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A defence of grammar [TES title]Times Educational Supplement, 3 June 2016, 26-3206.03.2016

A little book of language(London: Yale, 2010) 272 pp. 9780300155334; Greek translation (Athens: Patakis, 2011). 9789601640334; Portuguese translation, Pequeno tratado sobre a linguagem humana (Sao Paulo: Editora Saraiva 2012), 268 pp. 9788502146129; German translation, Das kleine Buch der Sprache (Hamburg: Atlantik 2015), 304 pp. 9783455700114; Chinese translation (Taiwan: Rye Field Productions 2016), 318 pp. 9789863444787; 12 chapters selected in N. Okada (ed.), The wonderful world of language (Tokyo: Seibido, 2012), with Japanese notes, 102 pp. 9784791930968; Turkish translation (Istanbul: Alfa, 2018), 351 pp. 9786051717173; Arabic translation, 2019, 399 pp. 9789922601687; Thai translation (Bookscape, 2020), 359 pp. 9786168221334; Korean translation (SOSO, 2020), 438 pp. 9791188941469.04.08.2010

Afterword to English for 21st century skillsin Sophia Mavridi and Daniel Xerri (eds.), English for 20th century sklls (Newbury: Express Publishing, 2020), 156-8
06.01.2020

Any English questionsClassroom, NATE magazine, Summer 2009, 42-307.01.2009

Balancing on the edge of languagePractical English Teaching, March 1987, 5703.01.1987

Being bilingual: facts and fictionsIBBY Link 62, Autumn 2022, 4-7.10.01.2022

Child language, learning and linguistics(London: Edward Arnold, 1976), 106 pp. 0 7131 5890 5; 0 7131 5891 3 Japanese translation, 1980, 1382 260023 5625 Spanish translation, 1981, Lenguaje infantil, aprendizaje y lingüistica (Barcelona: Editorial Médica y Técnica), ix+126 pp. 84 85298 63 203.14.1976

Child language, learning and linguistics(London: Edward Arnold, 1987), 2nd edn v+106 pp. 0 7131 6492 103.14.1987

Climbing the language mountainIn 'The early years: embracing the challenges', Proceedings of the Early Years of Schooling Conference, July 1997, Melbourne, 33-4107.07.1997

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Degree courses in linguisticsRevue de Phonétique Appliquée, 196801.01.1968

Dissemination Service Research Project(Diploma in Remedial Language Studies). Final Report to Department of Education and Science and AFASIC, 198506.14.1985

English grammar in the UK: a political historySupplementary material to Making Sense: the Glamorous Story of English Grammar (Profile, 2017)01.05.2017

Foreword to Anwei Feng (ed), English Language Education Across Greater ChinaBristol: Multilingual Matters, 2011, xi-xii02.01.2011

From babble to Scrabble: integrating language creativity and linguistic interventionAustralian Reading Association Conference Papers, 1995, 45-6509.07.1995

From out in left field? That's not cricket. Finding a focus for the language curriculum.In R.S. Wheeler (ed.), Workings of Language (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999), 91-10501.01.1999

From the world to the word - and back againPlenary lecture to the CILT Primary Languages Show, 'From the Word to the World', Liverpool, 4 March 201103.04.2011

Open University television programme

Grammar rulesTelevision script and presentation for Open University Course PE 232, Language Development, Block 2, 198001.01.1980

Grumbling about grammarPractical English Teaching, June 1987, 5906.19.1987

If I were King for a day: my big issuearticle written for a series in Big Issue in 2010 [original title and date not available]03.31.2010

In search of EnglishNATE Classroom, 8, 2009, 18-2008.01.2009

In word and deed[original title: Making grammar over.] TES Teacher, 30 April 200404.30.2004

Interview with a linguist: thoughts on spellingPrimary Matters, NATE Summer 2016, 2-507.12.2016

Interview with MarekTEFL Equity Advocates & Academy, 6 July 2014
07.06.2014

Introduction to 'Finding Culture in Language'Special issue of Training, Language and Culture 6(2), 2022, 7-8 [edited by David Crystal]03.01.2022

Introduction to the English Language Guide, 1997Prefatory paper.01.01.1997

Language @ education: a personal welcome and some research issuesInvited paper (November 2020) for the launch of the proposed journal, Research in Language and Education: An International Journal (RiLE)11.01.2020

Language in education: a linguistic perspectiveIn A. Cashdan (ed.), Language, reading and learning (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979), 13-28. Reprinted for Open University Course PE 232 Block 5, 1979. Reprinted in Directions in applied linguistics10.07.1979

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Linguistic critique of the Bullock ReportReading, June 1975. Reprinted in Directions in Applied Linguistics. [See book]06.01.1975

Linguistics and English languageWhich Course? 28 (4), 1999, 16-17, 21 (Dominion Press)01.01.1999

Linguistics and language studyIn S. Barbour (ed.), Linguistics in German teaching - luxury or necessity. Modern German Studies 3, 1986, 3-910.07.1986

Literacy 2000English Today 8, 1986, 9-1310.01.1986

Literacy in the next milenn ... milleni ... in the next century.Literacy for All (National Literacy Association), 2, 1997; reprinted in LACMF (Literacy Across the Curriculum: Media Focus, Centre for Literacy, Montreal), 13 (3), 1998, 18-1901.01.1997

