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Tomorrow, April 10th, SALT will be conducting on interview with Professor @stevethorne.bsky.social at @teacherscollege.bsky.social. The interview will be published in the journal's Spring 2026 issue. Stay tuned!
#SLA #AppliedLinguistics #TESOL #SALT #TC #TeachersCollege #CU #Columbia
Today let's celebrate Spring on University Park Campus with a lovely view of the daffodils! 🌼 🐝🌱
#spring #daffodils #campus #uoncral #language #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon
🔗 Read Chapter 15 here: doi.org/10.1002/9781...
#GRAL #SLA #L2Listening #Phonology #AppliedLinguistics #Research
The 2 systematic reviews embody two encouraging developments that strengthen reporting standards in #systematicreview & #metaanalysis research. 1) Both publications conduct evaluations of #methodologicalquality, which is rare in #appliedlinguistics & #languageassessment research.
Let's have a look at a typical Friday for one of our researchers, Dr Christine Muir. Stay tuned for more about her research on second language acquisition!
#uoncral #language #languagelearning #research #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon
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Pride & Prejudice & Plurilingualism
A new study suggests that pride – not proficiency – is the real engine of multilingual motivation
#ELT #TldrELT #Multilingualism #LanguageIdentity #Motivation #AppliedLinguistics
tldrelt.com/2026/04/07/pride-prejudi...
Research alert: How do Taylor Swift fans talk about learning English through music? Our study explores Reddit discussions to show how Swifties report learning and playful language socialization through fandom.
#TaylorSwift #Swifties #LanguageLearning #DigitalLiteracies #AppliedLinguistics Ref below
Here's an overview of the sectors of CRAL. Stay tuned for individual posts on the sectors, where you will get to find out more about what they do!
#uoncral #language #languagelearning #languageuse #research #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics
📣 Join us for the 2026 BAAL LESJ SIG PGR Research Dialogues!
🗓️ 23 April 2026 | 🕑 14:00–16:00 UK | 💻 Zoom
🎤 Plenary in this year’s BAAL CUP Seminars + preview of a summer webinar
🌍 Language, education & social justice
#BAAL #AppliedLinguistics
open.substack.com/pub/wordsget... This week's Substack looks at speed, hope and despair and finds they are all connected. #etymology #appliedlinguistics #hope #despair #speed
#UniversityOfEssex #EssexLife #EssexPostgrad
#TeachingEnglish #LanguageTeaching #MultilingualEducation
#TESOL #AppliedLinguistics #EnglishTeachers
#OnlineLearning #PartTimeStudy #FlexibleLearning
#PostgraduateStudy #MAStudy #StudyWhileWorking
Brilliant to welcome back to University Park campus Emeritus Professor Norbert Schmitt, one of CRAL’s founding members! Here to share with our lucky PGT students his wealth of experience doing and supervising empirical research.
#uoncral #language #research #postgraduate #appliedlinguistics #uon
#AAAL2026 highlights featuring the #NAU family celebrating Scott Jarvis's amazing plenary on linguistics and the law ♥️
#appliedlinguistics in #Chicago 2026
Thinking about grad school in Applied Linguistics & TESOL? 📚
Follow Sylvia Shanti Ravichanthiran (@sylviashanti) through a day in the ALTESOL Program @TeachersCollege, Columbia University—and imagine yourself here! #TESOL #gradschool #appliedlinguistics #WhyColumbiaALTESOL
A display of Bloomsbury Linguistics books and flyers on top of a branded blue Bloomsbury Academic tablecloth
We're so glad to be at #AAAL2026 in Chicago this week!
If you're also here, be sure to visit Commissioning Editor Sarah at our booth and check out the array of #appliedlinguistics books and series we have on display 🤩
2026 is the National Year of Reading! The campaign aims to help people (re)discover the joy of reading by connecting it to their passions.
Let's hear from one of our researchers, Lucy Jones!
#uoncral #literacy #reading #language #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon
TSLL_Call for Papers
Conference: Technology for Second Language Learning (TSLL 2026)
Theme: Constructed Agents: From Imagination to Real Interaction
Deadline: April 1
bit.ly/TSLL2026
Hashtags
#IALLT #CallForPapers #AppliedLinguistics #LanguageTechnology #AIinEducation
Did you know that Professor Sarah Creider earned her doctoral degree right here in the Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @TeachersCollege? We love when our alumni come back to join the faculty! 🎓 #altesolfaculty #appliedlinguistics #teachereducation
Now that we are in the 25th year of CRAL, it's a great time to dive into our history!
We are excited for many more years of research in the field of applied linguistics!
#uoncral #language #research #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics
Thinking about a graduate degree in Applied Linguistics or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages? See what a day in the life of doctoral student Miriah Ralston (@anokieabroad) looks like! #WhyColumbiaALTESOL #altesolstudents #gradschool #TESOL #appliedlinguistics
Curious about where CRAL is? You can find our researchers in Trent Building on University Park Campus!
#uoncral #languagelearning #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #linguistics
Task design isn't just about following a manual—it's about opening up to new, interdisciplinary ways of creating meaningful learning experiences.
🔗 Read the full chapter here: doi.org/10.1075/tblt...
#GRAL #TBLT #TaskDesign #SLA #LanguageTeaching #EducationInnovation #AppliedLinguistics
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open.substack.com/pub/wordsget... This week's Substack looks at cabals and how they are all in your mind. #cabals #etymology #appliedlinguistics
Call for External Editorial Board Members (Technology/AI Specialization)
SALT is accepting applications for external Editorial Board members with expertise in instructional technology and/or AI technology in education
To apply:
Please send a résumé/CV to tcsalt@tc.columbia.edu
#AppliedLinguistics
Welcome to CRAL! We research how language is used, taught, and learnt in a whole range of authentic contexts in the world around us. 🌏
Stay tuned to find out more about exciting projects and events!
#uoncral #languagelearning #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #linguistics
From our archive 📚
📄This study shows that EFL teachers know communicative techniques well but are less familiar with blended/hybrid and differentiated approaches.
🔎Full article: doi.org/10.15446/pro...
#ELT #AppliedLinguistics #EducationResearch
📣 Calling all teachers! The Celebration of Teaching Conference is coming to @TeachersCollege on April 11. Share your work, connect with colleagues, and celebrate the craft of teaching. Submission deadline is March 13. ##TESOL #AppliedLinguistics #LanguageTeaching #ELT
I read this article recently, and it compellingly frames education as a panacea. The study urges a paradigm shift in English for Medical Purposes, foregrounding allied health science students’ needs and learning preferences.
doi.org/10.18488/73....
#EducationResearch#ESP #AppliedLinguistics
📚 A new entry by GRAL member Imma Miralpeix has been published in the The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics!
📖 Read the entry:
doi.org/10.1002/9781...
#AppliedLinguistics #VocabularyLearning #SecondLanguageAcquisition #GRAL #UB
J’ai été ravi de présenter mes études sur #participation, #multisensorialité et #inclusion des jeunes publics dans les lieux culturels, d’échanger avec et de retrouver plusieurs collègues !
#EMCA #Multimodality #AppliedLinguistics #AItLA
#LLL @sdl-univorleans.bsky.social @univorleans.bsky.social
