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Teachers Talk English - part of Teachers Talk Radio Events, providing free teacher-led CPD for English teachers.

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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
From curriculum chat to classroom wins — this community speaks your language. #English #teachers #edcommunity
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Love language? Literature? Debate? Welcome to TTR English.
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
*Teachers Talk Connect is back* TTR Connect will return to Manchester on Saturday 14th of March 2026! Are you a teacher/leader who has something to share? Do you teach English, Maths, Science, MFL, RS, Politics or History? Apply to speak now here: www.ttradio.org/connect2026 Tickets out soon!
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Classroom 42 is one of the sponsors that have helped us to provide this event. Go and check their resources and remember you can watch this live via streamyard.com/watch/EqrHmK... #TTRHums
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Another one of our brilliant sponsors who help us bring these events to you. Check out the resources that Hachette can provide, remember to watch us live via streamyard.com/watch/EqrHmK... #TTRHums
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Learning should never stop! The fantastic Jess Angel talking about the idea of extra curricular and going beyond classroom learning. Remember you can watch all our speakers live via streamyard.com/watch/EqrHmK... #TTRHums
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
You can hear a pin drop! Some very deep thinking about humanities and how to build metacognition within it. Remember you can watch it live via streamyard.com/watch/EqrHmK... #TTRHums
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
We are live! The brilliant speakers are giving us all ideas and inspiration! Join us streamyard.com/watch/EqrHmK... #TTRHums
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
We are going to be streaming live very shortly!! Are you going to catch it? Join us live! streamyard.com/watch/EqrHmK... #TTRHums
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
POP UP LIVESTREAM! Watch Teachers Talk Humanities LIVE from Manchester on this link starting at 11am today. 20+ history, RS and Geography speakers to enjoy. The recording will be available on the same link as soon as the event ends. Register here! #ttrhums
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Teachers Talk Humanities
FREE and Exclusive streaming of the TTR humanities event from Manchester LIVE. Recording for the event available on the same link as soon as it ends. Event schedule here: https://x.com/TTRadioOfficial/status/1968934141358932328
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
😂 Funniest misused word or “creative spelling” you’ve ever seen in an essay? (Keep it clean!)
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
💡 Which classroom discussion has stayed with you years later?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📚 If you could build the perfect classroom library, what’s the first three texts you’d put on the shelf?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
📚 What book do you secretly wish you could teach but it’s not on the spec?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
✍️ Best one-liner you’ve ever read in a student creative writing piece?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🗣️ “The moment I knew they’d got it was when…” — finish the sentence.
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🎭 Drama warm-up: which scene is guaranteed to get students on their feet and engaged?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📖 Which text has given your class the biggest collective gasp at the ending?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
💡 What’s a piece of writing advice you give every single year without fail? #EnglishTeacherLife
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🖋️ What’s the most painfully cliché essay phrase you’ve seen?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🎥 Name one film adaptation that actually improved on the book — controversial takes welcome!
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🎭 Which Shakespeare character sparks the best classroom debates — and why?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
🌍 Which translated text has sparked the richest discussions in your classroom?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
📝 What’s your go-to quick starter activity that always gets pens moving?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
✏️ What’s the funniest essay title a student has ever tried to hand in?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
📝 Share one peer-feedback activity that actually works in your English classroom.
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
📚 If you could swap one “classic” off the curriculum tomorrow, what would you replace it with?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
🎤 Which author (living or dead) would you most want to Skype/Zoom into your lesson for 20 minutes? #GlobalLit #EnglishTeaching
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
📖 What’s the one book you dreaded teaching but ended up loving once you saw how students responded? #EnglishTeachers #TeachingWins
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
📚 Book covers matter — which edition or cover design has your students loved most?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
😂 Funniest “autocorrect fail” you’ve ever read in a student essay? (Keep it clean!)
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
📖 Your students are rewriting an ending — which text do you choose and what do they change?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
🎭 If you could invite one author or playwright (living or dead) to guest-teach your class, who’s walking through the door?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🌍 What’s a non-UK/US text that’s transformed your class discussions? #GlobalLit #EnglishTeaching
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🎥 Adaptations — better on screen or better on page? Drop your top example of each.
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🖋️ What’s the most overused essay phrase you’ve seen this term? (We’ll make a teacher bingo card!)
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
📚 If you had to teach your favourite book every year forever, what would it be and why?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🕵️ Which mystery or twist-ending text has given your class the biggest “gasp” moment?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
✍️ What’s the single best tip you’ve learned for teaching creative writing and keeping reluctant writers on board?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🎤 Share your most quotable student moment from English class (bonus if it’s about Shakespeare). #OnlyInEnglish
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
📖 If you could add one contemporary text to every school’s reading list tomorrow, what would it be?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🗣️ The best class discussion you’ve ever had started with…? Finish the sentence.
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
💡 What’s one lesson you taught years ago that you still remember as a personal best — and why? #EnglishTeacherLife
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🎭 Drama in English: which scene from a play always lands when acted out in class, and why?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
✏️ What’s the worst piece of essay advice you’ve ever heard students repeat back to you? (Bonus points if it’s hilariously wrong.)
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
📚 The best “lightbulb moment” you’ve seen from a reluctant reader? Share the book, the moment, and the reaction. #EnglishTeachers #ReadingForPleasure
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
"Kill the PEEL?" Is the PEEL/PEE structure helping or hurting our writers? What’s your alternative?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"Writing warm-ups that actually work" Drop your best 10-minute quick writes or prompts that never fail. (I’ll start: ‘Write a love letter from a villain.’)
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Rewriting the canon" What’s ONE book you’ve added to your curriculum that changed your students' engagement with English?
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TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"This passage always lands." A thread of excerpts from literary texts that always spark discussion, even in a sleepy Year 10 class.
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