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Philip Montgomery

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Living and learning in Astana. Proud papa. Adopted Kazakh Kúıeý Bala. Researching and teaching multilingual education, “academic” writing, and critical language policy at Nazarbayev University. dpmontgomery.wordpress.com

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Nov 15

Starter packs are a phenomenal way to make connections. Here’s one for Critical Applied Linguists.

Let me know if you would like me to add you!

go.bsky.app/Yv8eX9

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · 15d

If we focus on social action, language policy is the discourse management of people.

Highly recommend reading "Language Policy in Action" by
@kristofsavski.bsky.social

Read my full review here: rdcu.be/eHSQa

Thanks to
@bonacina-pugh.bsky.social
and the team at LP @springernature.com

Savski, K. (2024). Language policy in action. Cambridge University Press.

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · May 7

🚨 New publication on critical peer mentoring in higher ed:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤓 2 year collaborative autoethnography + three constructs: identity, radical praxis, and ideological becoming

🌏 Result: a model that can scaffold faculty development workshops or peer mentoring programs

Critical peer mentoring: Aligning values and practice as professional development

Critical peer mentoring grounded in the concepts of radical praxis, writing centre practitioner (WCP) identity, and ideological becoming can be a transformative practice. Utilising collaborative au...

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Peggy March @rebelgeo.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Mar 3

Part of a Special Issue on CLIL PD and international collaborations: www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...

Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics Volume 48 Issue 1

Volume 48, issue 1 of the journal Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics was published in 2025.

www.degruyter.com

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Mar 3

"I'm not a specialist in science"
"I'm not an English teacher"
What does it take to become a #CLIL teacher in Kazakhstan? We found that English teachers and content subject teachers take very different paths. Implications for STEM, EMI and CLIL teacher training more broadly.
bit.ly/CLILidentities

(PDF) Forging CLIL Teacher Identities in Kazakhstan: Developmental Pathways of Two University Teachers

PDF | As universities in Kazakhstan continue to address the challenges that come with developing English-medium instruction (EMI) programs, university... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Feb 24

The Macarena came on the radio and I was surprised to know my 5-yo already knows the moves. “Come on Papa, everyone knows the Macaroni Song!” 🙄 🤣

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Feb 3

Oh my

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Feb 3

Happy to share a book chapter, and perhaps my favorite solo-authored piece to date. 🤓

What benefits, challenges, and identity construction processes do Kazakhstani multilingual teachers experience? 🌏🤨

What language ideologies are enacted in our research? 🤔
bit.ly/criticalEMI

(PDF) "I Just Opened My Heart": Challenges and Contradictions in Multilingual EMI Teacher Identity Construction

PDF | This study reports on a qualitative study of one higher education teacher at a rural technical university in Kazakhstan. The focal participant,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 30

Trump’s Executive Order on “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools is premised on some strange logic. I understand ideologies as dynamic, contested, assemblages of values. How can they be “false”?

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 30

No, I’ll have to check it out! I’m missing Beliy Medved Nefiltrovanoe. Any idea why they disappeared from stores?

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 22

Challenge accepted 😝

Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · Jan 22

hard to believe that we aren't living at peak handbook. imagine living in 1980. a new handbook every 15 seconds. the drains literally clogged with them.

A line graph - blue line on white background with black x an y axes. The graph peaks around 1980, drops to a trough in the early 2000s and rises again

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 19

I learned today that 39 is not too old to go sledding. It is, however, too old to go sledding and not need ibuprofen afterwards 🤦‍♂️

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 17

Teaching graduate students about research literacy?

How about creating opportunities to participate in research communities?

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/eight...

Eight steps to launch a student-led peer-review journal

To help PhD students gain the skills required for publication and improve research literacy, consider an in-house academic journal

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social · Jan 11

My 11yo just asked me why I’m having coffee again.

A painting of a wide-eyed tuxedo cat holding an orange coffee mug filled with coffee. The caption reads “Maybe this will be the coffee that finally fixes me”

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 12

Textbook example of how language ideologies are reinforced or challenged in hundreds of everyday interactions.

Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · Jan 11

At School…

Teacher: Bilingualism is great.
Child: ¡Soy bilinguë!
T: It is English time!
C: 😳

Later in the day…

T: Ser bilinguë vale por dos.
C: I am bilingual!
T: ¡Español por favor!
C: 😳

At Home…

Parent: What did you learn en la escuela hoy?
C: 😳. Is it English time or Spanish time?

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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · Jan 9

Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 9

Resharing this starter pack with some new additions. Still happy to add more folks!

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Jan 9

I’ve done portfolio grading in middle and high school classrooms. This semester I’m trying it out with graduate students. Lots of choice and chances for creativity.

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · Jan 1

So much academic writing advice is just “false promises and cheap tricks” - novice writers deserve better, as @patthomson.bsky.social reminds us

Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social · Jan 1

I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...

Patter is back

Patter has been missing in action since the end of August. A bad case of blogging burn-out you might ask? Well, yes that’s true. I have been writing this patter thing for twelve years and I did hav…

patthomson.net

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Dec 31

Same boat, 100%. And they are masters students, so I have to quiet the voice that says quantity = challenge.

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Dec 30

And the critical educational linguist might add that the label “the real world” is always up for grabs, that teaching students to celebrate and leverage linguistic diversity is in fact preparing them for a linguistically heterogenous future, in turn helping preserve the value of that heterogeneity

Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · Dec 29

As an educational linguist I would add that efforts to linguistically prepare students for ‘the real world’ erase the linguistic heterogeneity of the world by framing language as a static set of rules rather than a creative tool for making sense of the world and our role in it

Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · Dec 29

I don’t want my class to prepare students for ‘the real world.’

I want my class to help students dream of a better world.

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Dec 15

5 yo: what are you listening to?
Mom: it’s work stuff
5 yo: what are they talking about?
Mom: contingencies of reinforcement
5 yo: Oh, they’re speaking Russian??
😂

Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Dec 12

Most rewarding part of teaching! And just think, so many teachers don’t ask for that feedback!

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Dec 12

Opened a new document today to start drafting my first journal article from my dissertation!

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Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social · Dec 12

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