New OA paper: Beyond Polishing. Argues GenAI isn’t just editing writing... it’s reshaping drafts before polishing, with consequences for voice and stance. I welcome your thoughts! doi.org/10.1515/dsll...

EMI assessment is where debates about academic literacy and English proficiency always seem to end up. I argue that relying on proficiency scores to judge EMI readiness misses the academic literacies students actually need, and risks being exclusionary. Would love your thoughts!

New in Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching: Informal Digital Learning of English (Ju Seong Lee). Explores how learners engage with English through digital spaces beyond the classroom. Share the link (not the PDF) widely! #digitallearning 📥 Free download until 4 Feb: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

New article in Higher Education: we challenge market-driven university strategy and argue for building on distinctive internal scholarly strengths instead. Using a new bibliometric tool, we show how research profiles can inform strategy and protect academic autonomy. rdcu.be/eZ487

New, OPEN ACCESS, Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series... Please download your free copy today! doi.org/10.1017/9781... "Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)" by Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (University of the Basque Country)

Open Access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... An argument for focus on academic literacy over proficiency for EMI preparedness. I welcome your thoughts! @ucl.ac.uk

Open Access! Our study shows how structured, identity-focused peer feedback can help doctoral L2 writers refine their authorial voice, build rhetorical confidence, and resist the homogenising effects of GenAI-assisted prose. Watch this space. More to come from this project! doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

Open Access! "Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective", in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics! (Lee, Jeon, McKinley and Rose). Watch out for the 'standards' GenAI defaults to... your own voice and style may be lost! doi.org/10.1017/S026...

Open access + OASIS plain-language summaries = more views, downloads & citations — a practical path to more inclusive, impactful research! doi.org/10.1515/appl...

We are delighted to announce that Alfred W. T. Lo (University of Oxford, UK) has been selected as the winner of the 2024 System Early Career Researcher Award. doi.org/10.1016/j.sy... We thank all four early career scholars for their outstanding contributions to System!

Some actual photos from The Contemporary Crossroads VI conference at Eötvös Loránd University yesterday - huge thanks to Kata Csizér for the invitation!

The Contemporary Crossroads VI conference at Eötvös Loránd University (and the fun weekend before it) here in Budapest was everything I needed to start the summer right!

Free download until 6 June. Please download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) with others so they can download their copy, too. Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom doi.org/10.1017/9781...

The newest title in the Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series is now available for free download until 6 June! Download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) widely!

One of the many reasons I love living in London. I get to see amazing people more often as they come through! From the US, from Hong Kong - keep coming back, friends!

I’ve so enjoyed being back in Japan since mid-April, but alas, my time is coming to an end and I return to London on Saturday. I’m always grateful that I can spend time here. Huge thanks to Waseda University’s Institute for Advanced Studies who hosted me!

Photos from the Future of English project on Online Behaviour in EMI last week at Waseda University. I miss everyone! Sad our 3-year project is coming to an end…

A few more photos from #AAAL2025 -it’s been great catching up with friends, colleagues, and the latest research!

Selfie time day 3 #AAAL2025

Some more #AAAL2025 day two photos… full day!

Good morning, Denver! Ready for day 3 of #AAAL2025

#AAAL2025 day two morning photos. Making up for lost time!

I made it!! #AAAL2025 from tomorrow!

I’m getting there! Changing planes in Houston! #AAAL2025 better late than never…

Well, I’ll get to Denver for #AAAL2025 32 hours later than planned but I’m on my way! So disappointed to miss our Global Englishes and TESOL colloquium at 8am on day one but at least I’ll be there for day two!

For those at #AAAL2025 consider starting day one off with us! Global Englishes and TESOL 2-hour colloquium…

"Metacognition in Language Teaching" by Mark Feng Teng The newest title in the Cambridge Elements series is available for free download until 20 March. Please download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) with others so they can download their copy, too. doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Future of English Forum 2025 with David Crystal is underway! #BritishCouncil #UniversityofBedfordshire

Open access! "Global Englishes teaching in secondary schools in Italy" (ELT Journal) - Andreani & McKinley doi.org/10.1093/elt/... This study explored how presentations on English varieties shaped 96 Italian students’ attitudes, backing GE but lingering bias toward British/American English.

FREE download until 6 March! "Teaching Second Language Academic Writing" by Chris Tardy doi.org/10.1017/9781... This is the 19th title in the series! And "Core Concepts in English for Specific Purposes" by Helen Basturkmen (University of Auckland), is available to download FREE until 28 February!

A great day at the SRHE event yesterday on the research and teaching nexus - current research indicates the relationship is getting weaker…

Hot off the press - Content knowledge attainment in English medium instruction: Does academic English literacy matter? Language Teaching Research. doi.org/10.1177/1362... Should support for academic success in EMI primarily focus on broader academic English literacy skills? I welcome your thoughts!

The newest title in the Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series is now available for free download at any time (open access!). Share the link (not the PDF) so others can download their copy, too. Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language by Jian-E Peng doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Future of English Symposium “Online EMI communication in university classrooms” has started! Bearing the end of this three year project… so exciting to disseminate here at University of Reading Malaysia!

Funded PhDs in Cognitive Psychology, including language and cognition, at CEU, Vienna. Deadline for applications 4 Feb 2025

Systematic review, decolonisation, and AI - great discussions at last night’s London TESOL Research Forum @ioe.bsky.social

Nice to launch the festive season with doctoral students, old and new, over to the flat for nibbles and drinks. I’m always so impressed with this bunch!

For those working in language education technology and English for academic purposes, please see the call for papers for a new special issue, which is now out on JEAP’s website: www.sciencedirect.com/.../technolo... Abstracts due 15 February 2025.

Absolutely brilliant seminar this evening for the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics on algorithmic mining analysis using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques by this sociology team from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Reconceptualizing ‘reviewing the literature’!

A couple of photos from David Dai’s book launch at the IOE yesterday. Absolutely brilliant work that will inspire even more excellent research in intercultural competence. And a great crowd in attendance!

Excited about the potential of this platform… coming back to London from my week at the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a renewed energy for networking!