The past year has affected all of us in one way or another but have you ever thought about what effect it may have had on our language?  Phi...

To understand what a metaphor is, let’s start by considering a real world example. For tipping point , we might imagine an object that shoul...

When we talk to each other, we don’t just rely on words. Emotion is embodied, and our expressions, our body language, our tone of voice are ...

The 2013 trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin is well-known as the court case that sparked the...

Continuing our series of posts related to the ' Accent Bias in Britain ' project, in this blog post we discuss some findings from ou...

Did you know that as well as the 'Research Digest', we also maintain the 'Teach Real English!' site? Our site is a...