My dept. here at #IndianaUniversity is #hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor of #Japanese Domestic #Politics. Please see the link for details, and feel free to share!! #higheredjobs indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32797

Check out my latest substack, Lost in Transcription, where I share a #sociolinguist's take on the inherent shortcomings of #voice #AI jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/lost-in-tr...

Here's my latest Substack article on thinking about different justifications for using, or not using, #AI jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/the-ai-pro...

Check out my latest substack: Dear #ChatGPT, please study #sociolinguistics! Language learners have had enough already! open.substack.com/pub/jaetakeu...

My latest substack is about #AI #VoiceMode for #Language #Learners. Check it out! jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/ai-voice-m...

AI Voice Mode for Language Learners

Episode One

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There's so much hype surrounding #AI I decided to write about it in my latest substack "the AI Propaganda Machine, don't believe the hype" jaetakeuchi.substack.com/p/the-ai-pro...

Check out my latest on substack re #AI and #thinking. (for the record, my substack is (and always will be) free, you can subscribe for free or read without subscribing.) open.substack.com/pub/jaetakeu...

Figuring out the downsides of AI

What do we lose when we farm out the work of thinking?

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I started a Substack, Small Talk. I will mostly be sharing my musings about generative AI and its impacts on higher ed and higher order thinking. Please check it out: jaetakeuchi.substack.com

Small Talk | Jae DiBello Takeuchi | Substack

Working on Japanese sociolinguistics while looking out across the world. Interested in AI's impact on higher ed, & on higher thinking. Mediocre but enthusiastic pianist. Associate Prof of Japanese & J...

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Just asked my library to purchase this book! You should do the same! #appliedlinguistics #accent

Vijay Ramjattan@vijayramjattan.bsky.social · last yr.

My book is now officially available to order! Workable Accents critically explores how international teaching assistants in Canadian universities vocally fashion and contest various aspects of their academic labour. Please ask your university or local library to order a copy: shorturl.at/MfGLQ

This article makes a good case for not relying on digital tools when writing. But as someone who works in #appliedlinguistics, I also see it as a testament to the role of #language in crafting and performing #identity. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

Opinion | Don’t Throw Your Dictionary Away

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I’m really looking forward to reading this new article by @scriptingjapan.bsky.social article about #linguisticideologies and #katakana

Dr. Wes Robertson@scriptingjapan.bsky.social · last yr.

Hey! I have a new research paper out called "Yokomoji arerugī"! This study examines social beliefs about katakana among both Japanese natives and Japanese learners in the journal Japan Forum. And guess what, it's open access (you can read it FREE)! Check it out @ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My 2023 book is coming out in paperback in Sept. Use discount code DELPA30 for 30% off when you order from the publisher's website. Title: Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan. Here's the flyer. #AppliedLinguistics #Japanese #L2 #sociolinguistics #SLA

My book about #languageideologies and #L2speaker legitimacy, which examines #nativespeakerbias in #Japan will be out in paperback in Sept! Use discount code DELPA30 for 30% off if you order from the publisher's @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social website, here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy

This book examines dilemmas faced by second language Japanese speakers as a result of persistent challenges to their legitimacy as speakers of Japanese. It explores ideologies linked to three core spe...

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There's something satisfying about seeing genAI struggle with 文字化け。

EALC at Indiana U. is hiring a NTT #VisitingAssistantProfessor of #Japanese #language & #linguistics. Position begins Aug 1 2025. All apps received by May 23 2025 are guaranteed full consideration; open until filled. For complete info see: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29467 Please share!

FYI in case anyone would like to consider hosting the 2026 #SecondLanguage Research Forum I did not submit to present at SLRF 2025, but I am going to try to attend, given that the last time I went to SLRF, it was really great. #SLRF #Linguistics #L2 #appliedlinguistics

Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2025@slrf2025.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to everyone who submitted abstracts— we’re working on getting you your reviews! For now, we’re turning towards the future: SLRF 2026. Are you a student/faculty member interested in hosting? Send us a DM or email for more information! Bids due April 30th.

