New publication, available open access! Combining research studies with adult migrants and Chinese school children, we present how motigraphs can aid investigations into the temporalities of motivation @emaushioda.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join us online on 12 June to hear Esther Wilkey and Matthew Collins share the findings of their research into rehearsal room approaches and the use of Shakespeare texts with 16-19 ESOL learners padlet.com/kathrynsidaw... @cathywint.bsky.social

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...

For anyone who missed it last week

The Research Methodology SIG is excited to welcome Adrian Lundberg and Nicola Fraschini, who will introduce Q methodology as a powerful tool to investigate language teachers' and learners’ psychology. Save the date!

It was wonderful to listen to David Crystal yesterday at the British Council Future of English event at the University of Bedfordshire @crella-beds.bsky.social

Join us online on Thurs 24th April when Amy Jowett (Xenia), Becky Winstanley (English for Action London) & Mel Cooke (King's College, London) will present their research on participatory ESOL teaching. It’s free to attend, all welcome! forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... @cathywint.bsky.social

A.S. Hornby Educational Trust 2025 Scholarship for Teachers of English as a Second Language to Refugees. Info at www.hornby-trust.org.uk/the-call-for... #scholarship #refugee #education #TESOL

CRELLA is delighted to host and present at the 3rd Future of English Research Forum by the British Council on Thu 6 and Fri 7 March 2025. Register for online participation at: futureofenglish.britishcouncil.org/insights/res...

Thanks, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), for the invitation and opportunity to raise the profile of ESOL provision on the Island of Ireland and the UK with my colleague Dr. Mel Cooke from Kings College London. I look forward to seeing you all then.

It's International Mother Language Day and to celebrate we're offering a 40% discount on ALL our titles for a limited time only! Use code IMLD40 on our website to get 40% off until 24/02. Find out more about International Mother Language Day here: www.un.org/en/observanc...

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

The tragic shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden, has deeply shaken the adult learning and education sector. We stand in solidarity with our Swedish colleagues, and reaffirm our commitment to ensuring safe learning and teaching environments for all.

Call open! 58th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics invites you to share your research! University of Glasgow 4-6th Sept 2025 Theme: Applied linguistics in the face of global challenges and local needs More info: baal2025.wordpress.com #language #linguistics

Although I love my work, the hardest part has got to be waiting for decisions on publications, funding, conferences etc not knowing when I might get a decision. Does it ever get easier?

Join us tomorrow to discuss how participant - and researcher - multilingualism has implications for the methodology and data gathered in research interviews! Making language dynamics visible as part of a reflexive approach to research. #LangSky #LinguisticReflexivity #Methodology #Multilingualism

📣 Happy to start our Bluesky account by announcing the details for PLL6 to be held in Shantou University, China from May 22nd to 24th, 2026. For more details visit www.iapll.com/PLL6-Call-fo... Proposal submission deadline: April 30th, 2025

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...

Join us! Register here forms.office.com/e/m1Rd1vZRdk It’s a free, online event and anyone with an interest in ESOL is welcome to attend

“We haven’t really seen anything like this since the Nazis” says a war crimes investigator collecting evidence from the Assad regime’s mass graves. Horrifying beyond comprehension. This is what Syrian refugees escaped, & it is the end of this horror they’re celebrating #r4today

This afternoon, I attended the fascinating online conference "Cultivating Planet Conscious Tech" by @iatefl.bsky.social LTSIG & Warwick Uni. Here's what I learned about the environmental impact of AI in language education...

Day 1 #ResearchAdvent I am an FE teacher educator, my specialism is ESOL. I’m in my final year EdD, interested in how we learn to teach through observation using Wenger’s concepts of Learning Architecture and action research to explore synchronous text-chat while peer observing. #CELTA #ESOL

I am currently conducting a study investigating the confidence of language teachers and researchers, but struggling to get responses. If you have five minutes to spare, could you help out with my research? If you can share with colleagues, that's great, too! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It was wonderful to share my work on reflexivity with adult ESOL students at the BAAL Social Justice Summit today, thank you to all the organisers and attendees

Looking forward to this!

Great to see so many English language teachers on here! Time to make #ELTsky a thing? go.bsky.app/DF29amh

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

Busy day at work so I’m just starting to figure out how to use this app. Looking forward to connecting with people on here