The OBE is the second highest honour which you can receive from The Queen – the highest being the knighthood or damehood.

He is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales and in 1995 he was on the Queen’s honours list when he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (the OBE) for services to the English language. He is currently patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) and the Association for Language Learning (ALL), president of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders and the UK National Literacy Association, and honorary vice-president of both the Institute of Linguists and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. David Crystalĭavid Crystal has a worldwide reputation and has published something in the region of 120 books including numerous academic reference works and encyclopedias of language, and books for the general reader covering topics such as English grammar, spelling, punctuation, accents, connections to Shakespeare, the influence of technology and the development of language throughout history. That’s the study of language and all the issues relating to it. He isn’t an English teacher, but he is an expert on linguistics. I’m now going to give a quick introduction just to make sure that you are all fully aware of the calibre of this guest and to emphasise to you just how lucky we are to have him on the podcast today.Īccording to The Guardian newspaper, David Crystal is the world’s foremost writer and lecturer on the English language. It is, in fact, a privilege for me to say that today on the podcast I am talking to Professor David Crystal.

I am particularly pleased to be able to present this episode to you. Hello everyone, thank you for choosing to listen to this episode of my podcast. Talking about language with one of the world’s top linguists, Professor David Crystal.

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