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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · 22h

📣 Research participants wanted! 📣
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🎁 Student participants receive a £10 voucher per interview
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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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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Sep 4

And the winner of this year BAAL Book Prize is…. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 @baal2025.bsky.social

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Sep 4

And the runners-up of this year BAAL Book Prize are….🥳🥳🥳 @baal2025.bsky.social

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huge thanks to the publishers who nominated numerous books for this year BAAL Book Prize!! Also - huge congratulations to the fabulous shortlist!!! 🥳🥳 @baal2025.bsky.social

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you for confirming ☺️

Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you for joining us!! Did you get the feedback form?

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 29

Beyond honoured (and grateful! ) to be featured among stellar academics in the theoretical framework for this study on motivational intelligence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 29

Online FOLLM event on “motivational intelligence”!! #motivation

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thrilled to share this new article in Applied Linguistics Review 🥳

"Generative AI and the Future of Writing for Publication: Insights from Applied Linguistics Journal Editors"

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @morayhouse.bsky.social

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 21

New MOTIVATION paper out in Language Teaching Research!

We explore what drives students to engage in self-initiated foreign language listening outside class using self-determination theory.

🔍 Mixed-methods, 275 Hong Kong teens, real-world insights.

Tsang & Consoli (2025)
doi.org/10.1177/1362...

Self-initiated foreign language listening outside class: A mixed-methods investigation of learners’ motivation and their perceptions through self-determination theory - Art Tsang, Sal Consoli, 2025

With the advancements in technology and a growing number of mobile/computer-accessed platforms, opportunities for spoken foreign language (FL) exposure have inc...

doi.org

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 11

Join the next online FOLLM event: “Thriving through motivational intelligence” 🥳featuring
Dr Bianca Sandu & Professor @EmaUshioda
•Tuesday, July 29th, 2025, from 10:00-11:00 UK Time.
•This event will be held online only.

Register here: forms.gle/JBLPqz7Bc7ti...

FOLLM July 2025

This is the registration form for "Thriving through motivational intelligence" hosted by Forum on Language Learning Motivation (FOLLM). Link to join the event will be delivered to the email address su...

forms.gle

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jul 7

I was so privileged and lucky to spend a few days in beautiful Nancy, France, where I gave a plenary at the biannual congress of applied linguistics, organised by the Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée. Thank you so much for the invitation — ça a été magnifique!☺️🙏🏻

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jun 19

🥳 NEW METHODOLOGICAL PAPER🥳
We propose a reflexivity model grounded in ethics of care to navigate researcher vulnerabilities—emotional, ethical & professional. 😉 the paper is not exhaustive, but we hope it speaks to you🙏🏻 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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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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Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching @innovationllt.bsky.social · Jun 2

Welcome Dr Sal Consoli to the Editorial Board!

Dr Sal Consoli (@salconsoli.bsky.social) is Assistant Professor in Language Education at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh.

Here is his profile: edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-s...

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank you for this kind invitation! It is an honour to be part of this vibrant editorial board!!🙏🏻 @morayhouse.bsky.social

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching @innovationllt.bsky.social · Jun 2

Welcome Dr Sal Consoli to the Editorial Board!

Dr Sal Consoli (@salconsoli.bsky.social) is Assistant Professor in Language Education at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh.

Here is his profile: edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-s...

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Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching @innovationllt.bsky.social · May 30

Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · Feb 18

The plenaries for the next French Congress of Applied Linguistics are out!!! Very honoured to be part of this … on se retrouve à Nancy!!🥳🥳

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · May 25

Jajajaj gracias por animarme… yo leyendo una tesis de doctorado.. después de un buen cafetín ☕️

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · May 25

First official team meeting! And it was so much fun 🥰☺️ Thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk 🙏🏻

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 25

Earlier this week we had our first official meeting for the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project headed by @emaushioda.bsky.social "Navigating the ethical complexities of using generative AI for academic writing", with @salconsoli.bsky.social and ‪‪‪@marianna-patrick.bsky.social‬

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · May 25

First official team meeting! And it was so much fun 🥰☺️ Thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk 🙏🏻

R.S. Pinner @uniliterate.bsky.social · May 25

Earlier this week we had our first official meeting for the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project headed by @emaushioda.bsky.social "Navigating the ethical complexities of using generative AI for academic writing", with @salconsoli.bsky.social and ‪‪‪@marianna-patrick.bsky.social‬

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · May 24

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · May 20

Very pleased that this paper with
my former post-doc fellow is now out - life capital and activity theory 🥳 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · May 18

Huge congratulations to @drcrosthwaite.bsky.social for guest editing this tremendous Special Issue on L2 writing methods for the journal Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Thank you for your fantastic contribution 🙏🏻

Peter Crosthwaite @drcrosthwaite.bsky.social · May 3

Just out! - www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Special issue: Research Methods in L2 Writing: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Cutting-Edge Methods, and Practical Applications
Guest Editor - Dr. Peter Crosthwaite - read my introduction to this special issue, OA!

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics | Research Methods in L2 Writing: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Cutting-Edge Methods, and Practical Applications | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

As with applied linguistics in general, the study of second language (L2) writing is in a pivotal phase of methodological growth and transformation. This transformative dimension has brought with it ...

www.sciencedirect.com

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