Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/08/2026This is a periodic reminder that we are keen to publish work on power, identity, and representation and their intersections with #language education. achilleaskostoulas.com/2026/02/09/e...achilleaskostoulas.comLanguage and Power in Education: Call for Papers (EJELR)Call for papers in critical applied linguistics. EJELR invites research on language, power, education, and classroom-based inquiry. 133
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 26/07/2026Soon, I’ll have students younger than my website. 1101
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 16/07/2026It took me about half a century to figure it out, but it turns out that I don’t really want to be a custodian of the Republic of Letters. I just want to make homemade cereal bars and bake croissants. 272
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 02/12/2025Κάθε φορά λέω ότι θα είναι η τελευταία που οργανώνω εγώ κάτι. 130
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasTheodore Alysandratos @thalysandratos.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Παρεμπιπτόντως εδώ είναι το παλιό σάιτ του Younger με ο,τι ξέρουμε για την γραμμική Α' web.archive.org/web/20240125... εδώ ανεβάζει το περιεχόμενο που είχε στο KU www.academia.edu/117949722/Yo... κι εδώ lineara.xyz τα θραύσματα κι οι πιθανολογούμενοι φθόγγοι ή πώς τα λένε.web.archive.orgLinear A Texts: Homepage 022
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/11/2025I am sure I am not the only one who has ever asked AI something and felt impressed —until I realised it can't be right! That pause (the "wait, what? moment) is the start of epistemic vigilance. 150
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 18/10/2025☑️ καφές ☑️ κούπα χωρίς βρισιές ☑️ λάμπα για να μη φαίνονται οι ρυτίδες ☑️ σχέδιο μαθήματος Όλα καλά, πάμε για μάθημα 061
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 18/10/2025In some ways, October is a month of quiet recalibration: from focused writing in the summer to the teaching-first Winter semester, and from the turmoil of September to a more predictable pace.achilleaskostoulas.comOctober 2025: Notes on Teaching, Research, and Writing (Achilleas Kostoulas)October 2025 update on publications, workshops and projects: reflections on teaching, collaboration and academic life this autumn. 131
Reposted by Achilleas Kostoulas Liℤℤy Kodpuak née Acid Lich (can’t spell sheaves without she) @acidlich.bsky.social · 30/09/2025I like lakiki even better 1334
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasSteve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Free CPD. youtu.be/OPi48VJvffs?...youtu.beOAT Session 1 Maximising Input and InteractionYouTube video by Steve Smith 022
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 26/09/2025On 26 September we mark the European Day of Languages. We celebrate linguistic diversity — but which languages do we actually sustain, and which ones do we quietly leave behind? #EuropeanDayOfLanguages #Multilingualism achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/09/26/e...achilleaskostoulas.comEuropean Day of Languages: What are we really celebrating?Reflections on the European Day of Languages: from celebration to sustaining diversity in classrooms, democracy, AI, and everyday practice. 043
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 23/09/2025Today’s challenge will be managing to fit in 180 minutes of workshop activities in 120 minutes of workshop. 020
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 19/09/2025Having published modestly and reviewed a lot, here’s what I know about peer review. #PeerReviewWeek2025 achilleaskostoulas.com/2018/05/01/p...achilleaskostoulas.comPeer review: The good, the bad and the ugly (Achilleas Kostoulas)This blogpost by Dr Achilleas Kostoulas discusses some challenges of the peer review process, and what can be learned from them. 031
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasMichael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/20241. Hanhwa in English in the apartment #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul. Apartment branding adds a lot of HUGE text to the skyline of Seoul and is a really interesting topic that generates a lot of popular discussion . . . Do I dare resurrect my apartment name thread from the Other Place on Bluesky? 7475
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 09/09/2025From vivas to complexity theory, AI guidelines to Dark Academia: a quick round-up of what’s been happening on my desk. Read here 👉 achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/09/09/n...achilleaskostoulas.comNotes & updates: September 2025 (Achilleas Kostoulas)A round-up of recent highlights: a doctoral defence, new and old projects (ReaLiTea, AI-Lang, LocaLLing), calls for papers, reading notes, and behind-the-scenes reflections. 010
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL @tcsaltjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025📢 We are now accepting manuscripts for our Fall 2025 issue! Check out the guidelines & make your submission here: tesolal.columbia.edu 0127
