Karen Forbes @karenforbes.bsky.social Associate Professor in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. Former languages teacher. Interested in multilingualism, identity, language learning strategies, EAL and much more! Webpage: https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/forbes/
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Centre for Language and Social Justice Research at York St John @lsjysj.bsky.social Official Bsky account of the Centre for Language and Social Justice Research @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Follow for news, updates and events! https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/research/centre-for-language-and-social-justice-research/
Fiona Farr @fionafarr.bsky.social Prof of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, University of Limerick.
Mattia Zingaretti @mattiazingaretti.bsky.social Impact Evaluation Analyst @cambridge.org | PhD @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social | #bilingualism • #psycholinguistics • #languageeducation | https://www.languagesciences.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-mattia-zingaretti-fhea
Dr Zoe Handley @zlhandley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Language Education and Programme Leader MA Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Enhanced Learning in Department of Education, The University of York
Education at the University of Leeds @educationatleeds.bsky.social Teaching and research excellence in Education at the University of Leeds. Ranked 1st in the UK for childhood and youth studies by The Complete University Guide, 2025
Irina Elgort @irinaelgort.bsky.social Associate Professor at VUW. Research: reading, vocabulary, mental lexicon, bilingualism, education
Dmitri Leontjev @dima403.bsky.social Senior researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies of the University of Jyväskylä.
Jayanti Banerjee @jvbanerjee.bsky.social English language assessment professional and researcher
Mark Shea @markcshea.bsky.social Western Mass, college writing and applied linguistics
Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social language & cognitive scientist at @mcgill.ca; co-founder of @wicscanada.bsky.social; she/her
Sonja Zimmermann @zimsonja.bsky.social
Language Testing Practitioner and Researcher
Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social Linguist, PhD (language proficiency, semantic knowledge), university lecturer, Tampere University, Finland
Researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/maija-tervola
Chair of the Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) @linguistics.fi
Amateur translator LT>FI
Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social Mieskeit; Historical Lexicography & the Emoluments Clause (CUP '25); lexicographer; linguist; Edgeworth; #18thc; #CUNY; #NJ; down the shore; serial commas
Olcay Sert (織在猿人) @sertolcay.bsky.social Language teaching, teacher education, classroom interaction, #EMCA. Works at Mälardalen University, Sweden. Father of two multilingual kids. Writes in English, Turkish, Swedish. Editor-in-chief: Classroom Discourse (T&F) https://olcaysert.net/about
Josh Prada @joshprada.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Centre for Language and Cognition @rug.nl - Heritage language education, translanguaging, critical approaches
Robert O'Dowd @robodowd.bsky.social Full Professor (Catedrático) in English Studies at Universidad de León, Spain. Researches Virtual Exchange, Blended Mobility & English medium Instruction.
Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social linguist researching language-cognition interactions and multilingualism; decision-making; linguistic relativity | musician and keen rock n roller | views own
Sara Cushing @saratc.bsky.social Applied linguist, first alto 
Marcel Van Amelsvoort 🇨🇦 @marcelva.bsky.social Japan-based TESOL veteran, CLIL program teacher, L2 Reading researcher, student mobility czar, and mini dachshund emotional-support human.
JEPurpura @jamespurpura.bsky.social Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. Ph.D. UCLA. Founder of the Scenario based language assessment research lab: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/sbla-lab/
Former President of ILTA. Fulbright Italy
Chris Chang-Bacon @chrischangbacon.bsky.social Associate Professor of Education @ University of Virginia. Bilingualism, Language Policy, & Anti-Oppressive Education.
Juan José @jotajotabueno.bsky.social Lingüista en California. Here for the languaging. he/él
Christopher Kaiser @christopherkaiser.bsky.social Associate Director, Columbia University Language Resource Center
Host of Said & Done, the podcast about languages and the people who speak them: https://linktr.ee/saidanddone
Åsta Haukås @astahaukas.bsky.social Professor. Teacher educator. Multilingualism on My Mind. Metacognition. Mindsets. Teachers' prof. devel. Motivation. Cornet player. Wanderer. Writer. Curious.
Joe Lo Bianco @joelobianco.bsky.social Retired, and a bit tired.
AppLINGProf @applingprof.bsky.social Mother of Matty. Professor of Applied Linguistics, School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures at the University of Victoria, Canada
Committed to connecting theory, research, and practice
www.lishihhuang.com
Vashti Wai Yu Lee 李慧瑜 @vashtiwaiyulee.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Linguistics | Brigham Young University
Tülay Dixon @tulaydixon.bsky.social Applied Linguist at Oxford College of Emory University | PhD in Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University
corpus linguistics, academic discourse, language attitudes, research methods, CALL
https://sites.google.com/view/tulaydixon/about
Outi Toropainen 🇫🇮 @outit.bsky.social PhD, university lecturer, first and second language researcher, user and lover. Reader, writer, mentor, supervisor, teacher, thinker from North Finland.
