Here's my latest Substack article on thinking about different justifications for using, or not using, #AI jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/the-ai-pro...

Check out my latest substack: Dear #ChatGPT, please study #sociolinguistics! Language learners have had enough already! open.substack.com/pub/jaetakeu...

My latest substack is about #AI #VoiceMode for #Language #Learners. Check it out! jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/ai-voice-m...

There's so much hype surrounding #AI I decided to write about it in my latest substack "the AI Propaganda Machine, don't believe the hype" jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/the-ai-pro...

Check out my latest on substack re #AI and #thinking. (for the record, my substack is (and always will be) free, you can subscribe for free or read without subscribing.) open.substack.com/pub/jaetakeu...

I started a Substack, Small Talk. I will mostly be sharing my musings about generative AI and its impacts on higher ed and higher order thinking. Please check it out: jaetakeuchi.substack.com

Just asked my library to purchase this book! You should do the same! #appliedlinguistics #accent

This article makes a good case for not relying on digital tools when writing. But as someone who works in #appliedlinguistics, I also see it as a testament to the role of #language in crafting and performing #identity. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

I’m really looking forward to reading this new article by @scriptingjapan.bsky.social article about #linguisticideologies and #katakana

My 2023 book is coming out in paperback in Sept. Use discount code DELPA30 for 30% off when you order from the publisher's website. Title: Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan. Here's the flyer. #AppliedLinguistics #Japanese #L2 #sociolinguistics #SLA

My book about #languageideologies and #L2speaker legitimacy, which examines #nativespeakerbias in #Japan will be out in paperback in Sept! Use discount code DELPA30 for 30% off if you order from the publisher's @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social website, here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

There's something satisfying about seeing genAI struggle with 文字化け。

EALC at Indiana U. is hiring a NTT #VisitingAssistantProfessor of #Japanese #language & #linguistics. Position begins Aug 1 2025. All apps received by May 23 2025 are guaranteed full consideration; open until filled. For complete info see: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29467 Please share!

FYI in case anyone would like to consider hosting the 2026 #SecondLanguage Research Forum I did not submit to present at SLRF 2025, but I am going to try to attend, given that the last time I went to SLRF, it was really great. #SLRF #Linguistics #L2 #appliedlinguistics

New book coming out July15 2025! My chapter is on #L2 #Japanese Speakers and #Language #Ideologies, I examine the impact of #Monolingual bias on beliefs about unwanted #CodeSwitching .Use discount code ICJ50 & get 50%off @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

Does anyone have a go-to "here's what AI is & here's how it works" type article? Also looking for more recent "pros/cons of AI in #academia" or "pros/cons of AI for #writing" articles. I'm updating my #AI activity for #linguistics class & what I used before is now old. Pls let me know of any recs!

This is helpful, esp. for anyone new to peer review. "If you think the topic is not worthy of study, you should decline to do the review" Exactly! It can be helpful to remember that editors don't send it out if it doesn't have any chance of getting published. tl;dr: don't be a jerk when reviewing!

Here's something I don't often share on my BlueSky profile: me playing the #piano. All work and no play makes Jae a dull girl, after all. Wind, by Brian Crain. youtu.be/o1P-K4gAQtw

Was looking thru my 2011 MA thesis on #codeswitching & noticed something... Each excerpt is 4 lines: Line 1 is the utterance; Line 2 is the gloss, Line 3 is English. Line 4 is paraling info. Lines 1-3 are in the same font, line 3 is in italics and Line 4 is .... wait for it.... in Comic Sans. 😅

This term I’m teaching 2 courses on #Japanese #sociolinguistics. On the 1st day I asked students to tell me what questions they have. One asked “What problem does sociolinguistics solve?” I’ll definitely be asking them this at the mid-point & again at the end of the semester! How would you answer?

Really want to make this my winter break OOO message!

Everyone who works in academia should be reading this...

This is (unintentionally I assume) an argument for serif fonts. On my phone,the main different b/w kuchi & ro is size. On my computer, you can see the serifs, so one is clearly kanji &the other clearly katakana. Using MSWord, compare MS Mincho w/ MS Gothic or ud digi kyokasho & see the differences

Here's what I'm reading this morning. Among other important points the author makes, I like this one in particular: ""writing isn’t really something you learn or teach—it’s something you practice" Nnext we need the #languagelearning version of this article. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Ummm…..

