Despite what looks like an anti-woke headline, this actually seems like a smart move – replacing infrequent words like animal names with more high-utility items | GCSE language pupils to be taught how to say ‘non-binary’ and ‘gender’
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/2…#MFLBlueskyky

For a second there, I thought Taylor Swift and her fiance were in a parasocial relationship
#langchat
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/17/w...

How many of my colleagues are in the final throes of submitting their #IATEFL proposals?
I do wonder if they keep stats on how many submissions come in on the last day and, more specifically, in those frantic last couple of hours before the deadline!

"PhD level" - what does it even mean?
bbc.com/news/article...

Some other (misrepresented) grammar points that we need to talk about - hopefully next year @brunoleys.bsky.social at #IATEFL2025
P.S. If you're wondering about the title, it's a line from a poem by A. Marvell

Frequency of the present cont./progressive in the corpus, which often run counter to the way it's taught in #ELT
@brunoleys.bsky.social at #IATEFL2025
#reallyrealgrammar

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" - @BrunoLeys starting his #IATEFL2025 session on frequency in grammar teaching with some (ridiculous) examples of the Passive Voice he has found in published #ELT materials. Google them if you don't believe it.

"The use of ChatGPT may well enhance academic performance, in the same way that a line of coke may enhance sporting performance." Philip Kerr acerbic as ever.

The News Quiz 2024 follow-up activities are ready to use – with interactive options and editable worksheets to help students consolidate key language from the News Quiz I shared last week.

See here: bit.ly/3W59EUZ

Traditional end of year News Quiz is here!
leoxicon.blogspot.com/2024/12/news...

Which one do you prefer? Polarization (@merriam-webster.com's WotY) or brain rot ? corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...