The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Linguistics and Knowledge About Language in Education SIG @lkalebaal.bsky.social SIG of British Association of Applied Linguistics @baal-linguistics.bsky.social A forum for people interested in promoting Language Awareness in Education through collaboration between researchers & practitioners. https://baallkale.wordpress.com/
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)
Steve Brown @steve11brown.bsky.social Lecturer in TESOL, Doctor of Education, based in Glasgow, Scotland.
BAAL English-Medium Instruction SIG @baal-emi.bsky.social BAAL’s EMI SIG unites scholars advancing research, innovation, and equity in English-Medium Instruction worldwide.
https://baalemi.com
Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social Linguistic diversity in social life
By Ingrid Piller, author of "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" "Intercultural Communication" and "Life in a New Language"
https://www.languageonthemove.org/
Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org Senior Lecturer (UNE) lawandlanguage.org
Incoming CoEiC Aus J Human Rights (UNSW)
External CESSMIR (UGent) @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
BAAL Language and Education for Social Justice SIG @baal-lesj-sig.bsky.social @_BAAL Language and Education for Social Justice Special Interest Group ⚖️✊🏽🪧 | Explore our website: http://baalsocialjusticesig.weebly.com
Language and Society Scotland @langsocscot.bsky.social A new research network for scholars, practitioners, writers, activists and other stakeholders working on issues broadly related to the study of language and society, both in Scotland and around the world.
https://lasscotland.wordpress.com/
Bloomsbury Linguistics @bloomsburyling.bsky.social Publishing academic books in applied linguistics, language, ELT/TESOL and related disciplines. Keep in touch via our e-newsletter: bit.ly/2JAVp57
Katy Highet @katyhighet.bsky.social Critical Sociolinguist | Looking at language, capitalism, neoliberalism, colonialism, race, migration & activism | Really good at Tetris
Anna Tudela @annatud.bsky.social
Dr Peter Browning @peterbrowning.bsky.social I am a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at UCL. I’m a Sociolinguist interested in: Language Policy; Ethnography; Placemaking; Future Making; Memory; Migration; (S)Exile; Queer Theory; All Things Colombian.
https://makingspacesformemory.wordpress.com
@hazellinguist.bsky.social @hazellinguist.bsky.social
Dr. Florence Bonacina-Pugh @bonacina-pugh.bsky.social Associate Professor in Language Education, The University of Edinburgh, UK. Book review co-Editor for Language Policy.
Applied Linguistics | Language Policy | Conversation Analysis | Translanguaging | French Heritage Language Education- B BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics) @baal-linguistics.bsky.social British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) is a professional association and charity (264800), based in the UK, which provides a forum for people interested in language and applied linguistics. Account managed @melevans.bsky.social
Linguistic Ethnography Forum @lingethnoforum.bsky.social The Linguistic Ethnography Forum (LEF) is a Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL).
🔗https://www.lingethnog.org
Ute Römer-Barron @ute-rb.bsky.social Professor of applied linguistics at Georgia State University, corpus researcher, pattern fan, yogi, University of Cologne and University of Hanover alumna
Michele Zappavigna @michelezappavigna.bsky.social Associate Professor at UNSW, Sydney | Social Semiotics | Systemic Functional Linguistics | Discourse analysis
Currently working on LLM chatbot conversations 🤖💬🤦🏻♀️
Tim Hampson @timhampson.bsky.social Postgraduate researcher of English medium instruction at the UCL Institute of Education.
Deirdre Dunlevy @deirdreirl.bsky.social Linguist interested in multilingualism, linguistic landscapes, minoritized languages, borders, language policies and lots more in between
SM Sargeant @smsargeant.bsky.social Author with @NeemTreePress - Faith of their Fathers
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Open University
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social Researches rhetoric, history of reading, voice & reading. Edits too. Chair of English Association. Leads The Thomas Nashe Project and The Bee-ing Human Project. Lives in Newcastle, works in Cambridge: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Jennifer.Richards
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
Lise Fontaine @e2lise.bsky.social Linguist living and working in Québec after many years in Cardiff 🇨🇦🇫🇷🏴🍁. Now at UQTR working primarily in lexical semantics and functional approaches to language.
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
@daniellepullen.bsky.social @daniellepullen.bsky.social
LIP Research Group @liprg.bsky.social Language, Ideology and Power Research Group, based at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social, Lancaster University. We hold regular CDS research talks during term time.
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
Rachelle Vessey 🇨🇦 @rachellevessey.bsky.social linguistics, corpus/discourse analysis, canadiana, media studies, language, politics, academia, education, language ideologies, language and gender, military discourse, French, English (& other things)
https://carleton.ca/slals/cu-people/vessey-rachelle/
Malila Prado @malilaprado.bsky.social Interested in aviation English, corpus linguistics, ELF, pragmatics…
Fereshte Goshtasbpour SFHEA @gfereshte.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Education at @ietatou.bsky.social. Runner & Cali(sthenics) girl.
