I may be biased but if you're thinking about an MA in AL & TESL, consider doing it in the most beautiful corner of the world with some of the most nurturing faculty 🙂

#appliedlinguistics #TESOL #ELT #flagstaff #arizona

I’ll be presenting at the 2026 CUE and GALE SIG Conference at Kanazawa Institute of Technology.
Equity, Identity, Agency, and Yarigai in L2 Writing: Dialectical Silent Dialogue
Sun, Oct 11 | 11:10–11:35 | Room 102
#JALT #ELT #TESOL #Writing #Equity #Identity #Agency #Yarigai #P4C #P4ELT #Kanazawa

🔎 From our archive:
📄 This article explores how research mentoring contributes to the development of autonomy, critical thinking, self-confidence, teamwork, and scientific curiosity.

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#LanguageTeacherEducation #TeacherResearch #ResearchMentoring #ELT

Pioneer teacher from Turkey, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meral Ceylan, brought MIXAP to 10 MA ELT students in her "Critical Thinking and Language Learning" course for an augmented reality discussion activity! 💡📱✨ #mixapedu #ELT #EdTech

Pioneer teacher from Turkey, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meral Ceylan, introduced MIXAP to 21 BA students in her Language Acquisition course at Anadolu University ELT! Empowering future teachers with mixed reality! 👩‍🏫📱✨ #mixapedu #ELT

The Four-Year-Old Brain Is Already Choosing Sides

A recent brain imaging study suggests that the language network is already organised much more like an adult's than many researchers previously believed.

#ELT #TldrELT #AppliedLinguistics #SLA #LanguageDevelopment…

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#ELT #teachingenglish

28/8 2026

In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life

In Chile's #AtacamaDesert, the biggest #telescope ever built is taking shape – and it could radically change our view of the #Universe.

#Chile #ELT

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Intervista a Guido Agapito dell’Inaf di Arcetri sulla strategia di controllo di #Morfeo, il sistema di ottica adattiva più grande e complesso mai progettato, destinato a essere installato su #Elt, l’Extremely Large Telescope di @eso.org.

Vocabulary: The Meaning of Meaning

A recent study argues that the deepest structure of meaning may be organised around power, danger & structure rather than simply positive versus negative emotion.

#ELT #TldrELT #AppliedLinguistics #Semantics #VocabularyTeaching…

#Throwback: Listened to #Developod ep 74 yet?
Rose Aylett & I discussed her #ELT journey, from teaching & management to training & freelance work. She shared how critical pedagogy, global citizenship, & critical literacy have shaped her practice.
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In all Podcast places! 📲🎧

We Teach Grammar. We Forget to Teach Talking.
ajourneyintefl.substack.com/p/we-teach-g... #ELT #TeachingEnglish

Audio and video bring real voices into English lessons. Give learners a purpose before pressing play, then use what they notice for speaking or language practice.

Our S01E04 teaching resource: howtoenglishpod.wordpress.com/audio-video-...

#TEFL #ELT

JALT Vocabulary SIG 2026 Symposium, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan. jaltvocab.weebly.com/symposium-20...

#JALT #Vocabulary #ELT #Familiarity #Formulaic #Language #Interleaving #Repetition

A lesson plan needs to help you teach, but how much preparation is enough? Gav once spent 8 hours planning a 45-minute class. We explore a more sustainable approach in our S01E03 article:

howtoenglishpod.wordpress.com/time-managem...

#TEFL #ELT #LessonPlanning

Class chat groups: useful English practice or one more thing to manage?

Our S01E04 article has simple activities for WhatsApp and Messenger, plus ideas for correction, boundaries and students who prefer to opt out.

howtoenglishpod.wordpress.com/using-chat-g...

#TEFL #ELT #EnglishTeaching

How Listening Turns Into Labelling

We make surprisingly detailed judgements about people from their voices alone, & research suggests we do exactly the same thing with AI voices.

#ELT #TldrELT #AppliedLinguistics #Sociolinguistics #PronunciationTeaching #ArtificialIntelligence

Stunning #photos show construction of world’s largest telescope zorz.it/zpydT

#MattGrowcoot #ELT #ESO #EuropeanSouthernObservatory #LargeTelescope #progress #space #telescope #construction

AI Can Be Encouraging or Accurate. But Can It Be Both?

The more empathetic an AI becomes, the more likely it may be to agree with us when we're wrong.

#ELT #TldrELT #ArtificialIntelligence #LanguageLearning #EdTech #AppliedLinguistics

Make answer checking more memorable:

1️⃣ Close the book
2️⃣ Recall the answers
3️⃣ Personalise one

It turns a routine check into retrieval and meaningful language practice.

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#TEFL #ELT