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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I cannot wait for October to arrive so I can start my doctorate 😱 but first, Japan ! #education #languages

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

So I got into Portsmouth Ed.D program ✨ and accepted the offer ✨ #education #tesol

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I realize that I don’t post here as much as I should … The past few weeks have been busy since a paper got accepted at the World Conference of Foreign Language Education in London this July ✨ #tesol #tefl

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

It broke my heart to withdraw my application to MSU but it was clearly for the best 🫠😳 #education

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

But on the other hand, I have started working on another article, this time on #accentism 🤩 #tesol #tefl

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

My article on language and identity is done but tbh I don’t know where to send it 🤣 it’s not an academic article, it’s pretty mainstream so I am puzzled and open to suggestions #article #sociolinguistics

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

What’s the best way to start #languageweek ? To have a conference about deaf sign language ! #diversity #multilingualism

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I have an interview at the university of Portsmouth to do an Ed.D 🔥 #keepthemotivation

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It was a great course, I deeply enjoyed it!

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Literally the whole point of the new certificate I have done with #futurelearn : Understanding Multilingual Children’s language development ✨ #multilingualism

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I won’t pay €280 a language assessment test to prove that my English level is good enough to be a doctorate student in a British university while I have been a British university student for the past 6 years. This is purely and simply discrimination. #tesol

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I hold a MA in Applied linguistics and TESOL from a British university. I attended Yale and Harvardas a postgrad. I have published papers in English about English teaching. I have been asked to provide a proof of my English level from Ed.D program. #whatonearth

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This is 2025 and we need, more than ever, to remind people that women are human beings. Women’s rights are human’s rights. #internationalwomensday

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thanks Marjorie ! I am very excited to start this new journey :)

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Oh, and I enrolled back to Harvard. I was debating for months, if not years, if I were to do a Certificate in School management and Leadership at Harvard Business School, since I got in, actually. Well, today is the day 💁‍♀️ #professionaldevelopment

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Promoting native speakerism is a slap on the face to all the learners of the world. It’s saying “you will never be enough.” I am raging mad that this is something qualified and competent teachers have to fight against #tesol #accentism

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

My daughter (3 y/o) explained to me, very calmly, that she wanted to go to Japan with me next Spring so while I work, she can “admire the flowers”. I think she particularly liked building that Lego set with me 🤣 #japaneseflowers #thingsmykidsays

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I am halfway through my second #futurelearn certificate this month (this time about language and culture), fairly sure I will be done by next week 😱 #cpd

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I said to myself “I don’t need another tattoo” for months. I was convinced. No new projects. Until my favorite tattoo artist released new sketches and I am like TAKE MY MONEYYYYY #tattoo

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Busy weekend since I completed a new certificate with #futurelearn ✨ introduction to Intercultural Studies : Intercultural contact. I really liked it and completed it way faster than I thought 🤣 #cpd #interculturalism

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Just realized that my cat, who is 18 years old and a half, would be 90 years old if she were human .. no wonder she is tired lately 😰 #leeloo

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I am honestly considering signing up for Japanese classes 🫠 why am I like this? #languages #japanese

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Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

“Accent reduction” is more of a marketing gimmick than an actual service.

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I have to stop myself from buying a new book on #languagerevitalization this time about #breton 😭 #brittany

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Like, my colleague brought celebratory breakfast because I got into the Ed.D program ? How nice is that ?! #doctorate

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I am honestly extremely lucky to have such supportive colleagues. When I compare with my former school, it really changes everything. #grateful

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My current position will evolve pretty soon because the workload is just too much for me BUT I am quite dubious about what will happen. I don’t deal well with uncertainty 🤷‍♀️ #work

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I GOT IN ✨ I got into the Ed.D program at the University of Sheffield !! #education #plurilingualism #teachertraining

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I survived my interview ! I don’t know what will happen next, apparently I should have the answer pretty soon. I am not sure at all how it went. I guess we’ll see 🤞 #doctorate

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It’s indeed in English, with some quotes in the original language though. I have mostly found articles on plurilingualism in French and Italian until “recently” (2 years or so)

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Today is hard (exhausted after traveling a lot and working on several difficult cases) BUT I am going to work again with my former uni roommate and that’s the bright side of my day ✨

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Helen Pattio Combe @helencombe.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

What a day ! It was lovely to meet again with my former #tesol France colleagues and to discuss language assessment strategies with #etsglobal and #7speaking at #learningtechnologies in #paris

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