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Rachele

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Lecturer in English & Applied Linguistics @The Open University

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Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · 23d

And also featuring an expert panel including Carol Chapelle, @ron-darvin.bsky.social and Britta Schneider

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · 23d

Keynote speakers:

* Kate Borthwick on "the transformational power and challenge of AI in language education"

* Tracie Farrell on "efficiency and erasure with GenAI"

* Clare Wright on "Developing Nuanced Understandings of Competence, Ethics and Equity"

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · 23d

🖥️ Using #GenAI in teaching languages and #appliedlinguistics? Here is a conference for you! Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI

Online & f2f at The Open University Nov. 13-14 2025

📃 Registration & program: eurocall-languages.org/events/genai...

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Listening to this great #EnglishGrammarDay presentation by @zarashah.bsky.social and @hwimbushenglish.bsky.social on the power that comes from understanding how language works - may all our children encounter such enlightened teachers!

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Now at #EnglishGrammarDay @bethmalory.bsky.social on stigma and agency in media discourse around mpox and monkeypox

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Also he provided a great introduction to the Linguistic Olympiad - find out more here #UKLO
www.uklo.org/tell-me-abou...

Tell me about UKLO - UKLO

Audio Introduction to UKLO Puzzle and discover the wonders of the world’s languages. UKLO (United Kingdom Linguistics Olympiad) is a language-analysis competition for all ages. We create linguistics p...

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

At #EnglishGrammarDay @billylinguist.bsky.social causes confusion and self doubt by asking what we would call a small Wug 🐦 - I don't think there is a consensus!

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jul 7

On my way to London for a day of listening to cool people talk about cool language things. What better way to start the week!

UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next week!

events.bl.uk/events/engli...

#EnglishGrammarDay #Grammar #EnglishLanguage

@bethmalory.bsky.social
@hwimbushenglish.bsky.social
@debsadelight.bsky.social
@robdrummond.bsky.social
@billylinguist.bsky.social
@artshumsucl.bsky.social
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
@engfac.bsky.social

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 21

music.youtube.com/watch?v=MQUi... in case anyone wants to relive the highlight of the #ICAME46 disco

Welcome to Lithuania

YouTube video by cigonas

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 21

Quick reminder that the ICAME journal is available open access (for everybody): icame.info/icame-journal/ #ICAME46 📚

ICAME Journal – ICAME

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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.bsky.social · Jun 20

Short-form videos served from an algorithm are an evolving genre, changing how people talk in them compared to earlier forms of video, and linguists are on it!

In this episode we talk with Adam Aleksic aka @etymology.substack.com.web.brid.gy about the linguistics of tiktok

105: Linguistics of TikTok - Interview with Adam Aleksic aka EtymologyNerd

TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts are an evolving genre of media: short-form, vertical videos that take up your whole screen and are served to you from an algorithm rather than who you follo

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 21

I've been really wondering about these! How serious a problem is it that they have signs everywhere?!

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 20

sorry if I forgot tagging anyone for their #ICAME46 presentation 😅 Trying to make amends as you can see...

Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 20

because I'm terrible at tagging people here on Bsky, here's a non-exhaustive list of people active at #ICAME46:
Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social
Rachele de Felice @racheledf.bsky.social
Patricia Ronan @anteangaeile.bsky.social
Daniela Landert @dlandert.bsky.social
Tanja Säily @tanjasaily.fi

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 20

How have I missed this amazing bathroom decor at #ICAME46 until now?!

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 20

We should open a CL-inspired on-demand t-shirt store....

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 20

Put it on a t-shirt 😁

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 20

Kicking off a long afternoon of talks at #ICAME46 with Tanja Säily on the rise of big data in historical corpus linguistics, focusing on how LLMs can help with corpus metadata

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 20

"disruptive but rational" was one of their descriptions - could be usefully applied as a motto in all sorts of situations! #ICAME46

Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 20

Christian Langerfeld & Gisle Andersen's investigation of interruptions in a corpus of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings shows that in this setting interruptions aren't a sign of anarchy & disruption but help driving the deliberations forward #ICAME46

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Jun 19

Lukas Sönning's beautiful #ICAME46 slides can be found at: osf.io/fr476/ lots of important take-aways for effective (and aesthetic) data visualization!

Data visualization in corpus linguistics

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 19

Chairing this morning so no #ICAME46 updates from me. Lots of great papers though!

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 18

I feel like there is a very small number of people doing a lot of #ICAME46 updating on here 😅

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dismantling the social order, one goat latte at a time ✊

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 18

A more modern, but still elegant, room hosts a talk by @anteangaeile.bsky.social and Gerold Schneider on the language of the political right (what joy) at #ICAME46

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 18

My favourite line from #ICAME46 so far: "linguists can also be fanatic about something". It's a curse and a blessing! 😁

Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social · Jun 17

It's all happening at #ICAME46! A whole day dedicated to speech acts in a beautiful venue, doesn't get much better than that 😊