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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful that DeGruyter have kindly made our paper open access for three months!🥳🥳

If you’re interested in how Generative AI is transforming publishing in Applied Linguistics, you can freely download and read it here 👇

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Generative AI and the future of writing for publication: insights from applied linguistics journal editors

The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping academic writing and publishing practices. As knowledge curators, applied linguistics journal editors need to respond to GenAI ...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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OASIS Database @oasisdatabase.bsky.social · 14d

✨ New OASIS Summary! ✨

▶️Rhetorical moves in teachers’ PowerPoint presentations

www.oasis-database.org/details/qais...

www.oasis-database.org

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Linguistics and Knowledge About Language in Education SIG @lkalebaal.bsky.social · 15d

Some key takeaways from this year's BAAL annual conference on language/linguistics in Education @baal2025.bsky.social

baallkale.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/s...

Some Key Takeaways from BAAL’s 2025 Annual Conference

by Dr Sally Zacharias (LKALE treasurer) This year, the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) annual conference was hosted by the University of Glasgow and being on the organising commit…

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · 22d

Huge congratulations, Issy! Great news

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Phil Durrant @phil-durrant.bsky.social · 27d

I am seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project 'Writing Tasks at School and University'.
The post is full-time and will run from 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2029. See below for a brief overview of the project.
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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John Morgan @johnmorgan3.bsky.social · Aug 6

A lot of REF news here from @chrisjparr.bsky.social:

* People, Culture and Environment weighting to be scaled back
* PCE to move closer to 2021 environment statements
* REF team considering creating a new ‘4-star plus’ rating

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Research culture element of REF 2029 set to be shrunk - Research Professional News

New ‘4-star plus’ research rating also being considered by Research Excellence Framework team, briefings suggest

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congratulations, Niall! So pleased for you 🙂

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Niall Curry @niallrcurry.bsky.social · Jul 11

📃 new open access 🔓 paper with @perez-paredes.bsky.social & @carlosordonana.bsky.social on Critical AI Literacies for Applied Linguistics & Language Education, in the Journal of China CALL. Find the paper here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... & details in🧵⬇️ @um.es @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

Critical AI literacy for applied linguistics and language education students

Following the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) boom of the early 2020s, research in applied linguistics has become preoccupied with identifying how artificial intelligence (AI) and GenAI can...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · Jul 4

It was a brilliant plenary talk! Thank you for sharing the references.

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · Jul 3

Really enjoyed #CL2025. All the plenary talks were very inspiring, and there were so many excellent presentations. Huge thanks to @robbielove.org and
the organising committee for such a great conference! @cl2025.co.uk

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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · Jul 3

At the final #CL2025 plenary, @perez-paredes.bsky.social encourages us to not think of either or AI & corpus linguistics but making the best of both worlds, highlighting e.g. the integration of LLMs into English-corpora.org www.english-corpora.org/ai-llms/

English Corpora: most widely used online corpora. Billions of words of data: free online access

Compare genres, dialects, time periods. Search by PoS, collocates, synonyms, and much more.

www.english-corpora.org

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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · Jun 30

@gavinbrookes.bsky.social utterly satisfying and scarily good keynote #CL2025 so much food for thought it will keep me energized for the whole conference and beyond

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MANTRaP: Misogyny ANd The Red Pill @mantrap.bsky.social · Jun 25

The online manosphere poses a real threat to society

Our response published today in @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Anna Leung @leungyianna.bsky.social · Jun 25

Welcome to join our virtual symposium at #Metascience2025 and debate if and how #metascience helps us do interdisciplinary work! It's a public forum. ECRs are especially welcome to join!

Date: June 27 (Fri), 14:00 (BST)
Register here to get the Zoom link:
nomadit.co.uk/conference/m...

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jun 19

'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
time.com/7295195/ai-c...

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

time.com

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Akira Murakami @mrkm-a.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are pleased to announce this year’s Sinclair Lecture by @jwgrieve.bsky.social, titled “Corpus linguistics is all you need: Large language models and the legacy of John Sinclair”, on 7 July. Open to the public and live-streamed. Details and registration below.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · Jun 5

My chapter, ‘Dilemmas and Challenges in Publication and Revision of Research Articles as an ECR’, is out in ‘Doctoral Study and Getting Published’: www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
Many thanks to the editors Richard Fay and Achilleas Kostoulas for their hard work and to all contributing colleagues!

Screenshot of the book cover 'Doctoral Study and Getting Published
Narratives of Early Career Researchers'

Screenshot of the publication details for a book chapter titled 'Dilemmas and Challenges in Publication and Revision of Research Articles as an Early Career Researcher'

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Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social · Jun 4

There's still time to apply to work with an outstanding team on a project that sounds amazing!

#linguistics #linguisticdiversity #language #education

Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · May 12

We are hiring a dream team of doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows in applied sociolinguistics, education and related fields to work on "Linguistic Diversity and Social Participation across the Lifespan" @uni-hamburg.de

www.languageonthemove.com/hiring-a-dre...

Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation

Visit the post for more.

www.languageonthemove.com

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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · May 24

The theme of our first ever #DH Summer School @dhssfau.bsky.social is:

Data, Gender & Society
#DataGenderSociety

All happening @fau.de

DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · May 23

‼️📣Come enjoy Erlangen in September while learning new research skills at our #DigitalHumanities summer school!

#DHSS2025 #DataGenderSociety

More about the summer school and pre-registration link below:

www.dhss.phil.fau.de/digital-huma...

Digital Humanities Summer School 2025: Data, gender and society

Mo 22 – Fri 26 September 2025 The DHSS2025 summer school offers expert-led training in DH tools and methods. It will also offer opportunities to critically discuss the type of research questions that…

www.dhss.phil.fau.de

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Pascual Pérez-Paredes @perez-paredes.bsky.social · May 23

The Cambridge Element "Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom" by @perez-paredes.bsky.social & Alex Boulton is out @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org gives you 2 weeks to download the book for free 👇👇👇 #corpuslinguistics #languagelearning

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom

Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom

www.cambridge.org

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · May 20

New article out, with @alicedeignan.bsky.social‪‬, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes!
Rhetorical moves in teachers’ PowerPoint presentations: Variation across disciplines and school stages: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#openaccess

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Languages, Society and Policy @lspjournal.bsky.social · May 13

🧠💬 What if primary language lessons weren’t just about grammar—but also about empathy, creativity, and global awareness?

In a new Languages in UK Education piece, @suzannegraham.bsky.social and Alison Porter rethink the purpose of early language learning.📖 : www.lspjournal.com/post/rethink...

Rethinking the Purpose of Language Education

Suzanne Graham and Alison Porter | 14th May 2025 | Opinion PieceIn the following opinion article Suzanne Graham and Alison Porter argue that primary language education needs a more meaningful and cohe...

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · Apr 11

New paper out now in Communication & Medicine, with @shayuze.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Yuze Sha @shayuze.bsky.social · Apr 11

🌟New article out!🌟
So pleased to share this with my wonderful PhD supervisor @gavinbrookes.bsky.social: 🔗https://shorturl.at/GPtPZ @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

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Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social · Apr 11

📢 We're organising the Language Testing Forum 2025 at the University of Southampton.
📝 Submit your abstracts by 11 July 2025!
👉 For more information, please visit the LTF2025 page: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n... #LTF2025 #languageassessment

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Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social · Mar 25

New publication alert! My chapter on usage-based SLA and data-driven learning is now available in the living edition of the new Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. It is one of currently 44 entries with many more to come.

link.springer.com/referencewor...

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