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barbarableiman.bsky.social
Education consultant, writer of fiction & children's poetry; passionately committed to English as a subject, to education, and to the idea that learning is founded on dialogue. Poems on Dirigible Balloon & Northern Gravy.
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Very excited to announce what @DrNicciMacLeod.bsky.social and I have been working on for the past few months (with a brilliant production team behind us). You can subscribe now and listen to our trailer wherever you get your podcasts. #forensiclinguistics #linguistics #truecrime #academicsky

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Lovely letters responding to a story earlier in the week about some Gen Z users rejecting capital letters www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Amazing speakers: Deborah Cameron, Rob Drummond, Julia Snell, Debra Myhill, Yamina Bibi, Lauren Cowan & Lucy Strike, (Alexandra Park School), Clare Feeney, @englangblog.bsky.social (& me).

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Gaby Morgan: Wild Remedy childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/20/g...

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OTVR is a novel about the the rise of apartheid in South Africa, a rites of passage novel and a courtroom drama. KoK is short stories in different genres & styles – futuristic, romantic, political, tragic, quirky, literary! 99p each on Kindle till Sunday.

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In spring's Teaching English, Deb Niven challenges traditional approaches to vocabulary instruction, arguing for a shift towards dialogic methods to equip students with the tools to engage deeply with texts, fostering comprehension and analytical precision. #NATE

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From the archives but highly recommended. English #teachers, enjoy this excellent @natefeed.bsky.social Teaching English #poetry special, including articles by the #PoetryByHeart team. #EduSky tinyurl.com/4d43xxn3

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Think it’s important that English teachers cling earnestly to the maybe-dopey conviction that reading isn’t merely a skill set but a way of paying attention to ourselves and other people.

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Today’s the day!

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Always useful when thinking about English to read the findings of a large EEF metastudy of applied cogsci. Barely a single study involved English at secondary, with no evidence to justify the mass implementation of cogsci across all subject areas educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

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Looking to move beyond generic cogsci-based strategies that don't necessarily work for English? This course explores alternatives us2.campaign-archive.com?e=[UNIQID]&u...

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From Sunday, there's a promotion on Kindle for two of my books, 'Off the Voortrekker Road' & 'Kremlinology of Kisses' – just 99p each. If you've not read them & are looking for a Half-Term read, it's a good time to get them. Both get great reviews! www.amazon.co.uk/Off-Voortrek...

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Fabulous! Reader response recorded so beautifully and entertainingly. I think students could do this and get such a lot from it! A max 20O word tweet per chapter. And share & compare!

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Here's what some teachers say about emagazine and why they subscribe to it for their school! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazines/

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A tough and gut wrenching read about what is happening in HE across the UK.- @bbc.bsky.social report ‘My university course made me who I am - now it's being cut' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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With actual evidence

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This is a powerful reminder of what English teaching is (or should be) all about!

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Kate Williams: Ways to Engage Children in your Poetry Reading childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/06/k...

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Who gets to say what this 'common' approach is? And when did a one-size fits all model ever end up well for teaching? www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Very much looking forward to being on this panel and sharing thoughts with the other contributors about whether/how oracy should be assessed, something I talked a bit about in my @oracycommission.bsky.social conversation with @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social offBarton

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The poetry of Barbara Bleiman

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Fascinating article about a key aspect of narrative by a great EMC friend and collaborator in the latest emagazine. Available now to web subscribers www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine...

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Teacher Dan Raphael spent a few days in the office last term. He left us, among other things, with this fabulous article for emagazine #WifeOfBath #Chaucer www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine...

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We always try and feature articles by students in emagazine. Here's a terrific example in the latest edition, available to web subscribers now #JamesBaldwin #OceanVuong

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How Shakespeare can give voice to marginalised lives in the latest emagazine, available to web subscribers now

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