New book coming out July15 2025! My chapter is on #L2 #Japanese Speakers and #Language #Ideologies, I examine the impact of #Monolingual bias on beliefs about unwanted #CodeSwitching .Use discount code ICJ50 & get 50%off @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

Does anyone have a go-to "here's what AI is & here's how it works" type article? Also looking for more recent "pros/cons of AI in #academia" or "pros/cons of AI for #writing" articles. I'm updating my #AI activity for #linguistics class & what I used before is now old. Pls let me know of any recs!

This is helpful, esp. for anyone new to peer review. "If you think the topic is not worthy of study, you should decline to do the review" Exactly! It can be helpful to remember that editors don't send it out if it doesn't have any chance of getting published. tl;dr: don't be a jerk when reviewing!

Ideas on Fire@ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · last yr.

Peer review is critical to academia, but few are formally taught how to produce truly useful reports. Here are @adrishaw.bsky.social's tips to produce critical but non-jerky reviews that help colleagues present the best versions of their work. https://buff.ly/3LMUVZ8 #PeerReview

Here's something I don't often share on my BlueSky profile: me playing the #piano. All work and no play makes Jae a dull girl, after all. Wind, by Brian Crain. youtu.be/o1P-K4gAQtw

Wind (by Brian Crain)

YouTube video by Jae DiBello Takeuchi

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Was looking thru my 2011 MA thesis on #codeswitching & noticed something... Each excerpt is 4 lines: Line 1 is the utterance; Line 2 is the gloss, Line 3 is English. Line 4 is paraling info. Lines 1-3 are in the same font, line 3 is in italics and Line 4 is .... wait for it.... in Comic Sans. 😅

This term I’m teaching 2 courses on #Japanese #sociolinguistics. On the 1st day I asked students to tell me what questions they have. One asked “What problem does sociolinguistics solve?” I’ll definitely be asking them this at the mid-point & again at the end of the semester! How would you answer?

Really want to make this my winter break OOO message!

Jonathan Edward Durham@thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thank you for email. As you may be aware, your concerns are now strictly a January problem, and they will be addressed along with whatever fresh hell awaits us all in the new year. Best

Everyone who works in academia should be reading this...

John Warner@biblioracle.bsky.social · 2y ago

At @insidehighered.com I wrote about my concerns about this kind of technology as a threat to human instructional labor, but there's also potential pedagogical issues with introducing a 24/7 assistant that may actually hamper student learning and development.🧵 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

This is (unintentionally I assume) an argument for serif fonts. On my phone,the main different b/w kuchi & ro is size. On my computer, you can see the serifs, so one is clearly kanji &the other clearly katakana. Using MSWord, compare MS Mincho w/ MS Gothic or ud digi kyokasho & see the differences

Here's what I'm reading this morning. Among other important points the author makes, I like this one in particular: ""writing isn’t really something you learn or teach—it’s something you practice" Nnext we need the #languagelearning version of this article. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

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Ummm…..

Darin Self@darinself.com · 2y ago

Every academic right now

Was looking thru notes I took while listening to an English-lang. webinar and saw that I wrote “learner 同士のinteraction.” I don’t have any recollection of #code-switching and I doubt I would have done this if I were typing (bc of the extra step required to switch input method). 1/ #appliedlinguistics

Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty. Japanese language learner: コップ？カップ？グラス？ガラス？どっち？？ (FYI both koppu & kappu refer to different kinds of cups, gurasu is for drinking glasses & garasu refers to material, e.g., glass as opposed to plastic) #Japanese #languagelearning

Gareth Roberts@garicgymro.bsky.social · 2y ago

Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty Linguist: could you say "cup" again? Where did you grow up?

Bc of paywall, I could only read the first bit of this article, but people w/in #Japan and beyond have been criticizing Japan’s resistance to 夫婦別姓 for as long as I can remember (I first moved to Japan in the 1990s). The time is long past to make it happen. #ジェンダー mainichi.jp/articles/202...

BeMe：夫婦別姓導入へ4度勧告「恥ずべきだ」　国連委と建設的対話欠く日本 | 毎日新聞

スイス・ジュネーブの国連欧州本部で10月、女性差別撤廃委員会（CEDAW）の日本政府への8年ぶりの審査があった。CEDAWから最終見解が示され、選択的夫婦別姓の導入や皇室典範の改正などさまざまな勧告が出された。私たちはどう受け止めるべきなのか。国際人権法の研究者で、審査を傍聴した藤田早苗・英国エセ

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