So went to start my new part time cleaning job today. Only 4 hours and summer cover but it pays more than my Classroom assistant role per hour. Even my 11 year could see the problem. Education is not valued properly nor are staff paid or valued adequate.

*Thank you* for every tweet & supportive msg re: the slurs on my academic integrity I'm not important, but information, evidence & facts are. In honour of that, here's a🧵correcting false claims in BBC Question Time on #Protocol [16:22-38:50] #bbcqt 1/22 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

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How our brains cope with speaking more than one language bbc.com/future/article… via BBC Future

Languages are about broadening your outlook, making new discoveries, learning where words come from & how we're all connected, appreciating other traditions & points of view & celebrating a diverse world. Whatever else you're into, languages bring us together & take you further.

1. I remember going on a school trip I was about 8 yrs old.. My mum packed me a lunch...she made my favourites... Traditional, Turkish Cypriot Dolmas (stuffed vine leaves), Koftes (meatballs) and bread. When it was time to eat ... I sat on the grass with my class...

Need help pronouncing Chinese student names in your class? The amazing Xiwen Lu has created a tool where you can look up any name and hear the most common pronunciation! oluxiwen.github.io/pronouncing-ch…

Word of the day is Zugzwang [tzoog-tzwung]: a situation in chess (and life) in which a move must be made, but each possible one will make the situation worse.

Be like Erling.

Very cool to show students how borders have changed over time… @TMHistoryIcons

Why do some people say “aks” instead of “ask”? It’s not “just their accent” and it sure as hell isn’t a mispronunciation. There’s a linguistic reason and a cultural reason. Let’s quickly look at both:

💃🏼💫Remembering flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, born on this day in 1918 in Barcelona. Here she is performing in the 1944 film "Follow the boys" 💫

Interested in qualitative research methods? Attached is resource #academia #research #researcher drasmajabeen.com/qualitative-re…

@KevinAbroad1 People can have difficulty with specific language-learning methods, specific languages or language skills (even in their own language.) But saying that someone is “not good at learning languages” is like saying that someone is not good at learning.

New year, new language. Who should I follow for German tips? #langtwt

The French word pamplemousse (one of my all-time favourites) derives from the Dutch ‘pompelmoes,’ probably constructed from pompel (‘big’ or ‘swollen’) + limoes (‘lemons’). So a French grapefruit is essentially a ‘fat lemon’ or, as the kids these days would say, a ‘chonky citrus’

Mrs W Christopher Such Robert Sharples We have some fantastic episodes with over twenty experts on our podcast too! We have a whole series with the brilliant Robert Sharples well worth a listen 🎙 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tal… We are recording new episodes soon 😊🧡

Yes!

While at Sommaräng preschool in Södertälje yesterday I saw this play exploration area and have not been able to stop thinking about it. 1.