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Jim McKinley

@jimmckinley.bsky.social
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Professor of Applied Linguistics, University College London, IOE Internationalisation of higher education, TESOL, EMI, teaching-research nexus

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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For #PeerReviewWeek, a huge thank you to everyone who reviews for TESOL Quarterly. Peer review takes considerable time and care, usually with little visible recognition, and the journal could not function without the expertise and generosity of our reviewers. Very grateful to you all! #PRW2026
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What should AI research in TESOL be trying to tell us once today’s tools have changed? In our new TESOL Quarterly editorial, Ben Moorhouse and I introduce the AI in TESOL section and outline our hopes for work with durable insights and enduring value. doi.org/10.1002/tesq... Object Identifier (DOI)
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
What moves TESOL research from relevant to publishable? Sihan Zhou and I address this in our new TESOL Quarterly editorial, focusing on contribution, access, and accountability. I’d be very interested to hear what others think! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #TESOL #AppliedLinguistics
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From Relevant to Publishable in <fc>TESOL</fc> Research: Contribution, Access, and Accountability
Many manuscripts sent to TQ are recognizably TESOL, carefully written, and ethically serious. The harder editorial question is what moves a manuscript from relevant to publishable. In this editorial,...
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“Voice recovery in AI-mediated writing: Rethinking writer identity in the GenAI era” Open access paper out in Digital Studies in Language and Literature. It asks how writers can retain and recover voice as GenAI becomes part of academic writing. Let me know what you think! doi.org/10.1515/dsll...
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New Cambridge Element: The Climate Turn in Language Teaching by Francisca Aguiló Mora & Almudena Marín Cobos. Free to download until 16 July! doi.org/10.1017/9781... Please share the link, not the PDF.
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The Climate Turn in Language Teaching
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
FREE download until 29 April: The Psychology of Language Teachers: Cognition, Affect, and Motivation By Dávid Smid and Sarah Mercer (University of Graz) doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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The Psychology of Language Teachers
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
#AAAL2026 "Meet the Journal Editors" session is this afternoon. Sharing the generous support of Cambridge University Press - download ALL titles free during the conference! www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New OA paper: Beyond Polishing. Argues GenAI isn’t just editing writing... it’s reshaping drafts before polishing, with consequences for voice and stance. I welcome your thoughts! doi.org/10.1515/dsll...
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Beyond Polishing: The Compounding Dynamic of GenAI in Academic Writing
Generative AI can reshape stance and voice in multilingual student writing, with effects that appear to be shifting over time. Using a random sample of English L2 master’s-level assignments at a UK un...
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
EMI assessment is where debates about academic literacy and English proficiency always seem to end up. I argue that relying on proficiency scores to judge EMI readiness misses the academic literacies students actually need, and risks being exclusionary. Would love your thoughts!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New in Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching: Informal Digital Learning of English (Ju Seong Lee). Explores how learners engage with English through digital spaces beyond the classroom. Share the link (not the PDF) widely! #digitallearning 📥 Free download until 4 Feb: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Informal Digital Learning of English
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New article in Higher Education: we challenge market-driven university strategy and argue for building on distinctive internal scholarly strengths instead. Using a new bibliometric tool, we show how research profiles can inform strategy and protect academic autonomy. rdcu.be/eZ487
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Mapping scholarly resources for strategy: a resource-based view of two management faculties
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
New, OPEN ACCESS, Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series... Please download your free copy today! doi.org/10.1017/9781... "Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)" by Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (University of the Basque Country)
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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Open Access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... An argument for focus on academic literacy over proficiency for EMI preparedness. I welcome your thoughts! @ucl.ac.uk
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Beyond Proficiency: Rethinking Preparedness in English‐Medium Instruction
This article challenges the assumption that EMI success depends mainly on students' English proficiency. Drawing on East Asian contexts and my own trajectory as a researcher and practitioner, I argue...
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Open Access! Our study shows how structured, identity-focused peer feedback can help doctoral L2 writers refine their authorial voice, build rhetorical confidence, and resist the homogenising effects of GenAI-assisted prose. Watch this space. More to come from this project! doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
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Redirecting
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Open Access! "Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective", in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics! (Lee, Jeon, McKinley and Rose). Watch out for the 'standards' GenAI defaults to... your own voice and style may be lost! doi.org/10.1017/S026...
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Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge Core
Generative AI and English language teaching: A global Englishes perspective
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Open access + OASIS plain-language summaries = more views, downloads & citations — a practical path to more inclusive, impactful research! doi.org/10.1515/appl...
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Do open access plain-language summaries increase engagement with research?
In a range of academic scholarship communities, the debate over the efficacy and impact of open access publishing has intensified. This discourse is strong in [language education and applied linguisti...