Kristof Savski @kristofsavski.bsky.social Assoc Prof, Prince of Songkla University, applied sociolinguist working on language policy, language education. PhD from Lancaster University. Website: www.kristofsavski.org
Kevin Wong 黃浩文 @kevinwongla.bsky.social Associate Professor @Pepperdine • #BilingualEducation & #Multiraciality • Aspiring picture book author • Editor of CATESOL Journal & The Teacher Advocate • #PhDad • Ephesians 2:10 • he/他/佢
www.kevin-m-wong.com • YouTube➡️@TheBilingualProfessor
Serge Bibauw @sbibauw.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of French Language Teaching at the University of Louvain 🇧🇪
Researching language learning with chatbots/AI and L2 fluency
PhD KU Leuven
Previously at UCentral, Ecuador 🇪🇨
Jesse Egbert @jesse-egbert.bsky.social Text linguistics, register variation, corpus linguistics, language and law
Juliet Falce-Robinson @jfalce.bsky.social Educator, applied linguist, football mom, runner
Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social Gael Sociolinguist | Research: Colonialingualism, Transepistemic Education, Indigenous & Multilingual Pedagogies | Website: www.paulmeighan.com | Views=own, Reposts/likes≠endorsements
Kiyo Suga @erie210714.bsky.social Assistant professor at Takushoku University in Tokyo. My research interests include ISLA, the roles of output & noticing, Eye-tracking, and TBNA & TBLT for professional athletes.
Tove Larsson @tovelarsson.bsky.social Corpus linguist, CL methodologist, and rock climber. Strong believer in the importance of healthy work-life balance. Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University.
UMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social The University Of Massachusetts Boston Applied Linguistics Department. Account managed by @koutropoulos.bsky.social
Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social Reader in Linguistics at Lancaster University｜UKRI Future Leader Fellow｜Fulbright @ NAU｜Associate Editor of IJCL｜Co-Editor of Corpus & Discourse, Elements in CDS｜FRSA
Abdul Basit @abdulbasitling11.bsky.social Not simply a Linguist who is interested in the potential of expression and limits to it but studies language when it talks and works mysteriously. Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics. Lecturer@department of English, University of Karachi
Esra Efeoğlu @esranureo.bsky.social Former Postdoc @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Co-founder & co-convener @discore.bsky.social
corpus-assisted discourse studies
youth language, metaphor, crisis discourses
🪄 https://linktr.ee/esranureo
Estela Garcia Alcaraz @estela-galcaraz.bsky.social Associate Professor at @UIB.cat 🌊 Member of @BASLAgroup 🔆 #Linguistics 📖, #Bilingualism 🌍 #Psycholinguistics 🧠, #(A)typicalLanguageDevelopment🗣️
Almudena Fernández-Fontecha @almudenafernandez.bsky.social Associate Professor at Universidad de La Rioja (Spain)
Research in L2 acquisition, vocabulary, creativity, bilingualism, multimodality
https://investigacion.unirioja.es/investigadores/242/detalle
https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es&user=0pWEufkAAAAJ
Hassan Khajavy @hassankhajavy.bsky.social 📍Post-doc Fellow, University of Graz/
📍Associate Prof., University of Bojnord.
👨🏽💻Interested in Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=03JHVFsAAAAJ&hl=en
Irina Zaykovskaya @izaykovskaya.bsky.social Sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, Russian language and literature. Love cats, figure skating, and learning random things.
Olivier ELZINGRE @drolelz.bsky.social High school teacher of French and English language (linguistics), year level coordinator, PhD holder, L2 motivation, interested in translating research into practice, lover of tennis
Row Imperial @rowimperial.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics (TESOL), Trinity College Dublin. DPhil in Education, Oxon
Mikel Gartziarena @mgartziarena.bsky.social Hizkuntza gutxituak | Eleaniztasuna | Jarrera linguistikoak | Erabilera | Irakas-ikuspegiak.
EHUn irakasle.
Minority languages | Multilingualism |Attitudes | Use | Teaching approaches.
