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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 26/07/2026

Soon, I’ll have students younger than my website.

Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 16/07/2026

It 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.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 02/12/2025

Κάθε φορά λέω ότι θα είναι η τελευταία που οργανώνω εγώ κάτι.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/11/2025

The most productive moments with AI aren’t when it’s right. They’re when it’s almost right. Those near-misses make us pause, think, and refine what we know.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/11/2025

I 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.

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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

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 23/09/2025

Today’s challenge will be managing to fit in 180 minutes of workshop activities in 120 minutes of workshop.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 13/08/2025

In 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...

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/08/2025

What 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

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 09/07/2025

May the cold stars keep their silent vigil over you, and may that which slumbers in the deep pass you by in the dark hours.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/07/2025

So much unwritten in the quiet hours, when the coffee cools and the words tire. The work remains. The author fades.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 28/06/2025

So, anyhow, it appears I have a new book now.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 19/06/2025

In 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…

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 18/06/2025

When 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…

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 13/06/2025

Κατά κάποιους τρόπους, το πιο ευχάριστο μάθημα του εξαμήνου. Κατά άλλους, όχι.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/06/2025

Έχετε κι εσείς παρεξηγησιάρικα μποτ στις τράπεζες σας, μόνο σε μένα έτυχε να είναι ευαισθητούλι;

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 11/06/2025

Information about an upcoming special issue that will focus on how AI is transforming language education. achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/11/a…

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 18/05/2025

📖 ICYMI: ‘Doctoral Study and Getting Published’, a collection of narratives by early career researchers, edited by Richard Fay and me, is now available for preorder.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 13/05/2025

You can never have enough bookshelves

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/05/2025

New book in the making: I’m delighted to announce that our upcoming book “Empowering Language Teachers through Research Literacy”, which I am honoured to co-edit with Kenan Dikilitaş and Christina Ringel, has been accepted for publication by Routledge. Watch this space for updates!

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 01/05/2025

I have no idea what went down exactly, but judging by the aftermath, I’d say a Lipizzaner unicorn had some *serious* digestive regrets inside my suitcase.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 26/04/2025

«Προ 5 μηνών εκλάπη υπό Μανούηλ Ιωάννου πλοιάρχου […] επωλήθη (;) μεσιτεία (;) Αντωνίου Δάφλου […] Δαργελοβίτσας δια γρ[όσια] 4 ανακαλύψας την κλοπήν […] το έλαβον καταβαλών (;) […] 36 1/2. Θεσσαλονίκη 10 Ιουλίου (;) 1865. Ιωάννης Αυγέρης». Μπορεί κανείς να διαβάσει το υπόλοιπο;

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 23/04/2025

Such suggestions are not hard to find, ranging from op-eds to articles in peer-reviewed journals

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 08/04/2025

In Ankara, for the second Transnational Meeting of the Research Literacy if Langyage Teachers (@realitea.bsky.social ) project, magnificently hosted by the Ankara Social Sciences University.

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Achilleas Kostoulas @achilleaskostoulas.com · 22/01/2025

I enjoy proofreading. Don’t judge me.

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