I am an applied linguist, specializing in language teacher education and TESOL.
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ReaLiTea Resources: Research Literacy Tools for Teachers
After three years of work, the ReaLiTea project is sharing its finalised resources. This post introduces three tools from Team Thessaly and invites you to our online meeting on 11 December 2026.
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October 2026: Notes on Ends and Unexpected Angles
As manuscripts get completed and research projects approach their end, I reflect on unexpected perspectives and unrealised possibilities. Written from a rainy Heidelberg.
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Teachers who research, researchers who teach: A new issue of Kontexte
A new issue of Kontexte looks at research-based learning in the education of teachers of German.
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Bilingualism and Multilingualism at the Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology (CCERBAL 2027)
I will be delivering a keynote address at the CCERBAL 2027 conference, this is the call for papers, and I’d love to see you there, in person or virtually.
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Wrapping up the ReaLiTea project
The Research Literacy of Teachers (ReaLiTea) project ends in December 2026. Here’s a sneak peak of the materials we’ve been producing. Feel free to look around, and let us know how we can make them more useful and relevant to your needs.
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September 2026: Notes on Care (Besorgen and Fürsorge)
Notes on September 2026: a finished chapter and a finished manuscript, an AI Literacy meeting in Graz, ReaLiTea’s final stretch, LocalLing visits from Cameroon to Tallinn, and a sabbatical that keeps filling up with travel.
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Languages unite, but will AI make them more equal?
For the 2026 European Day of Languages, I explore what “Languages unite!” means when our linguistic choices are increasingly mediated by AI technology.
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How to write a peer review
Notes on writing peer reviews that help editors decide and authors act, and honest thoughts on where AI can, and can’t, responsibly help.
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Writing a Literature Review: Three Tasks, Not One
A literature review is not one task but three. Here is how I explain the difference to my students, and how to decide what belongs where.