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasMichael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Quite interesting that some stickers for sale here feature Korean and others feature English. Do cats in Korea speak Korean? But baking needs English? Regardless, a lot going on in the sticker #LinguisticLandscape! 031
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 24/08/2025We are always “proud to announce”, “honoured to participate”, “excited to be part of”. Are there other, more authentic ways to talk about our work in academia? patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i...patthomson.netI’ve just been published and I feel…When Dr. Sarah’s first peer-reviewed article appeared in the Journal of Sustainability and Urban Policy, her social media announcements said: “Delighted to share my latest research on ur… 121
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 24/08/2025🎉 Thrilled to see the article Juup Stelma and I wrote “Revisiting Complex Dynamic Systems Theory: Empowering Language Teachers and Teaching” ranking among the most visited in TESOL Journal for 2024. 🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comRevisiting complex dynamic systems theory: Empowering language teachers and teachingThis article revisits complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) and provides a new synthesis that, the authors argue, may empower language teachers. The particular focus is on the interplay between chang.... 010
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasDorie @doriec.bsky.social · 22/08/2025In a world where many are actively working against us, we must continue ensure that this is true 085
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasPL Thomas EdD @plthomasedd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Did You Write This?: Or Why You Can't Spell "Plagiarism" without "AI" radicalscholarship.com/2025/07/21/d...radicalscholarship.comDid You Write This?: Or Why You Can’t Spell “Plagiarism” without “AI”[Header Photo by Lauren Mancke on Unsplash] “Did you write this?” I once asked a sophomore in my advanced English class. The student was one of three siblings I would teach, and their m… 011
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 17/08/2025“Receptive bilinguals are bilingual […] If you think understanding isn’t enough, maybe you’re mistaking loudness for depth” ——— Kevin Wong ( @kevinwongla.bsky.social ) : What I’d Say about Bilingualism if I Wasn’t Afraid to Hurt your Feelings” (👉🏻 m.youtube.com/shorts/dDAUT...)m.youtube.comWhat I’d Say About Bilingualism if I Wasn’t Afraid to Hurt Your Feelings | The Bilingual ProfessorYouTube video by The Bilingual Professor 042
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/08/2025Just in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search. 26957264
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 13/08/2025In In 1903, respected professor Jan Baudoin de Courtenay was asked to update Russia's most famous dictionary. He shocked everyone by adding profanity to its pages. 📖 This post tells the story, and also discusses different approaches to doing #linguistics. 👉🏻 achilleaskostoulas.com/2023/04/26/c... 020
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasNelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This reminds me of this excellent new article that shows how ChatGPT actually increase language anxiety and linguistic insecurity for Chinese international students for found themselves relying on it more and more in ways that took away their voice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comYou don’t need to prove yourself: A raciolinguistic perspective on Chinese international students’ academic language anxiety and ChatGPT useAdopting a raciolinguistic perspective, this study examines the Chinese international students’ anxiety on academic English writing under ChatGPT use … 25629
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/08/2025What if you’ve been doing research all along —without calling it that? New blog about our work at the @realitea.bsky.social project & webinar by @caroblume.bsky.social on turning everyday teaching into reflective inquiry. #LanguageTeaching #ResearchLiteracy #ReaLiTea link.kostoulas.com/ytwpz348 032
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 09/07/2025May the cold stars keep their silent vigil over you, and may that which slumbers in the deep pass you by in the dark hours. 140
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasMaurice Politis @mgpolitis.eurosky.social · 06/07/2025“If you think research is expensive, try disease.” Preventing disease is a lot cheaper than letting it happen and then trying to respond. english.elpais.com/science-tech... 021
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 05/07/2025I enjoyed reading this…journals.sagepub.comLanguage is land, land is language: The importance of Indigenous languages - Susan Chiblow, Paul J. Meighan, 2022This collaborative opinion piece, written from the authors’ personal perspectives (Anishinaabe and Gàidheal) on Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) and Gàidhlig ... 020
