I was privileged to work with these amazing colleagues on this article which highlights just how important learner autonomy is in all types of language classrooms! Importantly, this article is part of an SI honouring the wonderful and utterly brilliant Peter MacIntyre. eurokd.com/doi/10.32038...

Calling all language teachers (EFL/ESL or LOTEs). We are investigating language teachers' wellbeing and how it has changed since the pandemic. If you have time, we would be grateful if you could please help by completing the survey and sharing in your networks! Thank you. forms.gle/wYtQXYBLZ1z4...

Calling all language teachers (EFL/ESL or LOTEs). We are investigating language teachers' wellbeing and how it has changed since the pandemic. If you have time, we would be grateful if you could please help by completing the survey and sharing in your networks! Thank you. forms.gle/wYtQXYBLZ1z4...

Sharing a call for papers for a hybrid conference that I am excited to be speaking at. Rethinking Languages and Literacies Education will be held in a hybrid mode at Niagara College and online on October 24-25, 2025. Registration will be free for all. www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/sympos...

My friend, Leanne, and I are raising money for Cancer Research UK in memory of our beloved Netti and to honour all those who have faced or are currently facing cancer. Thanks for any support you may wish to make via our JustGiving page. www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-m...

Wanted to share an open access article intended to offer inspiration for research into language teacher wellbeing. Thank you to Carlos Murillo-Miranda for being such a brilliant writing partner and to Graeme Porte for the excellent support throughout. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Happy to share the link to the open access JPLL special issue on language teacher motivation that I had the privilege of editing with the wonderful Dávid Smid. Team Graz has an article on LTE wellbeing. We hope it may inspire more work on teacher psychology! www.jpll.org/index.php/jo...

Finally...! Antonia and Tammy are sensational partners to work with and the brilliance of this book is totally down to their amazing creativity. We hope teachers may find some inspiration here. Thanks also to Anne and Jill, series editors, for their great support. www.routledge.com/Positive-Lan...

It's international women's day. Does anybody know how in practical terms, I (and I imagine other women) can help and support these women in getting education? www.bbc.com/news/article...

What a joy it was to talk with Matt! He asked me to address learners directly which is an unusual way for me to talk about my work but I loved it. Let's hope some learners may find some motivation and courage from this to keep on learning a language! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR7v...

Come and see us at IATEFL in Edinburgh in April! Rosie will be there with plenty of exciting new titles for you to browse, as well as expert advice on publishing your book with us and a special discount code for delegates! #iatefl2025

So looking forward to this conference. The call for papers is still open for those interested - it will be in person and online on 2-3 May. Hope to maybe see some of you in Uzbekistan! Website is being updated ongoing. fltal.org

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

We teach our students how important it is to develop compassion and moral courage in order to stand up to bullies and support those being bullied.

So proud to be part of this amazing series with such fabulous books and edited collections by great authors. Yet, we continue to grow even more and we are always on the look out for original ideas... always happy to chat if you have something worth exploring with us!

Compassion-based language education rests on the three C framework: it is driven by the value of Compassion and accompanied by Criticality and Courage. I feel I need this in my mind for my daily actions more than ever before. And, yes, it is effortful.

How exciting! Please note the very early submission date for papers - THIS year in April! Please share and looking forward to being with the IAPLL community in person again!

All our articles are free, open-access and peer-reviewed. www.jpll.org/index.php/jo...

An emotion that could play a huge role in language education but which has been almost entirely overlooked is embarrassment. Thanks to the sensational Hassan Khajavy for leading our first study into this exciting topic. Open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Calling all doctoral students who are members of IAPLL! Next December, we will host the first doctoral school (winter version) in Graz! We would love to have you join us. Please share among your networks. Thanks. www.iapll.com/IAPLL-Doctor...

Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why? If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)! elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

If you are a teacher of any language in secondary education and feel able to take part in a focus group in English, we would love to talk with you about your thoughts on what psychological knowledge teachers need: anglistik.uni-graz.at/.../language... Thank you for your help!

The wonderful Su Yon Yim came to Graz last year and we worked on this article together. I learned a lot from her about the challenges facing English teachers in primary schools in Korea. Thanks to her commitment, their voices are heard through this article. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@smercergraz.bsky.social and I are excited to announce that our paper based on my FWF project is now out in Learning and Individual Differences in the special issue 'L2 Learning and Individual Differences'! Thank you to the guest editors for their support and feedback! 📣 doi.org/10.1016/j.li...

Delighted to see friends old and new in this cheery new space. Can I please be excused for sharing my good news yet again...?! :) It was a long gestation period and so am overly thrilled it is finally here in my hands!!

Starter pack with #ELT #TESOL #appliedlinguistics peeps to follow. You can follow individuals or the whole list. Add a comment with your bluesky handle if you want to be included. Hopefully organisations will be migrating here 🦋 as well. go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6

I've created an Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies starter pack for new BlueSky users (I credit @danielrisbell.bsky.social for the idea). Please share and let me know if you'd like to be added to or removed from the list! go.bsky.app/VZPgwMD