EAP teacher/coordinator @ Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Pronunciation and accent research devotee, editor of IATEFL PronSIG's Speak Out! East coaster in exile.
Glasgow & Angus; Scotland
Joined March 2012
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Gemma Archer she/her retweeted
Even if you swallowed the vote leave lie that we sent £350M a week to the EU, that’s £18 billion a year
Britain is now £100 billion a year worse off in lost economic output alone
Happy brexit day
#BrexitReality #BrexitHasFailed #RejoinEU
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Gemma Archer she/her retweeted
It's been an utterly abominable 24 hours for Brexit news:
- The UK gave up on negotiations to extend our trade deal with Canada, leaving us worse off than when we were an EU member
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
- New incoming border checks will add £200 million a year to the cost of our food and drink.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/brex…
- MPs were warned that the EU's upcoming ETIAS/EES border systems may lead to 14-hour queues to enter (the rest of) Europe from the autumn.
itv.com/news/2024-01-25/traf…
- There were warnings of possible shortages of flowers for Valentines Day because of the new incoming border checks.
news.sky.com/story/roses-are…
- A plan to extend visas for British expats in France from 90 to 180 days was blocked by France's Constitutional Council court (a decision which has no right of appeal).
lbc.co.uk/news/french-court-…
- Rishi Sunak's pledge to ensure no future laws can create a border down the Irish Sea has gone down like a bucket of sick in TUV quarters. (And has sent the blood pressure of the usual suspect Brexiters sky-high.)
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
- The EU's plans to increase bulk medicine procurement across the bloc risk creating shortages in Britain because they have very significantly greater buying power than the UK does.
theguardian.com/science/2024…
Phew! That's a truly catastrophic batch of headlines for just one day...
Calling all #englishlanguageteachers and #albaphiles #anglophiles! To celebrate St. Andrew's day this Sat, Learning Without Borders are hosting another day of online sessions all about #Scottish culture & #British culture. Join us!
Tickets available here lnkd.in/ezdHSMPr
Hi @BarefootTEFL if you're still receiving notifications on Twitter, can you get in touch. I've been trying to find contact details for a couple of weeks re a CPD event. Thanks in advance!
Back in September, I got to sit and chat all things #accent #diversity and #pronunciation in #elt with Joshua Gordon of #TESOL SPLIS. This podcast has a great library of fascinating episodes, definitely one to bookmark. buzzsprout.com/2063548/13886…
#elt #esl #esol #accentdiversity
In celebration of St Andrew's Day, patron saint of Scotland (among other countries!) on November 25th #LearningWithoutBorders are hosting another fantastic online event to celebrate the #culture of #Scotland and #theBritishIsles. eltconference.eu/
I'll be there and talking about #Scottishlanguage, #culture, and #folklore, but there are lots of other fascinating presentations on #history, #nationhood, #identity and #customs.
Come join us!
eltconference.eu/program
Coming up on Saturday, the #EuropeanDayofLanguages 2023 online conference. Looking forward to unleashing the 'Voice Activated Lift' from Burniston on some unsuspecting attendees and talking all things #Scots/#ScottishEnglish
Tickets still available eltconference.eu/tickets
In #Poorthings this famous Glasgow address is home to Godwin Baxter, a Scottish Frankenstein who resurrects a lifeless woman found in the Clyde. In the 2023 film, Godwin is played by the very non-Scottish, Wilem Dafoe 😆
#TheAlasdairGrayArchive #PoorThings #PoorThingsWalkingTour
Though the upcoming #poorthings film doesn't take in the sites of the original novel, you can! Follow #TheAlasdairGrayArchive's self-guided walking tour. Here's part 2 of what I got up to following it yesterday.
#TheAlasdairGrayArchive #PoorThings #PoorThingsWalkingTour
In advance of its cinematic release, The Alasdair Gray Archives have produced a self-guided walking trail, taking in the key location from his Frankenstein-eque tail of Victorian Glasgow, 'Poor Things'.
#TheAlasdairGrayArchive #PoorThings #PoorThingsWalkingTour
Attending Oxford University Press's ELTOC online conference on June 17th? Join Robin Walker and I at (4.45am BST!) for our discussion on '5 vowel letters, 20 vowel sounds, lots to say'.
For more info: lnkd.in/gt_MjZTH
#cpd #pronunciation #efl #eap #esl #esol #elf #eil
Why is that #OVOEnergy only let you 'adjust your #directdebit' up and never down. Used £120-£150 of #energy per month the last couple of months, but no no, you must still pay £300 a month. Remember the days when I only paid £80 a month fondly...same house, same circumstances 😡😢
Gemma Archer she/her retweeted
BIG NEWS!
PLEASE SHARE!
FULLY FUNDED @sgsahblog CDA PROJECT on
ARCHIVING AGNES OWENS
‘Asserting the Marginalised Voice’
@UniStrathclyde (Dr. Eleanor Bell), with partners @UofGlasgow (Dr. Corey Gibson) and us!
deadline 19.06.23, apply via link
tinyurl.com/
Thanks for sharing @RTsateri 😊
➡️Coursebooks tend to provide exposure to prestige models only.
➡️Students are not exposed to other varieties of English.
➡️The ratio of L2 to L1 users is approximately 3 to 1.
➡️We should provide realistic and relatable accent models.
From @SensationsEng webinar with @GL_archer
Gemma Archer she/her retweeted
French, Spanish and Italian trace their history back to the Latin the Romans left behind – but what about the Latin they brought to Britain?
My article for May sets out to give an idea of what British Latin sounded like, by listening to its ancient echo.
dannybate.com/2023/05/17/wha…
Gemma Archer she/her retweeted
🫵Will you apply for #IATEFL #PronSIG's 2024 #scholarship?
🎤2023 scholarship winner Marisol Hernandez says:
💪Go for it! Don’t believe your ideas are not important!
Gemma Archer she/her retweeted
👏Thank you, and well done to all our amazing #IATEFL2023 presenters! 🏆
🤝Thank you @tdsig for this exciting collaboration!
🙏 And a massive thank you to our attendees!
👩💻🕴🧑🤝🧑️See you at #IATEFL2024!
✨#PronSIG #ELT #CPD #teachingpronunciation
Next week I'll be speaking at the IATEFL annual conference and I'm very much looking forward to seeing old friends and new!
Will you be speaking? If so, let me know in the comments alongside the time and title of your session!
#iatefl2023 #internationalenglish