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 02/07/2025Language education is rarely just about language, communicative competence or grammar. If we want language education to be about justice and inclusion, we need to start asking hard questions about the materials we use and the hidden messages they carry. 🔗 achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/07/01/l...achilleaskostoulas.comLanguage, ideology and racism in language textbooksHow can educators critically engage with the ideology of language textbooks to foster inclusion, justice, and critical awareness. 051
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/07/2025So much unwritten in the quiet hours, when the coffee cools and the words tire. The work remains. The author fades. 020
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 28/06/2025So, anyhow, it appears I have a new book now. 2193
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasCapybara @chiguire79.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Μετά την κατάρρευση κάθε αισθητικής με τη χρήση του ΑΙ αυτό που τρέμω είναι το με τι θα γεμίσουν τα σπίτια μας όταν μαζικοποιηθεί και η χρήση του 3D printer. 2168
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasΜπαγιάτικο Μύδι @belegrinos.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Δεν θυμάμαι και που έχω παρκάρει την καμήλα 12414
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasMaurice Politis @mgpolitis.eurosky.social · 25/06/2025media.tenor.coma man with ears is sitting on a chair and says `` so we all agree then '' .ALT: a man with ears is sitting on a chair and says `` so we all agree then '' . 021
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 25/06/2025Είναι συντετριμμένος που τελείωσε το εξάμηνο και δεν θα χρειαστεί να ξυπνήσω ξανά πρωί μέχρι τον Σεπτέμβριο. Συντετριμμένος λέω. Χασταγκ: Θλίψη. Χασταγκ: Απογοήτευση. 010
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasSylvia Sierra 🏔️ @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 24/06/2025being a linguist means sometimes you just find yourself staring at something like this on your screen 10736
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 24/06/2025🤔What do our classroom walls say about language? 💡This post explores how teachers can use schoolscapes (signs, posters & displays) to affirm multilingual identities and disrupt monolingual norms. achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/24/s...achilleaskostoulas.comSchoolscapes Aren’t Neutral: Language Teaching for Inclusion (Achilleas Kostoulas)Ideas language teachers can use that leverage schoolscapes to support multilingual inclusion through everyday classroom practices. 031
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasJim Andrakakis @jimandrakakis.net · 24/06/2025Blog post: My LLM/AI cheat sheet, starting with the main taxonomies of LLMs/AIs dandraka.com/2025/06/24/m... (reposted with the cute robot pic)dandraka.comMy LLM/AI cheat sheetAs with the script cheat sheet, that’s not a post, at least in the classical sense 😊 Rather it’s a collection of knowledge that I will keep updating, for me to find easily. Main taxonomies of LLMs/… 042
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 19/06/2025In many schools around the world, ELT relies on monolingual practices, or 'English-only' methods. Such practices are rarely effective, and often problematic. This post describes an empowering… achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/19/l… 195
Reposted by Achilleas KostoulasJeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 18/06/2025"The key takeaway point is that matching teaching with students’ learning preferences has very little impact, and many more effective interventions exist....An important message from this article is that..." (1/3) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1007/s106...doi.orgLearning Styles, Preferences, or Strategies? An Explanation for the Resurgence of Styles Across Many Meta-analyses - Educational Psychology ReviewThe persistence of learning styles as a concept in educational discourse and research is paradoxical, given the overwhelming evidence discrediting the matching hypothesis, the notion that aligning… 1258
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 18/06/2025When T. Moore was done examining Wittgenstein, he didn’t have to write a 15-page report. He just needed to write that “this is a work of genius; furthermore, it’s up to the standard required for a Cambridge PhD.” And after they were done with that, they called it a day and went off for drinks… 020
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 13/06/2025Κατά κάποιους τρόπους, το πιο ευχάριστο μάθημα του εξαμήνου. Κατά άλλους, όχι. 031
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/06/2025Έχετε κι εσείς παρεξηγησιάρικα μποτ στις τράπεζες σας, μόνο σε μένα έτυχε να είναι ευαισθητούλι; 4154
Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/06/2025Information about an upcoming special issue that will focus on how AI is transforming language education. achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/11/a… 001