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This is my teaching blog for classes of A Level Literature, Language & Literature, Communication & Culture and IB English. Please find regular course updates, useful links and extra resources below, or click on the name of your course for more information.

Tuesday 18 October 2011

AS Communication and Culture

Click HERE for the latest installment of 'Fry's Planet Word'. This week the show was about the effect that technology has had on communication over the years - this may be something that's useful to you in your coursework project.

Wednesday 5 October 2011

A2 Literature

*** COVER WORK - Friday 7th October ***

Click below to watch a lecture by Junot Diaz. As you watch, answer the questions on the accompanying question sheet and read the relevant parts of the novel.

Sunday 2 October 2011

AS Communication and Culture

Click HERE for an American college student explaining Goffman's approach in a video presentation.

AS Language and Literature

Click below for an alternative version of Williams' play from 1995. Do you prefer this to the Marlon Brando version?

AS Literature

Those of you that enjoyed this week's 'creative' approach to Talking Heads might like to see this version. Do you think Bennett's idiom has been captured by this spoof?