English is a mad pidgin language made up of archaic rules and brand new ones, and constantly changing. Grammar is not fundamental to learning a language: stories and images are fundamental. Kate Clanchy argues that idioms are the most important thing, and that all the unlistable connections, and the ineffable processes of learning language can be captured through the immersive process of sharing and writing poems. Her EAL/ESL pupils have won awards for their poetry, and learned English in the process. How does she do it? Is she multilingual? What about dyslexic children? Listen to find out her secret ingredient.
Episode 25: What was language learning like 400 years ago?
Episode 24: Speak standard English!
Episode 23: Grammar... friend or foe?
Episode 22: Speech and language therapy.
Episode 21: EAL – where to start?
Episode 20: How can we navigate bilingual education?
Episode 19: Why study languages at university?
Episode 18: Trolling, trust and language education.
Episode 17: Time for a communication revolution?
Episode 16: How can we reimagine MFL education?
Episode 15: How do we transform the MFL curriculum?
Episode 14: Why translation is important.
Episode 12: How does writing poetry help us find our voice?
Episode 11: What happens if your voice is silenced?
Episode 10: Have we got our approach to teaching language right?
Episode 9: How can we play with language through talk, poetry and writing?
Episode 8: How can linguistics help teachers?
Episode 7: What's in an accent?
Episode 6: How can Shakespeare help us talk to each other?
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