Then not the Anne Tyler! 😉
Posts by Jayanti Banerjee
I’m afraid that I haven’t read any of them but the selection is pretty varied in subject matter and ‘feel’. What are you in the mood for? My memory of Anne Tyler is that she tells stories gently and reflectively. The McCall Smith books are usually hilarious.
This is brilliant! I made it back to 1100, but Old English was a struggle, despite knowing German and Danish (and a degree in English).
Yikes. Have you come across a specific instance?
Super enjoyable time attending the CRELLA Autumn Seminar!
Interesting opportunity for someone who is proficient in English and Japanese:
careers.britishcouncil.org/careers/job/...
Also, I will be speaking with Nivja de Jong and @jvbanerjee.bsky.social at the Assessing Speaking SIG about Listening as part of the construct of Speaking. Come join us!
ealta-annual-conference.org/wp-content/u...
So much anger this evening … and disgust
Funded PhD opportunity at Lancaster:
'The sharing of personal lived experience by peer support workers working in mental health services in NHS, social care and third sector organisations.'
Open to applicants with a background in Linguistics as well as Psychology
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
People making demands of BlueSky tech team, mods etc because it’s getting busy: BlueSky has a staff of 20. None of us are paying a penny to use it, and it has, at the moment, no way to monetise itself, as far as I can see, because it’s trying to resist any pivot to algorithmic ads or selling data.