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A special interest group focused on Social Justice within the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) ✊ #eap4sj 🌐 Our website: eap4sj.weebly.com ✉️ Our mailing list: shorturl.at/rvGHL

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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🗞️ EAP for Social Justice Newsletter #2 🌐 Please share with colleagues and networks digitally or pinned up on a noticeboard the old-fashioned way 📍
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RefugEAP @refugeap.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Pleased to share our first RefugEAP Programme impact report, detailing the impact that this free online trauma-informed academic English and skills programme for refugee-backround students across the UK has had over the past three years. Download here: le.ac.uk/-/media/uol/... @eap4sj.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or I.C.E., has aggressively moved to detain some students whose visas or residency status have been canceled by Mr. Rubio." tinyurl.com/2pbpm3w9
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U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Many Chinese Students, Rubio Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the students who will have their visas canceled include people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and those studying in “critical fields.”
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
If you want a sneak preview of my book, Workable Accents, please click this link to read a decent chunk of the introductory chapter: shorturl.at/MfGLQ Please remember to ask your university or local library to order a copy and share this post widely! Thanks in advance!
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Title: Workable Accents: How International Teaching Assistants Vocally Fashion and Contest Academic Labor

Author: Vijay A. Ramjattan

Image: A multi-coloured and patterned speech bubble being assembled by four hands of different skin tone; "Bloomsbury" is written beneath the bubbleScreenshot of one section of the book entitled, "Why Examine Workable Accents?"
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Deniz Ortactepe Hart @denizoh.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Join us for our pre-symposium event on the 27th of May! @elinet-lsj.bsky.social
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Steven Pinker spent the last several years framing those of us who disagreed with views as a “woke mob” attacking his free speech, which laid the foundation for the fascist takeover of higher education he now laments.
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
"Even as other symbols of the United States — Hollywood, for example, or iPhones — lost their cachet for many Chinese, American universities remained a source of aspiration, even veneration [...] Schools like Harvard were an exception." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/w... @harvard.edu
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In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📢 Are you a UCU member or representative working in English for Academic Purposes?🎓 ✉️ Join the UCU working group by emailing Angela Hulme: a.l.hulme@leeds.ac.uk @ucu.org.uk @teflunion.bsky.social #UCU #EAP #HigherEd
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
For lovers of podcasts and social justice: My colleague @severyandyakonov.bsky.social has interviewed Canadian doctor Yipeng Ge, who went to Gaza on a humanitarian mission and was suspended from his university. Public history at its best. Please share! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
👥 Seats still available for this public seminar on futures of linguistic justice 🗣️ @iancushing.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that 1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators. 2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
36% of lecturers describe themselves as frequent users of generative AI tools. Is this the beginning of the botification and self-alienation of academics? Initial reflections on today's article by @kashhill.bsky.social from @biblioracle.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"Universities are bureaucratic messes sometimes and struggle to provide equitable access. But they were our messes—governed by scholars, accountable to professional standards, not political agendas. It was what made the university worth defending." @nelsonlflores.bsky.social www.bit.ly/4kg9yU3
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This Is How a Democracy Dies—One University at a Time
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump didn’t exactly hide what he was planning. He said he’d take control of higher education—and in the 100+ days since his second inauguration, he’s been …
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“Top five AI uses for students were writing-centered: –starting papers and projects (49%); –summarizing long texts (48%); –brainstorming creative projects (45%); –exploring new topics (44%); –and revising writing (44%)”
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🤖 "AI models produce a monolithic version of English that erases variation, excludes minoritised and regional voices, and reinforces unequal power dynamics[...] The AI ecosystem is multilingual in theory, but monolingual in practice." 🇺🇸 theconversation.com/ai-systems-a... @celesterl.bsky.social
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AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks
AI models too often produce a monolithic version of English that erases variation.
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"Foreign students who have studied for degrees in the UK will face tighter rules over their right to remain after finishing university." "Dependants will be expected to pass the more advanced English A2 test." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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English test among range of Labour measures to control immigration
Keir Starmer says system ‘will be tightened up’ in all areas, following sharp rise in support for Reform UK in elections
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
✂️ Concerned about the cuts, redundancies and 'restructuring' facing our sector? You're not alone! Colleagues at BALEAP are collating resources on this Padlet 📚 padlet.com/alhulme1/ide...
