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English Language Resources

Courses and MOOCs​​​

https://www.york.ac.uk/language/undergraduate/mooc/  
Sociolinguistics MOOC: (if completed students can get a reduced offer at Uni of York)

https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-applied-linguistics/2020
Applied Linguistics MOOC
 

Ted Talks

Child Language Topic:

https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies

https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberly_noble_how_does_income_affect_childhood_brain_development

https://www.ted.com/talks/molly_wright_how_every_child_can_thrive_by_five

https://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word

Language Change Topic:

https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_the_joy_of_lexicography

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk?referrer=playlist-how_language_changes_over_time&autoplay=true

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words?autoplay=true&referrer=playlist-how_language_changes_over_time

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_what_our_language_habits_reveal?autoplay=true&referrer=playlist-how_language_changes_over_time

 

Articles

Accent and dialect:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/05/cockneys-out-all-speaking-multicultural-now-accents

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/future-yorkshire-accent-how-changing-27224638

Gender:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/whats-in-a-word-how-less-gendered-language-is-faring-across-europe

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/opinion/women-language-work.html

Ethnicity:

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12691143/Kings-speech-cockney-silenced-rise-new-accents-popularised-Ellie-Goulding-Adele-Stormzy.html

https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/31/english-accents-have-changed-so-much-that-two-big-ones-are-brown-bread-19749653/

Occupation:

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/09/corporate-jargon-layoffs-workplace/675430/

Age:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/16/gen_z_lingo_bing_ai/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/style/gen-alpha-slang.html

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gen-z-slang-explained-oldies-28059662