Was looking thru notes I took while listening to an English-lang. webinar and saw that I wrote “learner 同士のinteraction.” I don’t have any recollection of #code-switching and I doubt I would have done this if I were typing (bc of the extra step required to switch input method). 1/ #appliedlinguistics

Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty. Japanese language learner: コップ？カップ？グラス？ガラス？どっち？？ (FYI both koppu & kappu refer to different kinds of cups, gurasu is for drinking glasses & garasu refers to material, e.g., glass as opposed to plastic) #Japanese #languagelearning

Bc of paywall, I could only read the first bit of this article, but people w/in #Japan and beyond have been criticizing Japan’s resistance to 夫婦別姓 for as long as I can remember (I first moved to Japan in the 1990s). The time is long past to make it happen. #ジェンダー mainichi.jp/articles/202...

Looking forward to listening to this!!

Heads up. If you think there’s any app or online platform where your words aren’t going to be scrapped and used as AI training data, think again. Also note: if you opt out, you’ll lose access to dictation, text suggestions, transcription, translation and probably other functions as well.

Really looking forward to reading this!

Have to figure out a way to watch this year since we’ll be in the U.S. (and we canceled out Japanese tv subscription)

Hey @scriptingjapan.bsky.social should we (could we) make a starter pack for Japanese linguistics (broadly defined)? (I confess I do not know how to do that, but I’m sure I can figure it out).

Next semester, I’m teaching a new #sociolinguistics grad course on E. Asian #languages. The guiding question is “what do #Chinese, #Japanese or #Korean teachers need to know about sociolinguistics?” Please share your recs for readings, esp. re Chinese or Korean socioing. #langsky #linguistics

Thanks for this! I’ll share it with my students!

I’ve been away from BlueSky for about year, but now seems like a good time to return. I’m interested in #linguistics especially #sociolinguistics and #L2 #Japanese. Show what you got, BlueSky!

‘Language is a verb’ ; Why identity matters in language learning clarknow.clarku.edu/...

bskiers, can anyone point me to a source or sources that provide a consensus/best practices on taking video of sign language production? signers feel like a footnote in most "general" videography guides. #linguistics 🐦🐦

One of the victims of the UNLV shooting was Dr. Naoko Takemaru, prof of Japanese studies. I didn’t know her, but I know her work,esp. "Women in the Language and Society of Japan: The Linguistic Roots of Bias." It's a heartbreaking loss for her family, friends, students and more. #langsky #Japanese

New on Language-on-the-Move: seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken, by Sarah Hopkyns www.languageonthemove.com/seeing-the-l...

Look what came in the post. My specialty is more applied linguistics but I have a book addiction … er, I mean, it was on sale… Or something like that…

It can be hard to have a quick response to an inappropriate remark, and we've all had the experience of coming up with the perfect retort .... several hours later. This NYT article had a few good ones, esp this one: "I'm not your target audience." www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/w...

MLA’s report on ”Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education” is out. Click on the link that says press release for a snapshot. Data is from Fall 2021 so it’s hard to interpret. #langsky #foreign #language #teaching www.mla.org/Resources/Gu...

Yes! I have been talking w my students about the idea that “writing is thinking” and farming out your writing to genAI is ultimately farming out your thinking, but this is another piece I can share with them about the drawbacks of genAI. You can’t develop your voice if you don’t use it…

Does #linguistic landscape research count car license plates as "signage" or otherwise a LL feature? I would like to know how LL researchers would account for the juxtaposition of this truck, its custom license plate, and the fact that it costs $45 every year to maintain the custom plate... #langsky

No - no?

Giving some advice to a 1st yr student yesterday about how to manage a conflict w another prof., then I said "this is an example of the hidden curriculum" -- which she hadn't heard about, so then we talked about that. What are they teaching them in those 1st yr experience classes?? 😑 #academia

Languages students @Macquarie_Uni need your support! Sign the petition to save the Croatian, German, Greek, Italian and Russian programs chng.it/KbDWvHTJ6C

American Sign Language now Yale’s third most popular language yaledailynews.com/bl...