I am an applied linguist, specializing in language teacher education and TESOL.
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Epistemic Vigilance in Language Education: Thinking with Machines
When a conversation with ChatGPT about blog analytics turned unexpectedly philosophical, it led me to reflect on epistemic vigilance ( i.e., the practice of questioning, testing, and refining knowledge) and its role in language teacher education.
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Writing Together: Reflections on the Craft, Dynamics, and Politics of Co-Authorship
This post explores the forms, tools, and ethics of collaborative writing, reflecting on what co-authorship teaches us about trust, dialogue, and the shared making of scholarly identity.
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October 2025: Notes on Teaching, Research, and Writing
October 2025 update on publications, workshops and projects: reflections on teaching, collaboration and academic life this autumn.
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The Languages Education Iceberg: Understanding participation and outcomes in language education
Language education is often described as being in crisis, but the picture becomes more nuanced if we look closer. This post explores how Complexity Theory helps us see why some schools thrive while others struggle, and what that means for the future of languages education.
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Empowering Language Teachers: The Research Literacy Framework
What is language teacher research literacy? In this post, we present an article that defines research literacy and talks about a framework that can designed to support teachers’ professional growth.
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European Day of Languages 2025: What Are We Really Celebrating?
Beyond posters and slogans, what does the European Day of Languages really mean? This post reflects on how we might move from symbolic recognition to genuinely sustaining the plurality of voices that shape contemporary Europe.
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September 2025: Notes on Teaching, Research, and Writing
This post gathers a handful of recent updates from my desk: celebrating a successful doctoral defense, progress on projects like ReaLiTea, AI-Lang, and LocaLLing, and sharing some publishing opportunities. I also highlight recent reading and offer a glimpse behind the scenes, where student encounters remind me what academic life is really about.
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The AI ‘alignment problem’ in language education and applied linguistics
Drawing on a recent publication (Curry et al., 2025), this post reflects on how AI aligns (or fail to align?) with the epistemological, ontological, and ethical values of applied linguistics and language education.
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Making Research Work for Language Teachers
This post discusses the importance of teacher research in language education, arguing that teachers actively engage in research-like activities, even if they don’t label it as such.