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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had just wrapped up tonight’s chat, and I checked my email… and found that I’ve been invited to facilitate a session on Proficiency-Based Instruction & Assessment at the MiWLA Unconference in Ann Arbor on Oct 3. Looking forward to continuing the discussion there! @miwla.bsky.social

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Ben Fisher-Rodriguez @mrfishersays.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Find us on Substack (accounts are free) at slayyypod.com/chat to chat with us tonight! I'm super stoked to dive into this book!!

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join me and the @slayyypod.com team tonight on Substack to discuss chapters 1 and 2 of Learner Feedback for Language Growth. 8pm EST for live chat, or join us later asynchronously.

The cover of Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Budke, Nickel, and Strauss.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What he did was piracy, but the next project won’t be. The era of human translation is going the way of horse drawn carriages.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Me (loves Mexican music): Hey, check it out, there’s a Mexican metal band featured in this podcast. My wife (loves metal music): Ladrones? They’re amazing. Oh look, they’re coming to Detroit! (buys two tickets) You guys, I’m going to see this Mexican metal band. 😅

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Guadalajara loves metal?

Podcast Episode · Alt.Latino · September 2 · 30m

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

After teaching history for 25 years, I’ve finally figured out my “why”…

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Authentic Resource for French teachers. Photographed in metro Detroit, March 2025.

Photo of a billboard. Background is green. Text is white and in English and French: TARIFFS ARE A TAX. LES DROITS DE DOUANE SONT UNE TAXE. Paid for by the government of Canada. Payé par le gouvernement du Canada.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Busco amigos de correspondencia (email o videollamada) para mis estudiantes de 11-14 años. Envíame un mensaje para mas detailles. Favor de compartir. 😊

Foto de un gato con un libro. El título del libro es El escape cubano. El gato tiene un hocico blanco y ojos verdes.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ahhh August. The Sunday night of summer vacation. Today is the first day I had to set an alarm clock and go in to work for those beginning-of-the-school-year meetings.

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Good Morning Alarm Clock Struggle

Alt: Good Morning Alarm Clock Struggle donald duck

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Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

All this is to say: more attention and conversation about this topic please. Everybody has an accent. If you think you don't, lucky you: your particular accent happens to the one others consider neutral and hence prestigious and door-opening. So spare a thought for those not as lucky as you.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I enjoyed discussing AI in the classroom with @slayyybill.bsky.social and @mmewagstaff.bsky.social on Substack last night. Join the convo asynchronously for a #SlowChat if you’d like.

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Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한 謝雪矢 @youronly.one · 14/08/2026

In some languages & cultures, AI is proniunced as /ay/. In East Asia, AI /ay/ is love. "wo ai ni", "aishiteru". (In modern Korean, the diphthong ae /ay/ changed pronunciation but it was originally /ay/ as well.) So, AI is love? Nooooeeees! 😱 #AI #Love #languages

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When you want to share the song of the summer with your middle achool Spanish students but she clearly says f*ck in English in the middle of the song. 🤦‍♀️😮‍💨🥺 There’s no kids on bluesky, right? They’re all over on Instagram or Snapchat or something. So for all of you who are old enough to swear:

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AITANA canta SUPERESTRELLA en la celebración del MUNDIAL en CIBELES

YouTube video by Diario ABC

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 05/08/2026

It's gotten so much easier to start learning so many more languages, you used to be limited to the 3-5 major languages that a local bookstore or educational institution had decided it was worth making available, and now you can just like, look things up in hundreds of them

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Latin teachers how many of you need this t-shirt?

Photo of a grey tshirt with black text in latin:

CERTAMEN GLADIORUM
PRO HUNC
CONVENTUM
SUBSTITUI POTUIT.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ahhhhrrrrggghhhhh Okay, got it, no writing tests, no reading tests. All grades based on speaking quizzes and whether the parent got me a nice gift on Teacher Appreciation Day.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I’m excited to be chatting with my friends at SLAyyy and I hope many of you language teachers and learners will join us. 🫶

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Anna Belew @nabelew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

dude annoyed me so much I forgot to note a recent study showing language & culture investments produce a net economic BENEFIT in British Columbia so even if you want to be a bloodless quant about it, funding language revitalization is good for GDP fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

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FPCC Announces Economic Impact - First Peoples Cultural Council

FPCC announces the Conference Board of Canada's report on the significant economic impact its projects have on GDP and job creation.

