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English Language

English Language Further Reading 
 
Burgess, A. (1975) Language Made Plain, London: Fontana/ Collins 
Carter, R and Goodard, A. (2015) How to analyse texts: a toolkit for students of English, London: Routledge  
**Clayton, D (ed.) (2012) Language: a student handbook of key topics and theories, London: English and Media Centre.  
**Crystal, D. (1997) English as a Global Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 
Fairclough, N. (2010) Critical Discourse Analysis, London: Routledge 
Goddard, A. and Geesin, B. (2010) Language and Technology, London: Routledge 
Goddard, A. (2014) ‘Looking beyond the label: mode and new forms of communications’, in emagazine, 64, April issue, London: English and Media Centre 
**Hall, S (no date) ‘representation and the media’, Open University Lecture series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzMsPqssOY 
Jenkins, J. (2009) World Englishes: a resource book for students, London: Routledge 
 
For grammar help: www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm  
 
Writing Skills 
Cusick, E., La Tourette, A., and Newman, J. (2004) The Writer’s Workbook, Bloomsbury Academic  
 
Child Language Acquisition 
Gillen, J. (2003) The Language of Children, London: Routledge 
Kress, G. (1993) Learning to Write, New York: Routledge 
Pahl, K. and Roswell, J. (2012) Literacy and Education, London: Sage 
 
Language Change 
**Crystal, D. (2004) The Stories of English, London: Penguin 
Hitchings, H. (2011) The Language Wars: A History of Proper English, London: John Murray  
 
** Really Useful to Read
Welcome to ​ English Language​
Language in the Workplace
Sacks Talk and Power
Language in Social Life
Power and Tech
Clayton Article
Neologisms
Attitudes to Accent and Dialect

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