Assistant professor at EHU.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0614-6129
Anastasia Pattemore @anastasiapattemore.bsky.social Assistant Professor of English Didactics University of Barcelona
Second Language Acquisition, subtitling, audiovisual input
https://anastasiapattemore.weebly.com
Bochra Kouraichi @bochrakouraichi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at King Khalid University | Research Associate at SOAS University of London | Fulbright FLTA Alumna | Language Learning Motivation
Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social Books. Music. Language. Science. Theology. Family. Talk. Think.
#Wülferhampton.
POD shop at cjkdigital.co.uk/shop.
Remarried widower. Retd pilot. PhD research (applied linguistics)
Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social She/ her. Applied linguist | teacher educator |runner | fan. Researching fan practices for language learning in the digital wilds and the L2 classroom, virtual exchange, & computer-assisted language learning. This is an Ilya Rozanov stan account
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Lars Hinrichs @larshinrichs.site UT Austin sociolinguist, anglicist, creolist | German, American, son, husband, father, violinist, guitarist, swimmer, humorist
AERA Second Language Research SIG @slrsigaera.bsky.social The AERA SLR SIG promotes research in L2 learning/acquisition and facilitates the exchange of ideas among educators involved in L2 teaching and language program administration https://www.aera.net/SIG108-Second-Language-Research-SIG-108
Applied Linguistics - Eurac Research @euracling.bsky.social Topics: #multilingualism, #terminology, #translation, #NLProc, #LLMs, #corpuslinguistics, #digitalhumanities, #citizenscience
Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics @ufal.mff.cuni.cz Computational linguistics • Natural language processing • Formal linguistics • Machine translation | at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
ALANZ: Applied Linguistics in Aotearoa New Zealand @alanzofficial.bsky.social Welcome to Applied Linguistics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ko te rōpū rapu reo o Aotearoa: Kua kī te kete, he nui ngā hua
https://www.alanz.org.nz/
Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social The Applied Linguistics and TESOL Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Earn your MA, EdM, or doctorate and turn your passion for language and education into a rewarding career!
Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social News and announcements from the Modern Language Association. If you have a question for MLA staff members, please visit http://mla.org/About-Us/Contact
CALICO - Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium @caliconsortium.bsky.social calico.org
Literacies in Second Languages Project - #LSLPLegion @lslplegion.bsky.social The Literacies in Second Languages Project is a research lab that studies how second language literacies appear and look like in schools, cities, and digital spaces to better understand what people do with them. We Are Legion, We Are LSLP!
Pauliina Peltonen @pauliinapeltonen.com Academy Research Fellow | Lecturer (on leave) | Dept of English, University of Turku @utu.fi | applied linguistics, second language learning, L2 speech, fluency, interaction, multimodality, mixed methods | #FlowLangGroup
➡️ https://pauliinapeltonen.com
Helen Myers @helenmyers.bsky.social Languages ALL (Association for Language Learning), teaching, music (Dorking Philharmonia, Maiastra), travel, networks, London, nature, humour, politics, kind people @HelenMyers@mastodon.world. Happy to follow accounts with profile info.
Jim Scrivener 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇬🇧🇭🇺🇬🇪🇺🇦 @jimscriv.bsky.social English Language teacher, trainer, writer.
ELT author for CUP, OUP, Macmillan, Richmond.
Twice winner of Duke of Edinburgh ESU prize.
Best known titles:
Learning Teaching, Teaching English Grammar, Classroom ManagementTechniques.
Steve Morris 🏴🇵🇹🇪🇺 @steveabertawe.bsky.social Ieithyddiaeth gymhwysol a’r Gymraeg /
Linguística aplicada e a língua galesa /
Applied linguistics and the Welsh language…a’r Wal Goch.
📍Abertawe - Swansea
Michael Burri @burrimichael.bsky.social Associate Professor in TESOL | Longitudinal research on teacher professional learning, pronunciation, Mind Brain Education, haptics, AI & ethics | ☕️ + 🏃♂️ + ⛷️
Kathryn Sidaway @kathrynsidaway.bsky.social PhD in English Language Teaching from the University of Warwick. Research Fellow at University of Bedfordshire. Mainly writing about ESOL, language learning motivation and adult education, and organising events that connect teachers with research.