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We are delighted to announce that Alfred W. T. Lo (University of Oxford, UK) has been selected as the winner of the 2024 System Early Career Researcher Award. doi.org/10.1016/j.sy... We thank all four early career scholars for their outstanding contributions to System!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Some actual photos from The Contemporary Crossroads VI conference at Eötvös Loránd University yesterday - huge thanks to Kata Csizér for the invitation!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The Contemporary Crossroads VI conference at Eötvös Loránd University (and the fun weekend before it) here in Budapest was everything I needed to start the summer right!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Free download until 6 June. Please download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) with others so they can download their copy, too. Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The newest title in the Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series is now available for free download until 6 June! Download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) widely!
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Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
One of the many reasons I love living in London. I get to see amazing people more often as they come through! From the US, from Hong Kong - keep coming back, friends!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I’ve so enjoyed being back in Japan since mid-April, but alas, my time is coming to an end and I return to London on Saturday. I’m always grateful that I can spend time here. Huge thanks to Waseda University’s Institute for Advanced Studies who hosted me!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Photos from the Future of English project on Online Behaviour in EMI last week at Waseda University. I miss everyone! Sad our 3-year project is coming to an end…
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A few more photos from #AAAL2025 -it’s been great catching up with friends, colleagues, and the latest research!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Selfie time day 3 #AAAL2025
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Some more #AAAL2025 day two photos… full day!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Good morning, Denver! Ready for day 3 of #AAAL2025
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#AAAL2025 day two morning photos. Making up for lost time!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I made it!! #AAAL2025 from tomorrow!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I’m getting there! Changing planes in Houston! #AAAL2025 better late than never…
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Well, I’ll get to Denver for #AAAL2025 32 hours later than planned but I’m on my way! So disappointed to miss our Global Englishes and TESOL colloquium at 8am on day one but at least I’ll be there for day two!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
For those at #AAAL2025 consider starting day one off with us! Global Englishes and TESOL 2-hour colloquium…
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"Metacognition in Language Teaching" by Mark Feng Teng The newest title in the Cambridge Elements series is available for free download until 20 March. Please download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) with others so they can download their copy, too. doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Metacognition in Language Teaching
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Future of English Forum 2025 with David Crystal is underway! #BritishCouncil #UniversityofBedfordshire
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Open access! "Global Englishes teaching in secondary schools in Italy" (ELT Journal) - Andreani & McKinley doi.org/10.1093/elt/... This study explored how presentations on English varieties shaped 96 Italian students’ attitudes, backing GE but lingering bias toward British/American English.
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Li Wei 李嵬 @professorliwei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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Refashioning linguistic expertise: Translanguaging TESOL in social media
Abstract. This article examines the performative reconfiguration of linguistic expertise and the mode of TESOL at the intersection of language teaching, ne
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
FREE download until 6 March! "Teaching Second Language Academic Writing" by Chris Tardy doi.org/10.1017/9781... This is the 19th title in the series! And "Core Concepts in English for Specific Purposes" by Helen Basturkmen (University of Auckland), is available to download FREE until 28 February!
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Teaching Second Language Academic Writing
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A great day at the SRHE event yesterday on the research and teaching nexus - current research indicates the relationship is getting weaker…
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Hot off the press - Content knowledge attainment in English medium instruction: Does academic English literacy matter? Language Teaching Research. doi.org/10.1177/1362... Should support for academic success in EMI primarily focus on broader academic English literacy skills? I welcome your thoughts!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The newest title in the Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series is now available for free download at any time (open access!). Share the link (not the PDF) so others can download their copy, too. Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language by Jian-E Peng doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Future of English Symposium “Online EMI communication in university classrooms” has started! Bearing the end of this three year project… so exciting to disseminate here at University of Reading Malaysia!
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Danijela Trenkic @danijelatrenkic.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Funded PhDs in Cognitive Psychology, including language and cognition, at CEU, Vienna. Deadline for applications 4 Feb 2025
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Applications Are Now Open for Academic Year 2025-2026 | Department of Cognitive Science
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Systematic review, decolonisation, and AI - great discussions at last night’s London TESOL Research Forum @ioe.bsky.social
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Nice to launch the festive season with doctoral students, old and new, over to the flat for nibbles and drinks. I’m always so impressed with this bunch!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
For those working in language education technology and English for academic purposes, please see the call for papers for a new special issue, which is now out on JEAP’s website: www.sciencedirect.com/.../technolo... Abstracts due 15 February 2025.
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Absolutely brilliant seminar this evening for the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics on algorithmic mining analysis using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques by this sociology team from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Reconceptualizing ‘reviewing the literature’!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A couple of photos from David Dai’s book launch at the IOE yesterday. Absolutely brilliant work that will inspire even more excellent research in intercultural competence. And a great crowd in attendance!
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Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Excited about the potential of this platform… coming back to London from my week at the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a renewed energy for networking!
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