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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

After what was probably the busiest ACTFL yet, it was awesome to come home to find this on my doorstep!

Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Proud of this new (open access 🔓!) piece with Hyun-Bin Hwang where we propose a practical framework to help researchers design studies that meaningfully connect with the everyday work of teachers and other practitioners. Feedback welcome! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Frederik Cornillie @fcornillie.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Interactive fiction is considered a niche game genre for geeks who like to play with language and puzzles, but it is both underexplored and IMO undervalued in research and practice of language learning and teaching. So I'm excited about our chapter in a new book that connects research and pedagogy!

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Chapter 13. Interactive fiction and narrative games in instructed second language learning

Interactive fiction (IF) and narrative games are rich with opportunities for foreign and second language (L2) learning in both informal and institutionalized learning contexts. As multimodal, interact...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 25/09/2025

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Claudia Fernández continues to lead and inspire! So many nuggets of wisdom in this podcast episode! youtu.be/y6STokJpv8s?...

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Is a TRULY task-based curriculum possible? - Claudia Fernandez

YouTube video by Learn YOUR English

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The dissertation is officially out in the world! (If anybody needs or wants a copy, please get in touch! Be warned... it is over 300 pages...) www.proquest.com/docview/3236...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 24/08/2025

People have embraced authoritarianism in large part because they've been sold individualistic explanations for social problems. If you think people are poor or unhoused because they've made "bad choices," then you'll see appeal in authoritarian leaders who promise to punish those who are "bad."

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 15/08/2025

Yes! Faculty, staff, students & alumni make a university strong. “Corporate boards of trustees are not synonymous with the universities themselves, and they are not the ones most motivated to defend the core values of higher education. We are. And we won’t capitulate.”

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The newest interview from TASK: Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching with Marije Michel was just published (Open Access! 🔓)! Check it out! doi.org/10.1075/task...

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Hot off the press! (If you can’t access it, please get in touch)

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Check out my latest blog post where I caution us not to accept Trump’s framing of the issue that concedes that undocumented immigrant children are somehow less deserving of a free public education educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/l...

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Let’s Not Fall into Trump’s Rhetorical Trap as We Demand Back the Educational Funding that He has Stolen from Us

Donald Trump’s move to withhold $6 billion in federal education funding is a brazen power grab and a direct attack on our public schools. He’s treating our taxpayer dollars like his personal bank a…

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I am now officially Dr. Matt Coss! Words can't really capture my gratitude to everyone, including my #langchat friends, who made this journey possible and so worthwhile. (Dissertation acknowledgements here: bit.ly/3ZKnWfz). On to the next adventure!

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Important to note that, despite positive press, modern languages at Cardiff University are far from saved. Ancient History and Religion lose their named degrees, but at least there is some commitment (for now) to teach those topics as part of other degrees.

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Mary Boyle @maryrboyle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Another day, another short-sighted attempt by a UK university to cut Modern Languages. This time it's Bangor, planning to discontinue German and Chinese and reduce staffing in French and Spanish. Please sign: www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...

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Sign the Petition

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Always exciting to see new empirical work related to the research-practice relationship, especially when it’s excellent work from a good friend! doi.org/10.1111/modl...

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<em>The Modern Language Journal</em> | NFMLTA Journal | Wiley Online Library

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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

How do we build more #retrievalpractice into our lessons? On the podcast, Dr. Pooja Agarwal (@retrievelearn.bsky.social), Dr. Janell Blunt, and Dr. Michelle Rivers share nine simple, easy, fun retrieval strategies that can be added to any lesson. www.cultofpedagogy.com/retrieval-in...

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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers | Cult of Pedagogy

These nine strategies make it quick, fun, and easy to build retrieval practice into any lesson.

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Tom Spare @tomspare.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

In January Cardiff University announced it was opening a consultation to cut 400 FTE academic staff and merge or close departments. I've made an episode focused on Modern Languages which is earmarked for closure: spareathought.podbean.com

Image of Cardiff University Main Building in the background with a fading purple tint, over which is text reading: Spare a Thought - Cuts at Cardiff University

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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Some encouraging news! Still more battles to fight, but winning is possible.

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Hot off the press in @actfl.bsky.social The Language Educator (Spring, 2025 Issue)! If you can't get access to a copy of this article and would like one, please reach out! Also, be sure to check out the Online Bonus Content where we share free resources from the @oasisdatabase.bsky.social and more!

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Today was a full-circle, life-giving-, joy-FULL afternoon for me as a WL teacher, an SLA researcher, and a teacher educator. This afternoon, @doriec.bsky.social came to my ‘Second and Foreign Language Learning’ class to talk with 28 pre-service K-5 and WL educators about her scholarship (1/3)

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Rich Madel @richmadel.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Excited that the March NECTFL Review issue features a peer-reviewed article I co-authored with Nancy Zimmerman of @kutztownu.bsky.social on the @psmla.bsky.social Peer Mentoring Program and its impact on language teacher growth and sustainability! #langchat 🔗https://www.nectfl.org/nectfl-review/

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Another successful AAAL in the books!

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Dr. Aris Clemons @clemonsaris.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Thrilled to share something we have been working on for years! Racial Justice in Multilingual Education is a bold new space for groundbreaking ideas, fresh perspectives, and innovative research. #NewJournal #MultilingualEducation You can visit us at rjme.org. First issue is coming August 2025!

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

“Horrible” “outrageous” “ridiculous” “stupid”—none of these words even come close to capturing the way we should be reacting to this catastrophically moronic decision. Thank you ACTFL for the explicit condemnation of this foolishness. www.actfl.org/news/actfl-s...

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ACTFL | ACTFL Statement Supporting the U.S. Department of Education

ACTFL condemns in no uncertain terms the elimination of nearly half of the staff of the United States Department of Education, as announced by the…

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If you are a language teacher or both a researcher and a teacher and will be at AAAL, join Caitlyn Pineault and me for a networking session on Saturday of the conference! (Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested!)

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If you will be attending AAAL in Denver in two weeks and are a grad student or know some graduate students, feel free to share this flyer for this Special Session on Sunday of the conference!

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Kevin McManus @kmcmanus.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

New #openaccess book by Cesar Requena-Ramos (2025) "Toward Consensus Building in Second #Language Acquisition: A Sociophilosophical Perspective", published by #AppliedLinguistics Press www.appliedlinguisticspress.org/home/catalog...

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Towards Consensus Building in Second Language Acquisition: A Sociophilosophical Perspective Cesar Requena-Ramos 2025

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🚨Please help support languages at the University of Illinois Chicago!!! (Please share widely!) The work at UIC is field-leading, and the students of one of the most diverse public universities in this country deserve a high quality multilingual humanities education!

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

As the late great Toni Morrison said, “If you can only be tall because someone is on their knees, then you have a serious problem.”

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The most recent executive order establishing an official language is blatant fear of the multilingual and multicultural diversity that makes this place beautiful. (Rooted, as always, in racism and xenophobia, mind.)

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Matt Coss @mattcoss.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Now that things are official I am really excited to share: This fall I’ll be joining the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama as Language Assessment Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics! 🐘

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.

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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

www.linguisticscareerlaunch.com has some great information about careers outside of academia for linguists - very much relevant for #appliedlinguistics, too.

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Linguistics Career Launch - From coursework to career

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