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Julie Moore
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ELT materials writer, lexicographer & general word fan. Enjoys a #StetWalk & taking photos.
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⌛2 weeks till the deadline for proposals for the 2025 AS Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (ASHDRA) on 30 April.

You've still got time to get together a proposal for a research project related to #dictionaries in #ELT

More details: tinyurl.com/565b4r25
April 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Today, I'm joining @societyofauthors.bsky.social protesting against the use of pirated works by Meta to train their AI models.

According to LibGen, 8 of my books have been stolen without permission or compensation. This is illegal - it's plain and simple theft.

#BookThieves
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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A sunny #StetWalk to soak up some spring rays on a bench ☀️
March 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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💥6 weeks left to apply for 2025 AS Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (ASHDRA) - deadline 30 April

If you've got a research idea strongly connected to dictionaries & ELT check the website for more info: tinyurl.com/3y58s7fy
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A frustrating #StetWalk this morning, took my glass bottle to the deli to get a milk refill ... only to find they'd run out. Had to resort to plastic milk from the supermarket but then argued with the self-checkout about the empty glass bottle in my shopping bag!
At least there were magnolias ...
March 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Cold, but blue skies and waving daffs outside Bristol Cathedral on a morning #StetWalk to meet a pal for coffee
March 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Still grey and pain-aggravatingly cold out there, so just a short #StetWalk to admire the hellebores in Royal Fort Gardens
February 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Not new, but "transactional" could be having a bit of a moment ... (trend from English Trends corpus, 2014-now)
February 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Catkins against grey skies on a very short perfunctory #StetWalk
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Funding opportunities for #ELT dictionary research:

📢 Receive up to £15,000 from the A. S. Hornby Educational Trust for ELT-related dictionary research projects.

🔎 Details: tinyurl.com/565b4r25

✒️ Apply by April 30, 2025.

#Dictionaries #Research #ASHornbyEducationalTrust #ASHDRA
Primary school children in South Africa sitting at wooden desks in a classroom working in pairs using tablets, overseen by a female, adult researcher. Hornby logo top right corner. Text bottom left reads: Apply now! AS Hornby Dictionary Research Awards
February 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Truly discombobulated by pain today, but a short #StetWalk with blue skies and crocuses helped fleetingly
February 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Crocuses about to unfurl under a tree and glorious tulips in a shop on this morning's #StetWalk
January 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Snowdrops on today's #StetWalk
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A rather sad sight on today's #StetWalk - a dictionary randomly wedged between a wall and a lamppost 🤷🏼
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A lovely evening listening to @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social talk about her new book "Aerth" - looking forward to get started on it #amreading
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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An afternoon #StetWalk to meet up with a fellow #ELT writer pal for coffee & a natter.

A grey damp kinda day, but I came back down a different street & spotted this burst of colour on the outside of a house:
January 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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New #ASHDRA dictionary research reports now up on Hornby Trust website

2 projects developed & trialled new resources in very different ELT contexts - for Physics students in Oman & primary schools in South Africa

Scroll down to download full reports or single-page summaries: tinyurl.com/3y58s7fy
January 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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A gloriously bright, frosty morning #StetWalk ... I planned to go out for maybe an hour & stayed out all morning. What's the point in being #freelance if you can't make the most of a beautiful day?!
January 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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My cold's on its way out & I didn't want to provoke renewed snifffles by trudging around in the drizzle, so just a mini #StetWalk to & from a bit of cafe-working:
The view from a table in a cafe with a cup of coffee, a pastry on a plate and a tablet on the table. A bar and waitress on the background.
December 30, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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A grey, drizzly Saturday #StetWalk along the harbour
December 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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An eerie, foggy #StetWalk - well worth getting out despite a streaming cold:
December 26, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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It's been a grey, damp week, but unusually mild (13-14°C) & going out in woolly hats & scarves, I've overheated. Today, there were blue skies so I headed out hatless for a post-lunch #StetWalk ... turned out to be just 6°C & felt more like 3°C in the cold wind ... brrrr!!
A photo from this afternoon's walk across the Downs in Bristol. It's an open patch of grass with leafless trees silhouetted on the horizon casting long shadows and beautiful blue skies. The low sun can just be seen shining through one of the trees.
December 19, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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My new article in the latest edition of Modern English Teacher proposes an alternative (or rather complementary) vocab syllabus for ELT that goes beyond lists of words & delves more into how words actually work.
If you subscribe, it's available here: www.modernenglishteacher.com/met-current-...
December 16, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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Very blowy on a short Saturday-morning #StetWalk & hard to stand up at points, but super-snug inside my woolly hat + double hood combo #StormDarragh
A selfie taken on the Downs in Bristol this morning during Storm Darragh, for which this area had a red weather alert. I'm wearing a multicoloured scarf wrapped up to just below my nose inside a black hoodie with the hood up and a black waterproof over the top also with the hood up that I'm having to hang onto with one hand because it's billowing in the strong winds. You can see dark grey sky in the background and a smudge of green grass.
December 7, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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A slight struggle of a #StetWalk on a gloomy winter morning. I made it across the river though which, with a high tide, was a muddy, churning flow:
A photo taken on this morning's walk on the banks of the river Avon as it flows out along the Avon Gorge. I'm standing on a grassy bank, next to a heavily graffitied concrete structure taking up the right third of the picture. The river is full and high with brown muddy water. In the distance you can see the Clifton Suspension Bridge high above the river and on the right-hand bank, below the bridge the brightly-coloured terraced houses of Clifton. The sky is a uniform pale grey.
December 6, 2024 at 3:18 PM