Digital Education. Digital Health.
Digital health, wellbeing and learning research programme- Lead
JIME- Associate Editor
CALRG-Co-lead
Erika Darics @linguadigitalis.bsky.social Learn ∘ Unlearn ∘ Relearn
I am an advocate of transformative education. I think about language, leadership, human and systemic change - a lot. I work with lovely people @ Words&Actions, in the CLADES project @the University of Groningen and with the #IDGs.
Bettina Beinhoff @linguistika.bsky.social Linguist of many interests, esp. sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, phonetics & phonology and intercultural communication in natural languages and constructed languages.
Prof. Kevin W. H. Tai @profkevinwhtai.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Education | Co-Director, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education, The University of Hong Kong
Jess Hampton @jess-hampton.bsky.social Socio/Ecological Linguist interested in social and environmental justice. Working on minoritised languages, ecological wisdom, discourse of migration and borders.
University of Liverpool #europeanscouser
Jesshampton.github.io
https://www.eumigrants.co.uk
Center for the Advancement of Languages, Education & Communities @calec-org.bsky.social Empowering multilingual families & linguistic communities through education, knowledge, advocacy, publishing (TBR Books) since 2018. Nonprofit publisher and biliteracy advocate based in New York (CALEC USA) and Paris (CALEC FRANCE). Over 250 books.
Dr Lauren Alex O'Hagan @drlaurenalexohagan.bsky.social 🎵 I got me them Rory Gallagher blues🎵
Creator of Rewriting Rory | Research Fellow at Open University | Affiliate Researcher at Örebro University | Specialist in 19th/early 20th-c. visual/material culture & Irish ethnomusicology
www.rewritingrory.co.uk
Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social Professor of English Linguistics, UCL
Here, I post on (English) language topics.
On Substack, I post on English Grammar: https://basaarts.substack.com/
#grammar #syntax #parsing
Emma Putland @emma-putland.bsky.social Applied Linguist at Lancaster University | Senior Research Associate on the Public Discourses of Dementia project.
Especially interested in health and environmental discourses, multimodality, critical discourse studies, corpus linguistics, metaphor, etc.
SylvGranger @sylvgranger.bsky.social Professor Emerita of English Language & Linguistics (UCLouvain). Interested in learner corpus research, contrastive linguistics, translation, SLA, ELT, EAP, phraseology, discourse, lexicography https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sylviane-Granger
Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Christa Dürscheid @christaduerscheid.bsky.social Linguistin
Shuang Xu 许双 @shuangxu33.bsky.social PhD student at CityUHK; Interested in language, gender and digital communication
The Multilingual Library @multilinglibrary.bsky.social A library of multilingual #picturebooks! 💙📚
Promoting #languages, #cultures, & #multilingual #literacy in #London schools & beyond: @hmking-linguist.bsky.social & Dr Gonzalo Pérez Andrade
How to Create a Multilingual Library of Picture Books t.ly/V8MZO
Dawn Knight @dawnknightcl.bsky.social Professor of Applied Linguistics at Cardiff University. Part time fitness (hockey) freak, full time Corpus geek
Collaborator on @corcencc.bsky.social @freetxt.bsky.social @gdc-wdg.bsky.social
FreeTxt @freetxt.bsky.social Official account of FreeTxt (https://freetxt.app/). Account linked with @corcencc.bsky.social and @gdc-wdg.bsky.social
Cyfrif swyddogol y TestunRhydd (https://freetxt.app/). Cyfrif wedi’i gysylltu â @corcencc.bsky.social a @gdc-wdg.bsky.social
OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social Open University Praxis Centre for Scholarship and Innovation bringing together academics from Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) and Institute of Educational Technology (IET) to promote and support scholarship in teaching and learning.
EuroCALL 2025 Conference @eurocall2025.bsky.social The 33rd conference of the European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning hosted by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan on August 27-30, 2025.
'Advancing CALL: new research agendas'
UCL Survey of English Usage @uclenglishusage.bsky.social The Survey of English Usage carries out research in English Linguistics. Posts by @englishgrammar.bsky.social and @bethmalory.bsky.social
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/
Also follow us on @engliciousucl.bsky.social
Pascual Pérez-Paredes @perez-paredes.bsky.social Professor Applied Linguistics & Corpus Linguistics
Visiting Prof EduHK @UMU Lecturer U. Cambridge, Sen. Res. Fellow S. Madariaga NAU- CUP ReCALL journal Co-EiC PI @BsddlP77567
@rodneyhjones.bsky.social @rodneyhjones.bsky.social
CASS @corpussocialsci.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science. Based at Lancaster University.
