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December 8, 2022

Alarming Choice for 2022 Children’s Word of the Year

School News by Sharon Meyerkort 2nd December 2022 The Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year (CWOTY) is chosen after analysing millions of words and tens of thousands of stories written
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July 4, 2022

New podcast from Cue Learning

July 4, 2022 The Power Of Key Words With Rob Vingerhoets As teachers, we're always on the look out for easy ways for students to access vocabulary and build knowledge about words
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May 1, 2022

How teachers can approach vocabulary in high school

New blog from Cue Learning Academic and literacy expert Misty Adoniou says high school teachers need to ensure their students have a solid grasp of vocabulary across all disciplines. Teaching literacy in
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January 17, 2022

List of banished words and phrases for 2022 revealed

On Nightlife with Mark Sutton Listen here
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December 6, 2021

Children’s Word of the Year show student desire to take back control post-COVID

School News November 2021 After another disrupted school year of remote learning and virtual classrooms during the COVID-19 lockdowns and prolonged restrictions, it’s not surprising that Australian students have been preoccupied,
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November 17, 2021

2021 Word of the Year

Australian National Dictionary Centre Each year the Centre, based at The Australian National University (ANU), selects a word or expression that has gained prominence in the Australian landscape. The Centre’s Director, Dr
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March 3, 2021

Review: More Than Words: The Making of the Macquarie Dictionary by Pat Manser (Pan Macmillan)

In The Conversation March 4, 2021 by Roslyn Petelin In 1973 Pat Manser answered an advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald seeking a research assistant to work on phonetic transcriptions for
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December 7, 2020

A Teacher’s Story – Teaching Vocabulary

Literacy experts Sharon and Phil Callen are joined by Giselle Pulford to tackle the tricky task of teaching vocabulary. Giselle is a year 6/7 teacher in the Adelaide Hills. She shares her
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