Yasemin Yildiz (she/her)

A British-Turk, mother-of-two, doctor of Linguistics, lecturer @ University College London, advocate for Heritage Language Maintenance

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Did someone say English is an International Language #EIL? Can't find one English book to read. Alles ist Deutsche und ich bin nicht in Deutchland! Ja stimmt!

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BBC News - Classic novel off GCSE list amid racial slurs fear
https://t.co/GLexdxhrBr

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#KeepDryAndCarryOn

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Content knowledge + pedagogical/andragogical (content) knowledge. https://t.co/HnQVqdBCgp

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A good motto to how not to do what you don't want to do. Allow yourself to stretch, be kind to yourself, but don't set your bar too low...

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#UKElections2024

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Is your life skew-whiffery? Balance your life and listen to your body and mind before all gets skew-whiffery!

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Who else gets lost with terminology when they visit the garage? The what?

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How would a lecturer and a secondary school teacher's repertoire of strategies employed for resilience differ? I'm inclined to believe there are overlaps and differences, but what these differences are is something I'm actively attempting to unveil!

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How do dogs bark in your language? #onomatopoeia

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Every layer of this is so moving and it can be applied to any language.
BBC News - BBC News theme: How #DavidLowe created it 25 years ago - BBC News
https://t.co/jeTYyUE9nE

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Too ethnic acording to what, too far according to where? https://t.co/RpMMZEsxL4

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https://t.co/f0QjTe1kfi

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As someone who always feels reduced when not being able to comprehend or interact with individuals using #BSL, I utterly support this idea, and know my kids would leap for this
https://t.co/fYg0v4nKDo

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To have "2 minutes 'after' 12" in your repertoire somehow sounds- to me- more sophisticated than "2 minutes 'past' 12 or 12:02" @mrjamesob

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https://t.co/8QcqgQnSHD
This dialogue has to continue at home...

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@DollyvanT @DoctorChrisVT This is the paradox: Schools don't allow jam or chocolate spread in sandwiches (both I avoid) for packed lunch, but then feed our kids with cookies- full of sugar and margarine!

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@ferhatgocer Wishing, your son, all the best of success, here at #UCL

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Love it or loathe it... #AI