"

The History of English in 10 minutes media type="custom" key="12493536"

21 Accents

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David Crystal on It's Only a Theory, defending the proposition that texting is good for the English language.

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David Crystal on English Idioms by Shakespeare

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David Crystal on How is the internet changing language today?

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David Crystal on Texts and Tweets: Myths and Realities

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David Crystal on Should English Be Taught as a Global Language

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David Crystal on Which 'English' should we teach our students?

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Deb Roy on the Birth of a Word

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Erin McKean on Redefining the Dictionary

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History of English

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Rives: A 3 Minute Story of Mixed Emoticons

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Ronnie Corbert on My Blackberry is not Working

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The Two Ronnies on Fork Handles

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The Two Ronnies FUNEX

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World of English Part 1: The Rise of English World of English Part 2: The Future of English World of English Part 3: A Global Language


 * Diversity? We ain’t seen nothing yet! David Crystal Paper to the FIPLV Conference on Diversity in Language Learning and Teaching,Göteborg, 2000
 * Eats, shoots and leaves by Lynn Truss
 * From Statistical Panic to Moral Panic: The Metadiscursive Construction and Popular Exaggeration of New Media Language in the Print Media
 * In Danger - The English Language
 * Officials: Students Can use Text Speak on Tests
 * Victorian Poets Used Texting Lingo