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Use this link http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/ to get to the excellent Blogspot on English language by Dan Clayton. It’s got loads of exam advice plus links to the most up to date stories on developments in the English language.
This is a useful overview of theorists for both language change and variation. English ![images[4]](http://heathensixthform.co.uk/files/2013/07/images4.jpg)
Revision Theories AS and A2 June 2013 exam – feedback slides: 1. English Lang A Feedback on Unit 1 version for SKM
John Bishop: popular comedian, unpopular accent.
Follow this link for some very useful and up to date research on our attitudes to accents. The program is still available on ITV player until the end of October and it is well worth a watch. Watch it through this link: https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/tonight/series-18/episode-7-accents-speak-louder-than-words-tonight
Massive brain pie Stephen Fry has a new series of Fry’s English Delight on at the moment. All dedicated students of English language should, of course, be tuning in on their wireless sets.
Accent and Dialect Resources
http://accent.gmu.edu/howto.php
The Speech Accent Archive
A useful site which allows you to hear a range of examples of English accents from around the world, as well as phonetic translations of the speech.
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/
IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive
Another site with a wide range of examples of different English accents.
The British Library
An excellent site to research the history of the English Language, including written examples of Old, Middle and Early Modern English. Check out the Sounds Familiar section as well, http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/text-only/, for a range of resources on accents and dialects.
Crystal Tips
http://www.davidcrystal.com/home
David Crystal Home Page
The Godfather, The Daddy, erstwhile resident of Tilehurst. If you have a problem, and noone else can help, forget the A Team: go to Crystal.
Crystal on YouTube
Half a million resources to bathe in enrichingly.
http://david-crystal.blogspot.co.uk/
And he has a blog, too…
The Most Important Texts in English
The Oxford English Dictionary
Does exactly what it says on the cover. Not only the definitive guide to English today and yesterday, but a range of different resources on linguistic borrowing. You need your West Berks library card number to log in. If you don’t have a local library card, what have you been doing with your life? Follow this link to find out how to join: http://www.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2188
http://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
Frankly, who wouldn’t want the opportunity to browse one of the cornerstones of English civilization?
http://ebible.org/bible/kjv/index.htm
The King James Bible
And here’s another one, a massive influence on the spread of English throughout the world.
General Web Resources
http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emag/index.html
English and Media Centre emagazine
The EMC is also very useful for Languag. Get the details from your teacher and browse the archive for ‘Language’.
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/contents.htm#langa
Universal Teacher
A very detailed website with a range of resources for lots of the topics we study for AS and A2 Language.
http://aggslanguage.wordpress.com/
i love english language
A compendious blog that covers almost everything we need.
http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm
Omniglot: The online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages
Everything you could ever want to know about the bewildering variety of languages around the world, from Abaza to Zuni, and useful links to a range of language related articles.
These two sites are very useful for revision and style models for both exam and coursework one is to help revise grammar The other is a blog on all things AS and A2 http://www.bethkemp.co.uk/