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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · 28d

🤔Confused by grammar?

Get up to speed with 'English Grammar for Teachers'

💻Online #CPD by experts at UCL
🧑🏾‍🎓Ideal for #NQT #ECT and #PGCE students
🗓️Next date: 19 Sept

More info & booking:

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#EnglishGrammar #Grammar #Literacy

English Grammar for Teachers (Online Course)

Online course for primary and secondary teachers. Refresh your knowledge of English grammar and feel more confident teaching it within the new National Curriculum.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Debra Myhill on the new writing framework:

'Grammar is often treated as being all about accuracy. But for me, grammar is part of understanding how you shape what it is that you want to say, through the language choices you make.'

Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 27

There is a sense of the DfE ‘cherry picking’ research to support how it wants primary writing to be taught, Debra Myhill tells @helen-amass.bsky.social, adding that the research it does cite is also not just biased, but often wrong

What the writing framework gets wrong about writing

Following the release of the DfE’s primary writing framework, writing researcher Debra Myhill shares her thoughts on its use of evidence and how it positions the skills involved in learning to write

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Aug 12

📺Have you seen our YouTube channel?

▶️Grammar explainers
▶️englicious.org tutorials & guides
▶️Interviews with teachers & pupils

Plus more!

#English #EnglishGrammar #Grammar

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This channel is brought to you by Englicious. Englicious makes available to pupils and teachers a wide variety of reliable, innovative and engaging teaching materials, including lesson plans, interac...

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 30

Useful post highlighting how learners need deep grammatical knowledge e.g. how subordinate clauses can be Fronted Adverbials👇🏻

Literacy Counts @literacycounts.bsky.social · Jul 30

Discover what the 2025 KS2 SATs tell us about teaching reading grammar punctuation and spelling – and how you can equip pupils with skills for life. Read Jessica Dolby’s insights here: www.literacycounts.co.uk/blog/what-th...
#KS2SATs #Reading #Grammar #Spelling #LiteracyCounts

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 29

English grammar materials for your classroom!

☑️Flashcards, posters & knowledge organiser
☑️Accurate, up-to-date terminology

🔗Purchase here:

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 23

Teaching English Grammar in Context

🛠️Putting grammatical knowledge to use in the Literature and Language classroom.

🗓️Friday 26 September
🗓️ Friday 21 November

www.ucl.ac.uk/short-course...

Teaching English Grammar in Context (Online Course)

Online course for secondary and primary-school English teachers exploring pedagogical principles, approaches and classroom ideas for teaching grammar in context.

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 23

English Grammar for Teachers

🔎An in-depth look at the grammar requirements of the National Curriculum.

🗓️ Friday 19 September
🗓️ Friday 14 November

www.ucl.ac.uk/short-course...

English Grammar for Teachers (Online Course)

Online course for primary and secondary teachers. Refresh your knowledge of English grammar and feel more confident teaching it within the new National Curriculum.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 23

Summer may be upon us, but our autumn #CPD dates are live for any teachers who want to plan ahead.

Our two flagship courses are running in September and November, and then you'll have to wait until 2026!

👇🏻Read on for more details:

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 17

Take your understanding further with approaches to teaching grammar in the classroom as a meaning-making resource.

#FLGrammarinContext

www.futurelearn.com/courses/teac...

Teaching English Grammar in Context - Teacher Training Course - FutureLearn

Learn to teach English grammar as a meaning-making resource, not a list of arbitrary rules, to promote engagement and retention with this course from UCL.

www.futurelearn.com

Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 17

Gain an in-depth knowledge of grammatical concepts on this comprehensive course led by Prof. Bas Aarts.

#EnglishGrammarforTeachers

www.futurelearn.com/courses/engl...

How to Teach English Grammar Effectively - Online Teaching Course - Future Learn

Gain an in-depth knowledge of grammatical concepts and terminology and explore how to apply these principles and resources from Englicious.org in your own practice.

www.futurelearn.com

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 17

☀️Our live grammar #CPD is on break for the summer, but you can still study on self-directed courses via FutureLearn.

🏃🏽‍♂️‍Cover the same expert-created content at your pace with articles, videos, quizzes and discussions!

