Linguistics isn’t just about grammar rules; it’s a gateway to understanding how we think, communicate, and connect in the world we live in. Every year on November 26th, educators and language enthusiasts come together to celebrate National Linguistics Day – a day dedicated to the scientific study of language and its impact on human interaction, culture, and society. For teachers and academics, this day offers a unique opportunity to introduce students to the interdisciplinary power of language and provide rich material for classroom discussion and critical thinking. This initiative aims to spark curiosity, especially among secondary school students and educators.
To celebrate National Linguistics Day, the BAWESS project team are providing a series of CPD sessions designed to promote the teaching and learning of disciplinary language in secondary schools exam years (GCSE, iGCSE, A Levels, IB).
Topics include:
- Supporting students to know and write the genres of their subjects: Explore how subject-specific language shapes meaning and supports learning.
- Moving students from spoken language to technical, written language: the register continuum: Learn how to scaffold students’ movement between every day and academic language.
- Unpacking command words in exams: Understand how key instructional words and phrases are used in exam questions across disciplines.
- Introducing Data-Driven Learning to support the development of disciplinary literacy: Discover how corpus-assisted approached to disciplinary literacy can inform your teaching practice.
Please register your interest by completing this form by 28th November 2025, and feel free to share this invitation with colleagues who may also be interested.
Information about how to get involved in the BAWESS project can be found here. Alternatively, you can complete this form, or contact us as bawess@bath.ac.uk.