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
BALEAP has expressed dismay by recent news of increasing threats to centres and lecturers in English for Academic Purposes across the UK ✂️ See below for full statement and commitments from their executive commitee 📣 @teflunion.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Special issue on 'Education, Antiracism & Decoloniality' from ESC ✊ Multilingual and open-access with some very relevant reflexions for EAP practitioners 👇 www.up.pt/journals/ind... @ces-uc.bsky.social l @sumingkhoo.bsky.social
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
In between bites of al pastor tacos and sips of a margarita, Duolingo billionaire Luis von Ahn talks about how AI will make some jobs disappear. “It’s a tough situation that'll affect the poor, the less educated. And not just in the U.S., but in poor countries.” Free: archive.ph/2024.09.24-1...
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Duolingo’s Billionaire Founder Is All In On AI
Duolingo’s Guatemalan Immigrant Founder Luis von Ahn Is Now A Billionaire
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
New on the Language on the Move @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: why its important to find better ways to work with atypical language users and to train interpreters to work with atypical language users www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...
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The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The Case for H…
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Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
More amazing work on postdigital classrooms! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Alternative Futures in the Postdigital Classrooms of the Global South - Postdigital Science and Education
When planning a learning event, teachers will carefully craft learning tasks, while choosing specific social arrangements and selecting material and digital tools for their students. Each learning eve...
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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Join our upcoming event: "Language as power: The role of linguistic gatekeeping in research with international students" led by Akanksha Dochania (University of Delhi) 23 May 2025 13:00 – 14:00 IST / 8:30 – 9:30 am GMT Online via Zoom Register at: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This webinar critically examines the impact of English-language dominance in global academia on Indian international students, focusing on the intersecting challenges of caste, race, and geographic marginalization from rural areas or Tier 3-4 cities. As English remains the dominant medium of scholarly communication, Indian students from these backgrounds face amplified barriers in publishing and collaboration due to linguistic gatekeeping. These challenges, rooted in systemic inequities, marginalize voices already sidelined by caste hierarchies, racialized perceptions abroad, and limited access to quality education in rural or smaller urban centers. Through an intersectional lens, this webinar explores how these dynamics shape their academic experiences, highlighting their unique struggles and innovative strategies to resist exclusion. By fostering dialogue among researchers, educators, and students, the session aims to propose equitable solutions tailored to the Indian context, contributing to a more inclusive global academic landscape.
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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Reminder: our unmissable online roundtable on the crisis in UK HE and how/whether it's fixable. We'll be hearing from @gunjans.bsky.social, @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, Susan Robertson, before opening up the discussion. #academicsky #highereducation www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...
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Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it?, Monday 12 May, 12:30pm - Lancaster University
Four experts from different disciplines will provide their overview of why (or if) UK higher education is in a period crisis and what needs to change.
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PACE Graduate School Open University @pacespaceou.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
*Shifting Power in Language Learning & Applied Linguistics with GenAI* The conference is inspired by the Shifting Power project (shiftingpower.kmi.open.ac.uk) and the Radical AI Network (www.nature.com/articles/d41...) #GenAI #EuroCall #CallForProposals #CfP eurocall-languages.org/events/genai...
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GenAI Conference @ The Open University UK - Eurocall
Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI A conference at The Open University UK, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, in Milton Keynes and online November 13t...
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Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA - INTIFADA against all #Colonialism @serenissimaj.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Interested in answers to this: "A friend contacted me about their supervisor possibly using AI to give feedback on their dissertation (feedback shows 100% AI generated on checks + makes very little sense in context)" sciences.social/@kavana@scho... @academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicChatter
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Learning to read in a foreign language has taught me to embrace ambiguity – one sentence at a time | Patrick Lum
In striving to understand Japanese books and comics, I’ve adopted the habits of a weightlifter: I find my comfort zone then push beyond it
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Alex Luke @alexluke.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I think the whole notion of learner-centredness is now irredeemably corrupted by neoliberal thought and its offshoots, and will never prove truly liberatory with its lack of structural critique, its atomising epistemology, & its failure to locate itself in colonial/class struggle, amongst others
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This Tuesday @uni-hamburg.de: What constitutes a language barrier and what are their consequences for individual health outcomes and group health disparities? www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/fa...
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
‘A Linguistics of the Oppressed’ Brilliant new open-access zine from Sol Tovar addressing a range of contemporary critical concerns heyzine.com/flip-book/eb... @soltovar.bsky.social
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Outcomes of the proseminar A Linguistics of the Oppressed | PDF to Flipbook
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
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TEFL Workers' Union @teflunion.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🗓️ Mark your calendars! We're hosting a social & meet-up in London on May 2nd. Doors open at 6:30 PM at the May Day Rooms. Bring your workmates! (No managers, please!) teflworkersunion.org...
