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Queen is Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2022

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Oxford Education 1 Comment

Queen was chosen by children as their word of the year for 2022, according to research carried out by our department of Children’s Dictionaries & Children’s Language Data. Nearly half (46%) of surveyed children voted for Queen, making this the most popular choice from a shortlist of three words: Queen, happy and chaos. Across all […]

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2021 Oxford Children’s Word of the Year

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022Oxford Education

Anxiety is the 2021 Oxford Children’s Word of the Year It is perhaps no surprise that there has been a significant growth in the vocabulary of mental health and wellbeing, with teachers finding young people more able to express their feelings in the classroom in the wake of the pandemic, school closures, and isolation. “Children […]

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