I was invited to present my methodological journey and my participatory-inspired tool at the @iapll.bsky.social Research Methods SIG today. Attendees shared some of their thoughts about teacher motivation and played with the tool which emerged from a methodological dilemma in previous research. 👌🧑‍🏫

Thank you to @uoncral.bsky.social for introducing me and sharing my research as part of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics at our university, the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 🤩🙂

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Introducing our brilliant colleague @lorenasgk.bsky.social! Lorena presented online today for @iapll.bsky.social's Research Methodology SIG on her reflexive approach to data collection in language teacher motivation research - check out her key takeaways below...! #teachermotivation #qualresearch

I am genuinely happy to have attended the #ESLTIS conference today. I wasn't presenting but I participated in their mentorship scheme this year and wanted to meet some colleagues I was paired with. Learnt a lot about students rejecting AI and ways to be more ethical and mindful in the classroom.

Today, I am attending the Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (ESLTIS) Conference 2026, at The University of Sheffield. This is a conference for education-focussed staff in Higher Education. From the first keynote talk, I could clearly see this would be an amazing day! #ESLTIS

Last day at #PLL6 and I'm not ready for it to be over. Jian-E Peng's keynote on WTC in the AI era was brilliant – so much of it spoke to my speaking and listening module and to the GenAI work I'm doing on language teaching. Sad to say goodbye to Shantou. 💛 #IAPLL @iapll.bsky.social

Yesterday I presented at #PLL6 at Shantou University – "Between Hype and Hesitation: Chinese Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of GenAI in ELT." The questions afterwards were the highlight. Now soaking up the rest of the conference and the conversations it's sparking. @iapll.bsky.social

Finally in Shantou, China for #PLL6! 🌏 Opening ceremony done – theme this year is Positive Vis-à-Vis Negative and Beyond. Presenting later today on Chinese pre-service ELT teachers' perceptions of GenAI. Looking forward to the conversations ahead. @iapll.bsky.social @uoncral.bsky.social

Here's an overview of the sectors of CRAL. Stay tuned for individual posts on the sectors, where you will get to find out more about what they do! #uoncral #language #languagelearning #languageuse #research #researchcentre #cral #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon #linguistics

Welcome to CRAL! We research how language is used, taught, and learnt in a whole range of authentic contexts in the world around us. 🌏 Stay tuned to find out more about exciting projects and events! #uoncral #languagelearning #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #linguistics

2026 is the National Year of Reading! The campaign aims to help people (re)discover the joy of reading by connecting it to their passions. Let's hear from one of our researchers, Lucy Jones! #uoncral #literacy #reading #language #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics #nottinghamuniversity #uon

Let's highlight a CRAL project! @lucyjones.bsky.social carried out a project focused on language and LGBTQIA+ youth, analysing marginalised identities through an intersectional lens. From this came the LGBTQIA+ Youth Manifesto and the language guide. 🏳️‍🌈 #uoncral #language #lgbtq #researchproject

Brilliant to welcome back to University Park campus Emeritus Professor Norbert Schmitt, one of CRAL’s founding members! Here to share with our lucky PGT students his wealth of experience doing and supervising empirical research. #uoncral #language #research #postgraduate #appliedlinguistics #uon

400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close. This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it. 📍 Southend rally | 5 February

So grateful to hose who joined the Teacher Educator Q&A. Around 7K joined and it has more than 40K now. An space to discuss how teacher training prepares teachers, or not, for real classrooms and evolving contexts. LINKS HERE: www.facebook.com/TeachingEngl... or www.youtube.com/live/FqKjk8i...

43K views · 850 reactions | Our first Teacher Educator Q&A focuses on how teacher training courses prepare teachers (or not) for the classroom. Dr Lorena Gadella Kamstra shares her research into the c...

Our first Teacher Educator Q&A focuses on how teacher training courses prepare teachers (or not) for the classroom. Dr Lorena Gadella Kamstra shares her research into the challenges new teacher face.....

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I will be speaking in a live Q&A with the British Council 🎙️ We will talk about what new English language teachers face and how training can support them. I will add the Facebook Live and YouTube links below. Would love to see you there 🙌 fb.me/e/78hbmdtqk www.youtube.com/live/FqKjk8i...

My new article is out in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 📘✨ I look at how a set of interview prompts helped teachers open up, reflect, and share experiences that often stay hidden in regular interviews. This approach shaped the study in a meaningful way 💛 Link: doi.org/10.1080/1750...

Just finished a TeachingEnglish – British Council webinar with over 900 people from around the world 🌍. We talked about what it really takes to prepare new teachers for real classrooms and came up with some great ideas together. Loved the energy and honesty everyone brought. 😀

📢 Exciting job opportunity at the University of Nottingham: Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics for the 2025–26 academic year. 🔗 jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Please reshare if you can! 🗓 Closing date: 31 July 📍 School of English

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics (full-time, FTC)

Do you have teaching specialisation in Applied Linguistics?  We are looking to appoint either a Teaching Assistant or Teaching Associate to work in our team in the School of English. You would join us...

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💫 Excited to see my work cited in this new article published in System by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social "Early Career Language Teachers' Motivation in the Making" by Alemi et al. (2025) A fascinating ecological take on teacher motivation 📚 📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sy... #TeacherMotivation

Another example of AI transforming language teaching and learning! Chat with Maya in this demo—it truly feels like a conversation with a human. I can easily see its potential in the classroom and beyond, even as a valuable tool for supporting the elderly. www.sesame.com/research/cro...

Excited to see that my research is being cited in excellent papers. Thank you to the authors: “Navigating Precarity”: Motivation of English language teachers in a C... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Navigating Precarity”: Motivation of English language teachers in a Chinese higher vocational college

This study examines the motivation of English language teachers (ELTers) in a higher vocational college in southeast China. Although teacher motivatio…

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