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The first large-scale study of the Urban Dictionary provides unique insights into the way our language is evolving. 
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Victorian Liberal candidate Jack Lyons, a former publican who was standing for the marginal seat of Bendigo West in the upcoming state election, has dropped out of the race, after his deeply unfortunate use of social media came to light. Earlier today, The Herald Sun alerted party officials to hundreds of racist, sexist and otherwise off-colour posts …
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21.5.20 Lightning Talks worksheet - cultural context.
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The COVIDSafe app might just be the first privacy incursion that benefits us, instead of advertisers or the state.
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29 April 2020 Lingofile worksheet: available in the Members area of our website. In this article, Dom White argues that a range of digital intrusions invade users privacy already, and that uploading the app is a reasonable trade-off between public good and loss of privacy because “the COVIDSafe app might just be the first privacy incursion that benefits us, instead of advertisers or the state.”
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The official naming of COVID-19 has the tone of a committee decision. Historically, names for diseases have not been quite so well thought out and were more likely to offend.
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10 March 2020 Lingofile worksheet: the naming of corona virus has evolved for interesting linguistic reasons. Your students can explore this and the naming of viruses historically in this article, and using our worksheet. You'll find the worksheet in the Members area of our website.
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“My Fair Lady” is the story of how a poor flower girl with a hideous Cockney accent and bad grammar is transformed into an elegant society lady — mainly by changing her speech. Why does this story resonate? Because even today, people often are judged on how they speak.
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11.2.20 Lingofile worksheet for English Language students. This one includes 4 video clips and a written piece. It illustrates the prescriptivist/descriptivist continuum. Download the worksheet from the Members area of our website - it's free!
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The prime minister of Australia has a background in marketing, but with the bush fire crisis, his manipulation of language is only getting him so far.
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Blame discourse - a new angle on obfuscation in political discourse.
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The pun is in an interesting bind: it is both ubiquitous and reviled. We try to understand why.
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Puns and semantics - a good one for class discussion.
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“Let there be rapid firecracker phrases and language that oozes like a lake of lava. Words are your birthright.”
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18 September 2019 Lingofile for EL students: this week's worksheet is an analytical task for students using a video presentation by Stephen Fry called "What makes us human". It's not a question! Find it in the Members area of our website by logging in (or signing up). Last one for this term!
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Each Friday the Insiders host provides their take on politics, ahead of Sunday's show.
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19 August 2019 Lingofile worksheet. You'll be able to download the worksheet by logging in to Members area of our website.
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Telling your taxi or Uber driver to “just drop us anywhere along here, mate”.
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24 June 2019 Lingofile worksheet. Here's a fun item to finish the term. As always, you can download the worksheet from the members area of our website.
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Human-caused climate change is arguably the largest crisis facing the world's population of more than 7 billion, but news organizations have struggled to cover it adequately. "Newsroom managers have failed to see the climate crisis as fundamental, all-encompassing, and worthy of attention from…
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27 May 2019 Lingofile worksheet: how important is language for conveying concepts precisely? This worksheet for English Language students can be downloaded from the Members area of our website.
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Age readers reflect on the significance of Anzac Day.
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30 April 2019 Lingofile worksheet: this one focuses on syntax, contextual factors and social purpose. Answers are provided. Download the worksheet from the Members area of our website. If you haven't already signed up as a BBE member (no cost), you can do so from the home page.
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With so many Indigenous languages already lost, two Melbourne linguists are racing against time.
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"The problem that's befallen me today is that some of these tweets have been stripped of all context."
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21.5.20 Lightning Talks worksheet - cultural context.
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Times of crisis have always changed our slang, with the help of a little black humour. Coronavirus is no exception.
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Lingofile 12 May 2020. Language change in a time of pandemic. This popular article posted on our Facebook page yesterday, by Kate Burridge and Howie Manns in The Conversation, now has a worksheet to go with it. You'll find it in the Members area of our website.
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Stuck at home and afraid of socialising, people around the country are spending even more time on their phones, and that means more time on dating apps.
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24 March 2020 Lingofile worksheet: It’s difficult to avoid the pandemic topic at the moment, and such a lot of linguistic material emerging as a result. This week’s worksheet includes extracts from an article about the changing norms of social interactions. plus some inventive neologisms for the times. You will find the worksheet in the members area of our website. Simply login or sign up (no cost) to access this and dozens of other worksheets in the back catalogue.
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25 February 2020 Lingofile: show students how to access the Macquarie Dictionary website via this week's worksheet. There is some great material for their essays! The worksheet is in the Members area of our website - log into download it.
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During a live press conference, NZ PM Jacinda Ardern received a phone call from Scott Morrison. She sent it straight to voicemail.
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29.1.20 Lingofile worksheet for English Language students. This article is the topic of our first Lingofile for the year. You'll find the worksheet in the Members area of our website. It's free - just login to download it.
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Our names for our fingers show a surprising depth of cultural variation—and similarity.
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Etymology of finger names.
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Offic jargon like 'low hanging fruit', 'alignment' and 'agile' are a common bug-bear for many Australian workers, and is best avoided going forward.
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12.11.19 Lingofile worksheet: this article is brimming with jargon. Spot the 35 (or so) terms and give yourself a medal! The worksheet is in the Members area of our website.
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Linguist Stephen Pinker is among those who have implied the singer was wrong, says Guardian writer and editor David Shariatmadari
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2 September 2019 Lingofile worksheet: This can be downloaded from the Members area of our website. A great one for lots of topics - prescriptivism, descriptivism, language change and attitudes. Enjoy!
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First Speech: Ms Gladys Liu MP
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6.8.19 Lingofile worksheet for English Language students: this transcript and video are the basis for this week's worksheet, which can be downloaded from the Members area of our website. Simply login, or sign up if not already a member - no cost involved.
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The AFL and its 18 clubs have “unreservedly” apologised to Sydney great Adam Goodes via an emotive statement on Friday.
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22 June 2019 Lingofile worksheet. An analysis of the AFL's apology to Adam Goodes. It will get students thinking about the language associated with this issue. Access the free worksheet in the Members area of our website - login or sign up (no cost) via the form on the home page.
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What snappy catchphrases are the politicians rolling out this election campaign? Do they work? And what's the vomit principle?
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15 May 2019 Lingofile worksheet: It's election time, and what better to sharpen those linguistic analysis skills than by analysing political slogans! It's all in our free worksheet for students. Just sign into the Members area of our website to download it. And make sure you get a copy of this article as well.
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No wonder we're not a republic, we can't even be bothered to pronounce our country's name correctly.
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Here’s an opinion piece that illustrates attitudes to language use and covers phonology, morphology and identity. Useful for students’ language journals.
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Where there is democracy, there are politicians that don’t want to answer questions. Politicians have perfected this art of not-answering-questions over many years. At first
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23 April 2019 Lingofile worksheet can be found in the Members area of our NEW website. There is a video embedded in this article as well.
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Lingofile worksheet 29 January 2018. You will find the worksheet - a short research activity - in the members area of our website.