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Dec 5, 2022 · The 2021 census revealed that the proportion of residents who speak English (or English or Welsh in Wales) as their main language has decreased since the last census, falling from 92.3% to 91.1% ...
Sep 4, 2022 · Currently, our approach to language education does not reflect that 4.2 million people in the UK speak a language other than English at home. How languages are taught varies from school to school.
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Apr 18, 2023 · Tuesday 18 April 2023. New British Council poll reveals that more than half (52%) of UK working adults change the way they speak at work, with respondents from North East England (49%) most likely to change their accent for the workplace. The use of corporate jargon is commonplace, with only 14% saying they never hear it at work, and 32% ...
For the UK, the English language is a critical component of trust building and, in turn, trade and prosperity. To maintain the ‘English Effect’ we must continue to nurture and invest in English for the benefits, opportunities and value it brings to our trade, our creative industries, our culture and our people. If we do not,
Sep 15, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II's long reign meant that she saw many changes in the world around her, from rationing and pea-soupers to social media and a global pandemic. As Britain's longest-serving monarch ...
Feb 8, 2018 · Queen Elizabeth I didn’t pronounce English in a way we’d see as ‘upper-crust’ today (Credit: Alamy. Even Queen Elizabeth I didn’t pronounce words in a particularly ‘posh’ way.
Dec 31, 2013 · Why do we persist in thinking that standard English is right, when it is spoken by only 15% of the British population? Linguistics-loving Harry Ritchie blames Noam Chomsky
