I am an applied linguist, specializing in language teacher education and TESOL.
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Call for papers: Inclusion & Diversity in CALL
If you’re teaching and researching Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), you may be interested in the following Call for Papers for a special issue to be published in CALICO Journal, the official journal of the Computer Assisted Learning International Consortium. The special issue is edited by Carolyn Blume (TU Dortmund), Jules Bündgens-Kosten (Goethe University Frankfurt)…
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ELT and research: Invitation to a survey
I would appreciate it greatly if you could take part in this 10-minute survey.
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Complex Dynamic Systems Theory as a meta-theory for language education
This post contains some reflections about how CDST can inform TESOL and language education, based on a recent publication I co-authored with Juup Stelma (Stelma & Kostoulas, 2024).
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Making a difference: The LRM teacher placement
My primary role in the Language Education for Refugees and Migrants programme is to coordinate the teching placement module. This post outlines what this involves, and why I think it is important.
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Thinking about the teaching-research gap
This reflective blog post discusses the teacher-research gap in language education.
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Developing research literacy skills for language teachers: The ReaLiTea project
The ReaLiTea project is an international collaboration that aims to develop research literacy among teachers. This post provides an overview of the project and explains why research literacy is necessary and urgent.
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Innovations in the Teaching of English and World Languages from a Decolonial Perspective [Call for Chapters]
Call for Chapters for an edited volume that will explore decolonial perspectives on language teacher preparation.
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Language education for refugees and migrants: An intentional dynamics perspective
Language education for refugees and migrants is a topic that has received much less attention than it deserves. Two recently completed MA dissertations provide some insights in this complex topic.
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Rebuilding ELT as a Resilient Profession
Summary of the plenary talk I gave at the 10th ELT Malta cconference (8 October 2021) on resilience in ELT.