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PhD, Specially Appointed Associate Professor @ Rikkyo University. From Yorkshire, been in Japan since 2010, interested in #corpuslinguistics, #machinelearning, #NLP... https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Cooper-3

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to share that my article
'Predicting the CEFR level of English listening texts with machine learning methods' was just published in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Free access for 50 days: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you to the editor and reviewers.

Predicting the CEFR level of English listening texts with machine learning methods

Comprehension in listening texts is often judged by lexical coverage. However, this might not be easily interpretable for language teachers. The CEFR …

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 5d

What's more annoying than another acronym? Another acronym in the wrong order: "English as a business lingua franca (BELF)"

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, maybe Microsoft Word Copilot isn't quite there for catching typos...

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 8d

arxiv.org/abs/2509.24866

Metaphor identification using large language models: A comparison of RAG, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning

Metaphor is a pervasive feature of discourse and a powerful lens for examining cognition, emotion, and ideology. Large-scale analysis, however, has been constrained by the need for manual annotation d...

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 8d

huggingface.co/blog/catheri...

There is no such thing as a tokenizer-free lunch

A Blog post by Catherine Arnett on Hugging Face

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 12d

I think I prefer the term "vibe coding" to "prompt engineering", it's much better matched to the complexity of what you are doing

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 18d

I never thought I would find academic writing enjoyable, but I kind of do, now that I don't have the pressure of a producing a 100,000 word thesis

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 20d

It was a tenure-track job at Kyoto University. I think it's good that they are acknowledging gen-AI use as a skill that is needed. Not sure how much they are expecting people to rely on it.

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 20d

First time that I've seen this on a university job advert:

"It is desirable to have enthusiasm for developing teaching materials or curricula by utilizing generative AI."

Looks like using gen-AI is becoming a necessary skill for educators.

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 20d

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Comparing Human Raters’ and ChatGPT-4’s Scores in Measuring Content in CLIL Presentation

Rie Koizumi, Saki Suemori, Yusuke Kubo

[9] Comparing Human Raters’ and ChatGPT-4’s Scores in Measuring Content in CLIL Presentation

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 25d

youtu.be/LneiTaz2QoM?...

Brian Eno:
"I can see from the little acquaintance I have with using AI programs to make music that what you spend nearly all your time doing is trying to stop the system becoming mind numbingly mediocre"

Is the same true with AI in language education?

Brian Eno Talks AI Art, Oblique Strategies and Making Music | Full Episode

YouTube video by Baratunde Thurston

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · 26d

Pattern, Construction, System: A Unified Approach to Grammar and Lexis. Susan Hunston's latest book. It's Open Access, so the PDF is available online already...

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Pattern, Construction, System

Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Pattern, Construction, System

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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · 28d

After our very succesful Corpus Linguistics 2025 conference hosted by @robbielove.org at Aston, CL is going on tour! Our next conference will be Easter 2027 in Hong Kong at HK Poly U. In summer 2029 we return to Europe when @michamahlberg.bsky.social will host CL at Erlangen!

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Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk · Aug 11

Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!

YouTube links on conference website and in replies:

www.cl2025.co.uk/home

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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check it out - the corpus MOOC is back (15th September) on a new platform (edX) exploring new topics, including AI. One thing has not changed - it is still free to access 😁 Find out more here: www.edx.org/learn/social...

lancasteruniversity: Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society | edX

In an era of AI and big data, understanding language through data is essential. This hands-on course from Lancaster University—a global leader in corpus linguistics—teaches you to build, query, and an...

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Aug 18

My article 'Predicting the CEFR level of English listening texts with machine learning methods' is free access in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics for a couple more days (until 20 Aug) with this link

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Predicting the CEFR level of English listening texts with machine learning methods

Comprehension in listening texts is often judged by lexical coverage. However, this might not be easily interpretable for language teachers. The CEFR …

www.sciencedirect.com

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Aug 2

Interesting article by Cannon-Jones and Wiegand (2025)

To what extent can a comedy drama provide a classroom model for natural conversation?
A multi-dimensional register analysis of the British series Cold Feet

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To what extent can a comedy drama provide a classroom model for natural conversation? | John Benjamins

Abstract The aim of this study is to determine whether the British comedy drama Cold Feet could be used in English learning contexts to expose students to useful elements of natural conversation. Usin...

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 21

So many learner corpora in this list from UCLouvain

www.uclouvain.be/en/research-...

Learner corpora around the world

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 19

I seem to have noticed a lot of students "diving into topics" or "taking a deep dive" in their final presentations this semester. Is this an AI-ism?

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 17

The ICAME call for papers is out. Hopefully I can make it to Koblenz in May next year
wp.uni-koblenz.de/icame47/cfp/

CFP -

Call for Papers | Call for Workshops Below you’ll find the Call for Papers and Call for Workshops, along with Word templates for both. Abstracts for Full Papers, Work-in-Progress Reports, Software Dem...

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 16

Also available wherever you get your podcasts, just search for Lost in Citations

Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 16

I sat in the interviewing chair for Lost in Citations again this week, interviewing Dr. John Gayed about his AI assessment tool AIAWE, check it out here www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bbamc-...

John was a bit ahead of the curve on AI in applied linguistics, so it was great to talk to him about this

#183 - Gayed, J. M., Wang, Q. (2025). AiAWE (Version 1.0) [Web application]. https://app.awade.gec.waseda.ac.jp

Chris Cooper interviews John Gayed, Associate Professor from Waseda University [email protected] Other paper discussed in the interview: Wang, Q., & Gayed, J. M. (2024). Effectiveness of ...

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Akira Murakami @mrkm-a.bsky.social · Jul 11

This year's Sinclair Lecture is now available to watch on YouTube. #ccrss25 #SinclairLecture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXAk...

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Pascual Pérez-Paredes @perez-paredes.bsky.social · Jul 4

Excited to have delivered a plenary at @cl2025.co.uk
@astonuniversity.bsky.social Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025. In this plenary I discussed how #corpuslinguistics & #AI may collaborate in the reconfiguration of #languagelearning ecologies. My references perezparedes.es/corpus-lingu...

Corpus Linguistics 2025 Plenary - Pérez-Paredes

Corpus Linguistics and AI in the reconfiguration of language learning ecologies Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Universidad de Murcia Aston University, July 3, 2025 Some references Curry, N., & McEnery, T. (20...

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 3

My slides from #cl2025 The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)

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(PDF) The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)

PDF | In recent years there has been a growing interest in the use of complexity measures, which represent theoretical perspectives of language... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 3

Ozzy is everywhere in Birmingham...