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TEFL social & meet-up (London May 2nd)
We’re proud to be hosting the second “TEFL Town Hall” in London on May 2nd. As before, it’ll be an opportunity to meet with fellow ELT workers, do some fun activities, and, of course, free pi
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Dr Tomasz John @tomaszjohn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New article in the #baleap Journal of Research & Practice! We explore trioethnography, rhizomatic analysis & blackout poetry as creative tools for resistance, growth & collaboration in EAP. Read here: reinventionjournal.org/index.php/ba... #EAP #BALEAP
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Some brilliant speakers now confirmed for the Social Justice in ELT symposium: 📅 Date: 30-31 May 2025 📍 Location: BAHÇESEHIR UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey www.socialjusticeinelt.com/Home/Symposi... @elinet-lsj.bsky.social
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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It was a conference that centres a scholarship of heartbreak. I am humbled to share my invited plenary contribution on women and culture with incredible women at the Rebuilding HE in Gaza Conference at Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni. youtu.be/02usb_PKWQI?si…
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🌟Stars of the Social Justice SIG at BALEAP 2025 with our new banner and newsletter🪧 @paulbreenauthor.bsky.social @wilhardman.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"Labels dehumanise us and inevitably lead to deficit narratives" 🗣️ Ramzi Merabet's brilliant keynote at BALEAP 2025 problematizing the 'international student' label 🏷️ @ramzimerabet.bsky.social @wilhardman.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
📰 Launch of new BALEAP journal whose first issue features papers from last conference at Warwick University 🏫
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
An overview of the brilliant Feminism X EAP slow conference from last year with Sanchia Rodrigues and our own Iwona Winiarska-Pringle at BALEAP 2025
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Kindness in EAP with Jenna Mettlemeier at BALEAP 2025. Some provocative questions:
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🗣️ Voices from the Other Side of Hope: Writing as Activism Podcast ✊ m.soundcloud.com/artshumlaw/v... Hear from 4 refugee/migrant-background authors, including Palestinian-British academic & poet Dr Khawla Badwan’s (8:47-20:30) ❤️🍉 @uolappliedling.bsky.social @khawlabadwan.bsky.social
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Voices from The Other Side of Hope Writing as Activism
Stream Voices from The Other Side of Hope Writing as Activism by Arts Podcasts at Leicester on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
📢 From activism to actionable: Paul and Wil leading a well-attended world café on social justice at BALEAP 2025 conference today ⚖️ @wilhardman.bsky.social @paulbreenauthor.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
BALEAP 2025 kicks off in Plymouth with a student-teacher panel on core themes of the conference: Collaboration, Co-creation & Community 🙌 What support structures work for international students? Buddy systems, social events, writing cafés, digital support, mentoring ❔ @plymuni.bsky.social
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
📰 EAP for Social Justice quarterly newsletter for Jan-Mar 2025 is now out. ⚖️ Catch up on the wonderful events our team have made happen so far this year! @wilhardman.bsky.social @alekspalanac.bsky.social @paulbreenauthor.bsky.social #EAP4SJ #SocialJustice #EAP
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Social Justice group ready for the BALEAP 2025 Conference! ⚖️✊ Our very own @wilhardman.bsky.social modelling our brand new banner
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
📝 Do you have 15-20m to take part in a survey on Linguistic Justice in English for Academic Purposes? 🔗 Access the survey just here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Leicester @uolappliedling.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Next talk in the Leicester Applied Linguistics Guest Speakers: Sinfree Makoni on Waterscape epistemologies, waves of knowing and translanguaging as wet ontology: Developing a southern epistemological approach to sociolinguistics. 2 April 2025 / 13.00 UK shorturl.at/x0SaH
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EAP for Social Justice @eap4sj.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🎥 Webinar Recording 🎥 Prof. Bridget Goodman discusses cariño pedagogy, raciolinguistics, and academic literacies 📚 From Mama Bear to Tough Love and Beyond 👉 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm99... #Raciolinguistics #EAP @bridgetelf.bsky.social @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
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Professor Bridget Goodman, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan From Mama Bear to Tough Love and Beyond
YouTube video by BALEAP - The Global Forum for EAP Professionals
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