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Anna Belew @nabelew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:

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Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die

When cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The more I read about students using AI to cheat because the grade is valuable to them but the learning is not, the more I think we need to rethink grading. I’m reading Learner Feedback for Language Growth this summer and getting ready to discuss it with my friends at @slayyypod.com

Photo of OP in summer mode with no makeup and hair in a messy ponytail holding a book and grinning at the camera like a fool on summer vacation. The book is Learner Feedback for Language Growth by Budke, Nickel, and Strauss

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Nydia🥳 @nyconene.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

La manía de que todas las compañías usen la IA para traducir automáticamente. Tenerife es TFN, bien y Madrid es MAD. Pues ya no es MAD, es ENOJADO. Una puta locura esto.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

What was the last book that made you cry? Me: crying right now as I listen to this audiobook about the Korean war

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam, read by Scott Brick

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Un gif d’un film que j’ai vu plus de six fois Easy. I saw this one six times in May… while my students signed yearbooks and I entered final grades.

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Vivo: Lin Manuel Miranda's Character Surprise

Alt: Vivo: Lin Manuel Miranda's Character Surprise

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 07/06/2026

can't believe there's been a restaurant in Montreal called passé composé this whole time and I'm only finding out about it now

A round orange sign saying "passé composé" on the outside of honestly a pretty unremarkable grey brick building, viewed from the sidewalk. You're mostly getting sky reflected off the plate glass windows in front but inside is a restaurant. And it's named after a grammatical construction!

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Great art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 03/06/2026

The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego and Señor Xólotl, 1949 #frida #naïveart

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🐈Rex Parker🐈‍⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thinking about shitty teachers is a bummer so, what about good teachers? Who’s in your Hall of Fame & why? ⭐️ Mrs. Flam, 5th grade. Colorful polyester suits, orangish hair in an updo. Played guitar & taught us to sing age-inappropriate folk songs. Could see I was struggling & was unfailingly kind ❤️

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

French is an amazing language. The PSG fan behind me in this bar has said "oh la la" at least ten times in the last ninety minutes and it has meant something different every single time.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

These cats are so cute it’s worth learning Portuguese to follow this account 🥰

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LLLAB @languageboard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Berto y sus buenos amigos offers opportunities for reflection on privilege, social media consent, cultural representation and linguistic variety in the context of four friends having a fun day in their homes in Madrid. Check out our new review! #LangChat wearelllab.org/2026/05/16/b...

The cover of Berto y sus buenos amigos shows four middle-school-aged friends grouped together, facing the viewer. A friend in the center is shown waving a hand and wearing a backward black baseball cap. One friend with long blond hair holds a phone camera in front of her face. Another friend with long brown hair wears a big grin. Two characters with short brown hair are shown mildly grinning. All characters have light skin.

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LLLAB @languageboard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New review! Tumba by Mira Canion is a suspenseful intro for novices to Día de Muertos as Alex and friends uncover family secrets. Educators should be aware of concerns about cultural authenticity and some dynamics between male & female characters. #LangChat wearelllab.org/2026/05/16/t...

The cover of Tumba by Mira Canion. The cover illustration depicts a skeleton wearing pants and a hat, standing over a tomb covered in marigolds.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 29/03/2026

Relistening to one of my favourite québécois songs, this incredibly catchy number about deciding what to wear this time of year by looking out the window and seeing how warmly dressed the passersby are (and whether they seem happy or miserable about their clothing choices) youtu.be/_whvVXX0hCk

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Bleu Jeans Bleu - Coton ouaté - (Clip Officiel)

YouTube video by Bleu Jeans Bleu

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Eduardo @edubardo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Necesito estos sellos para corregir tarea y exámenes.🤣

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We finished reading Mata la piñata so of course we had a piñata party with churrumais and coca cola. I had the perfect zombie piñatas: slightly damaged leftovers from years ago when I taught elementary Spanish! I filled them with fruit and toothpaste. 😉 @placidolanguage.bsky.social

A teen girl wearing a blindfold hits a tiger piñata with a stick.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

How meta is it to read Arepas by Adriana Ramirez while eating arepas? Will the Colombian author forgive me for choosing a Venezuelan restaurant?

Photo of a small table showing an arepa stuffed with cheese, fried yucca, a brown beverage with a straw, and the book Arepas by Adriana Ramirez

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Dr. Esmeralda Mora and I will represent LLLAB at Central States. We would love to see you there.

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

What I learned from this morning’s session at @cslang4all.bsky.social: native Spanish speaking teachers call this game “el juego de la torre” because the brand name sounds too much like a word that’s NSFW. 😂

Jenga game of stacking wooden blocks and removing them

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It was a treat to meet language teachers from all over at the Central States Leadership academy yesterday. As the only language teacher at my school, it’s really special for me to be in a room with so many others who are passionate about language teaching. @cslang4all.bsky.social

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Stacy Witkowski @stacywitkowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I’m heading to Chicago today for the Central States conference on teaching languages. I’m feeling equal parts excited and stressed. I miss #langchat today. In the past I could have found dozens of posts from online friends heading to the same event. Now I’m going to conference like it’s 1999.

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