⭐️Follow the links to find more info & teacher reviews:

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Rob Drummond @robdrummond.bsky.social · Jul 7

Well this is turning out to be a great day, as expected! #EnglishGrammarDay

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Zara Shah @zarashah.bsky.social · Jul 7

Those are very kind words 🙏🏽 It was wonderful connecting and sharing the space with so many like-minded individuals who shared our enthusiasm ❤️ #englishgrammarday #equity #teamenglish @britishlibrary.bsky.social @englishgrammar.bsky.social

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Listening to this great #EnglishGrammarDay presentation by @zarashah.bsky.social and @hwimbushenglish.bsky.social on the power that comes from understanding how language works - may all our children encounter such enlightened teachers!

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 7

Looking forward to seeing this later today!

#EnglishGrammarDay

Zara Shah @zarashah.bsky.social · Jul 3

@hwimbushenglish.bsky.social and I are delighted to be talking about the teaching of grammar as a moral imperative at @britishlibrary.bsky.social next Monday. If you’re there, do come and say hello, and join in with the conversation! #teamenglish #englishgrammarday #equityineducation #diverseed

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · Jul 7

At #EnglishGrammarDay and they have to be trolling the OG grammar pedants with the soundtrack of 'We don't need no education' 😂

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Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

At #EnglishGrammarDay @billylinguist.bsky.social causes confusion and self doubt by asking what we would call a small Wug 🐦 - I don't think there is a consensus!

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jul 3

🗣️What did visitors make of last year's event?

🔗Book your place for this #EnglishGrammarDay 2025:

events.bl.uk/events/engli...

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next week!

events.bl.uk/events/engli...

#EnglishGrammarDay #Grammar #EnglishLanguage

@bethmalory.bsky.social
@hwimbushenglish.bsky.social
@debsadelight.bsky.social
@robdrummond.bsky.social
@billylinguist.bsky.social
@artshumsucl.bsky.social
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jun 27

New Substack post by Bas Aarts: On so-called adjective clauses: a label to avoid

tinyurl.com/yc32zr4a

#grammar #adjectiveclause #TeHirangaTangata #nzcurriculum

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UCL Public Engagement @uclengage.bsky.social · Jun 17

We have a new blog! From the team @engliciousucl.bsky.social‬ a tale of engagement with grammar - and the chance to attend this year's event in the British Library. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/public-engag...

Englicious – celebrating English Grammar Day | UCL UCL Public Engagement Blog

UCL Homepage

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jun 16

There's still time to book tickets for English Grammar Day 2025!

Join us at the British Library, 7 July, for talks from a 'gramm-azing' line up of speakers.

Teachers: bring along your students!

Info & booking here:

events.bl.uk/events/engli...

#EnglishGrammarDay #Grammar #EnglishLanguage

English Grammar Day 2025 | British Library

Are you sat down or sitting down while reading this? Have you got or do you have a preference for one form over the other? English has a number of ways of

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · Jun 13

🌁Bridge the gap with expert-led #CPD:

Primary to Secondary Grammar

Help learners build on their #KS2 #Year6 knowledge to improve literacy at #KS3 #Year7

🗓️20 June
💻Half day, online
🔗Book now:

www.ucl.ac.uk/short-course...

Primary to Secondary English Grammar for Teachers (Online Course)

Online course for secondary school teachers who want to help their pupils bridge the gap between primary and secondary English grammar.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · May 28

English Grammar CPD upcoming dates:

☀️June
🗓️13th - English Grammar for Teachers
🗓️20th - Primary to Secondary

💻Online, intensive courses
🎓By experts at UCL

More info & booking:

www.ucl.ac.uk/english/rese...

Short Courses for School Teachers

The Survey of English Usage is running intensive half-day online courses for school teachers in teaching English Grammar.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · May 23

Join English Grammar Day 2025!

On 7 July at The British Library, this year’s English Grammar Day will be a full day of talks and debate on all things language and grammar-related from a stellar line-up of teachers, academics and linguists.

events.bl.uk/events/engli...
@engliciousucl.bsky.social‬

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Englicious - Free English Language Resources for Schools @engliciousucl.bsky.social · May 21

We spoke with teachers and pupils at a London primary school to hear their views on grammar in English lessons, subject terminology and the SATs exams.

📺Watch the full playlist of videos here:

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Teachers and pupils thoughts on grammar. - YouTube

Hear teachers and pupils from a north London primary school share their thoughts on grammar in education.

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