With Charlotte Brewer and Jonnie Robinson I’m one of the co-organisers of the English Grammar Day 2023 on 23 June 2023 at University College London. Here’s the programme:
09:30-09:50Registration09:50-10:00Welcome & Introduction10:00-10:30Sylvia Shaw, Lost in Transcription? The representation of parliamentary speech in writing10:30-11:00Julia Snell, Does correcting children’s spoken grammar improve their writing?11:00-11:45Coffee/tea*11:45-12:15Steven Dryden, They, Them, We, Us12:15-12:45Guyanne Wilson, Caribbean Englishes in the Standard English debate12:45-14:00Lunch break*14:00-14:30Joanna Gavins, Using linguistics to help tackle plastics pollution14:30-15:00Susie Dent, Word imperfect15:00-15:45Coffee/tea*15:45-17:00‘Any Questions’-style panel discussion, chaired by John Mullan, UCLSubmit your questions during the first coffee break!17:00Close* Coffee and tea is included but lunch is not provided. UCL has numerous food outlets within a short walking distance.Do join us and bring your (A-level) students.For more information, speaker information, abstracts, and a link to the booking site, click here.
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