Joe Dale @joedale.bsky.social Independent modern foreign languages & technology consultant. UK and Irish dual citizen, pro EU and free movement. AI Project Lead for National Consortium for Languages Education and former host of TES MFL forum
Aurelie Lethuilier @aurelielth.bsky.social Teacher of French & Spanish, Curriculum Leader in the south-east 😊
Agi Bodis @agib.bsky.social PhD, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics & TESOL @ Macquarie University ⭐️ linguistic inclusion ⭐️ teacher trainer ⭐️ runner ⭐️ watercolour enthusiast
Cate Hamilton @cateh.bsky.social PhD. Applied linguist at Dept of Education, University of Oxford 🤓 Researching effects of using songs to teach/learn foreign languages 🎶 RStats addict 🎵 SEND mom x3 🥰 Founder of Babel Babies 🌍 Ancora imparo 📚
Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social sociolinguist 🗣💬 (senior lecturer #English language; PhD applied linguistics): #multilingualism | transnational & multilingual identities | discourse | space & place | multilingual #picturebooks -> @multilinglibrary.bsky.social 💙📚
Bettina Hermoso Gómez @bttnhg.bsky.social University of Leeds.Profesora titular de español. Director of Routes into Languages Yorkshire & Humberside.Co-founder of the Language Journal and Leeds City of Languages.Interested in language education, authentic assessment & sociolinguistics. Boquerona ❤️
Robbie Love @robbielove.org Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Department of Communication and Culture
Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, School of Law and Social Sciences
Aston University
https://robbielove.org/
Doğuş Can Öksüz @doguscan.bsky.social Psycholinguist | Cognitive Scientist | Data Scientist |
Website: https://www.dogusoksuz.com/
Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social Socialist, corpus linguistics researcher at UCL, UCL UCU secretary, NEC member. Personal capacity. Repost ≠ endorsement
Blogs about CL/statistics at https://corplingstats.wordpress.com
Stood for election for UCU VP in 2026, see https://seanwallis.uk
Sally Zacharias @salzacharias.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at School of Education, University of Glasgow. Educational linguistics. TESOL, EAL, CLIL. Interested in metaphor and multilingualism.
Suzanne Graham @suzannegraham.bsky.social Researcher in Modern Languages Education at primary and secondary school level.
University of Reading
research.reading.ac.uk/pdc-in-mfl/
Dr Duygu Candarli @duygucandarli.bsky.social Lecturer in TESOL, University of Southampton | Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise and Impact Champion |
Research interests: second language writing, academic discourse, corpus linguistics, writing assessment | Views are my own. https://t.co/aq4PA7DWVe
Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Language Education at The University of Edinburgh • Associate Editor of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (Elsevier) • Co-Editor of Cambridge Elements in Research Methods.
Usree Bhattacharya @usreeb.bsky.social Associate Prof at UGA | TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Disability & AI | Berkeley PhD | Proud GA Democrat | Rett Mom | Director, Rett Lab @UGA | 🇮🇳🇺🇸 | English Language Specialist | Opinions mine
Jim McKinley @jimmckinley.bsky.social Professor of Applied Linguistics, University College London, IOE
Internationalisation of higher education, TESOL, EMI, teaching-research nexus
Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Leicester @uolappliedling.bsky.social A vibrant Applied Linguistics department within the School of Education at the University of Leicester, UK.
Website: https://le.ac.uk/courses/applied-linguistics-and-tesol-ma/2022
Location: Leicester, England
Li Wei 李嵬 @professorliwei.bsky.social Director and Dean, UCL Institute of Education, University College London’s Faculty of Education and Society. Fellow of British Academy, Academia Europaea, Academy of Social Sciences (UK), Royal Society of Arts (UK). Professor of Applied Linguistics.
Bizzario @rbizzario.bsky.social Senior Lecturer. Teacher & academic development; Applied linguistics; Education. Forest dweller 🌳🌱
Toitū te Tiriti. Free Palestine.
Views are mine & other disclaimers apply.
Tess Fitzpatrick @tessf10.bsky.social Professor of Applied Linguistics, Swansea University | Prifysgol Abertawe. Lexical processing, language acquisition, applying lexical research methods to novel contexts.
Sarah Goodwin @goodwins.bsky.social Language measurement scientist, Duolingo. Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Georgia State University. UMich alumna. Hablo español und ich lerne Deutsch och svenska. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4679-7804
Joan-Tomàs Pujolà @joantomasp.bsky.social Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics (Technology enhanced language learning) & Teacher Trainer at the Universitat de Barcelona
Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social 👩🏻💻SFHEA. Senior Lecturer in #EdTech & #TESOL De Montfort Uni. Digital Learning Lead. Researching L2 students’ #AI assisted writing. Thalassophile 🌊 #AIedu #EduSky #AcademicSky #PostDigital
📍Leicester, UK
LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/sophiamavridi
Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social Inhabitant of deepest Transylvania (honest); academic management "expert" (of sorts); anti-apartheid activist; lapsed football fan; interested in Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Palestine, and beyond. He/him. Oh, and Sheffield Wednesday