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Using Linguistic Landscapes to Challenge Monolingual Norms in ELT
The post aims to challenge monolingual practices in language education. Drawing on a recently published study (Schvarcz & Warren, 2025) it argues that recognizing students’ linguistic backgrounds fosters engagement and inclusion.
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Advancing the ECML Guidelines for language education
On 20 May 2024, the AI Lang team held a pivotal meeting to advance one of the project’s key objectives: the development of the ECML Recommendations for the Use of AI in Language Education. Here’s an update.
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CLELE Journal: New issue and volunteering opportunity
This post introduces the May 2025 issue of CLELE Journal, with articles on critical literacy, cultural representation, and inclusive pedagogy through literature. It also features a call for volunteer copyeditors and submission info for prospective authors, ideal for educators, researchers and anyone interested in children’s literature and language education.
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Language Education in an AI-Driven World: Reflections from the ECML Coordinators’ Meeting
The AI Lang project, presented at the ECML meeting in Graz, aims to enhance language education through AI by developing guidelines, training resources, and fostering collaboration among educators for future workshops.
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Open Qualitative L2 Research [Call for Papers]
Call for papers for an upcoming special issue on Open Qualitative L2 Research (Studies in Second Language Acquisition)
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Enhancing Teacher Research Literacy: Developments at the Ankara meeting of the ReaLiTea project
In the April 2025 meeting of the ReaLiTea group, we made solid progress towards creating materials for developing the research literacy of language teachers and more. You can read about our work in this post.
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“Doctoral study and getting published”; new book in the making
An update on the publication of the edited collection “Doctoral Study and Getting Published: Narratives of Early Career Research”. This edited collection features narratives from early career researchers on their publishing experiences during and after PhD studies, highlighting identity construction and community engagement.
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ReaLiTea: September 2024 update
A brief update on the progress of the ReaLiTea project so far, and some thoughts on the importance of teacher research literacy.
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AI in ELT: Two Possible Futures
AI is reshaping language education, challenging teacher agency, destabilising assessment, and exposing geopolitical biases. This post examines the stakes and argues for a humanistic, intellectually grounded ELT future.