Modern Approaches to Language Teaching at University Level (ed. with D Wilkins & J Kay)Proceedings of the Council of Europe Round Table Conference (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 12-14 April 1967), ed. D. Crystal, D.A. Wilkins & J.B. Kay01.01.1967

My priority for the next 50 years: an online cultural dictionaryTraining Language and Culture 1(1), 2017, 14-27
03.01.2017

Neglected linguistic principles in the study of readingIn D. Moyle (ed), Reading: what of the future? (London: Ward Lock Educational, 1975), Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of UKRA, 26-34. Revised for Directions in Applied Linguistics01.01.1975

On the track of language changePractical English Teaching, December 1986, 5712.01.1986

Only connect: living in linguistic fragments no longerKeynote speech to CLESOL conference on 'Origins and connections: linking theory, research, and practice'. Napier, New Zealand, 30 September 200609.30.2006

Past imperfect. Present tense. Future perfect? Language play and the culture of literacyUnited Kingdom Reading Association Annual Conference, July 199607.07.1996

Patterns of Language

Patterns of LanguageBroadcast in BBC Education's Night School, Radio 4, 1990, 7, 9, 10 March repeated 1, 3, 4 May.
The series was presented by Brian Redhead. I was the consultant for the series, and wrote episodes 3, 8, 9.

3 First Steps: child language acquisition, illustrations from first three years.
8 Hear What I Say: rhythm, intonation, includes a phone call to me explaing the vocal organs.
9 Put it in Writing: speaking and writing, includes a BBC news reader showing colloquial vs formal style.
03.07.1990

Reading, grammar and the lineIn D. Thackray (ed.), Growth in reading (London: Ward Lock Educational, 1979), 26-3808.07.1979

Reflecting linguistic changeThe Teacher Trainer 10 (1), 1996, 15-1603.01.1996

Reflections on TLCForeword to the first issue of Training Language and Culture 1(1), 201703.01.2017

Relevance of linguistics to the O Level examination (with K Owen)Memorandum to Welsh Joint Education Council, 196405.08.1964

Review of A. Sealey, Learning about languageChild Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 37403.16.1996

Review of C. Brumfit, Language education in the National CurriculumChild Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 376-703.21.1996

Review of C. Culshaw & D. Walters, HeadworkChild Language Teaching and Therapy 2 (1), 1985, 115-1603.11.1985

Review of C. Meijer, et al., New perspectives in special educationChild Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (2), 1996, 25403.13.1996

Review of C. Walker, WordskillChild Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 36806.11.1987

Review of J. Honey, The language trapBAAL Newsletter 18, 1983; reprinted in English in Education (NATE), Spring 1984, 18(1), 54-6502.07.1983

Review of J. Reid & M. Donaldson, R& DChild Language Teaching and Therapy 1 (2), 1985, 244-503.16.1985

Review of J. Reid & M. Donaldson, R&DChild Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 367-806.11.1987

Review of R. Carter (ed.), Linguistics and the teacherBritish Journal of Educational Studies 31 (3), 1983, 279-8211.07.1983

Review of R. Carter, Keywords in language and literacyChild Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 375-603.18.1996

Review of S. Burridge, Start with words and picturesChild Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 363-406.10.1987

Sense: the final frontierIn Language, learning, and culture: unsettling certainties, Proceedings of the First Joint National Conference of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English, the Australian Literacy Educators' Association, and the Australian School Library Association, Darwin, July 1997, 51-69. Adapted for CLTT, 199807.07.1997

Shakespeare and ELTIn Alan Pulverness (ed), IATEFL 2003 (Canterbury: IATEFL, 2004), 146-60; reprinted in Anglo Files (The Danish Association of Teachers of English), 159, February 2011, 77-9002.01.2003

Speaking to the World about Speaking to the WorldIn Michael Kelly (ed), Languages after Brexit: how the UK speaks to the world (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), 241-5001.10.2018

Stylistics, fluency, and language teachingIn Interdisciplinary approaches to language (London: CILT), Occasional Paper 6, 1971, 34-53, with a commentary by Barbara Strang. Part reprinted in Kachru & Stahlke.01.01.1971

Taking account of the linguistic revolutionIn David Head, Elspeth Jones, Michael Kelly and Teresa Tinsley (eds), Setting the agenda for languages in higher education (London: CILT, 2003), 9-2309.01.2003

Teaching original pronunciationIn Mary Hayes & Allison Burkette (eds), Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language: Pedagogy in Practice (New York, Oxford University Press, 2017), 335-4411.10.2017

The calm before the storm before the calmThe English Teacher's Yearbook, 2004-5, 14-1609.01.2004

The case for language analysis in schoolsRemarks made at the event 'UKLO and Language Analysis', held at the British Academy, 27 February 2018
02.27.2018

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The challenges of literacyin Brian Daubney (ed.), Ways to Words: ideas to enliven literacy and oracy (St Katharine and Shadwell Trust, 2011, 4-7 [extracts from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language]06.01.2011

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The educational use of linguisticsIn Language Study Courses in Colleges of Education (London: DES, 1973), The Coloma College Conference, 1-9. Part reprinted for Child language, learning and linguistics07.01.1973