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.
Jenny Lewin-Jones @jennylewinjones.bsky.social Sociology university teacher with a love of language(s)
University of Worcester, UK
Yasemin Erdogan @yaseminerdogan.bsky.social PhD @METU_ODTU / @DISCORE research group coordinator / sociolinguistics & critical discourse studies / language ideologies • multilingualism • social media • gender • migration / posts in English and Turkish
Michael TL Pace-Sigge @mtlps.bsky.social Corpus Linguist, "Dr. of Scouse", Senior Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland, art-nut.
EuroSLA @eurosla.bsky.social The European Second Language Association (EuroSLA) is a society for scholars interested in second language research.
Eurosla.org
Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal addressing the relationship between contemporary discourse, mediated forms of communication & context.
#Linguistics #Discourse #MediatedDiscourse
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/discourse-context-and-media
Ylva Biri @ylvabiri.bsky.social Linguist, U of Helsinki, teaching and researching (online) studying (online) discourse and pragmatics through corpus methods. /'ʏlva 'bɪrɪ/, she/her.
Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social We are an independent publisher based in Bristol, UK. We publish titles on applied linguistics, multilingualism, second language acquisition, language education and translation. We also like bunnies and cake.
https://www.multilingual-matters.com
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
Erin McInerney @erinmcinerney.bsky.social Talking to myself (and 60 others)
- Working at @univlorraine.bsky.social
- Working on urban sociolinguistics, mediatised discourse in the tourism sphere, algorithms, infrastructures & linguistic bias
Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social Reader in Forensic Linguistics & Deputy Director, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics aifl.bsky.social, Co-host, Writing Wrongs podcast https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs
Angela Zottola @angelazottola.bsky.social Tenure Track Researcher in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Torino.
Mom. Activist. Capoeirista.
Sharon Glaas @slglaas.bsky.social PhD | Linguist | political and media discourse | language of persuasion and evaluation | mis- & disinformation | narratives & framing | #corpuslinguistics #forensiclinguistics | Uni of Birmingham, UK
Miguel Pérez Milans @mpmilans.bsky.social Professor of Language, Discourse and Communication and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics @University College London | Critical ethnographer
Dr Celia Antoniou @celiagr.bsky.social Lectures in #TESOL & #LanguageEducation @StrathEdu & Senior Fellow @UCL | Member @BAAL LLTSIG @TELSIG @IATEFLReSIG #AppliedLinguistics #CALL #Plurilingualism #Emotions #Identity
LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/d2dcr8n4
Chloe Harrison @chloeharrison.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Stylistics.
Researcher in stylistics, reader response, contemporary fiction. Reading & re-reading.
Views my own.
Marlene Miglbauer @miglmarl.bsky.social Associate Professor in English Applied Linguistics and Virtual Learning Environments @haup.ac.at | researching political and social media discourse, extramural English and AI in tertiary education
based in Vienna/Austria
Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics
University of Liverpool
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
🌐 www.MarkMcGlashan.com
Carmen Lee @carmen-lee.bsky.social Professor, Dept of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Discourse, Context & Media
Sin-Wang Chong @sinwangchong.bsky.social Christian | Director of Research & Director of Impact and Innovation, University of St Andrews | Visiting Professor, King's College London | For my HE roles only
🔗 https://linktr.ee/sinwangchong
Dogan Yuksel @doganyuksel.bsky.social English medium instruction, applied linguistics, TESOL
Paul Flanagan @drpaulflanagan.bsky.social Lecturer & linguist. Loves films, TV, indie music, animals and LFC. Husband, whippet-dad and cat-servant. Editor-in-chief: Journal of Language and Pop Culture (https://shorturl.at/cB9QR). Co-creator: www.learnoldenglish.com
Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social Improving the delivery of justice through the analysis of language
Darío Luis Banegas @dariobanegas.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Language Education & PGR Director at Moray House School of Education & Sport, University of Edinburgh. Leader of the TILTED Research Group. Co-convener of the Language Curriculum SIG with BAAL.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dario-banegas
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
Dr Alexandra Krendel @alexiconartist.bsky.social Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton | CDA/CDS, corpus linguistics online discourse, (anti)feminism, hate speech
Helen Ringrow @helenringrow.bsky.social Associate Professor in Contemporary Discourse • Swiftie • Own views • She/her
Louise Rolland @lrollandmulti.bsky.social Linguist.e | multilingualism & emotion, identity, social justice (esp. mental health, education) | researching multilingually | academic writing | Own views | #wiasn
#OpenToWork
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-2685
MikeSharples @sharplem.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Educational Technology, The Open University. AI & education, open science, AI and creativity. #EduSky #AcademicSky. Sailing on seascamp.org.uk
AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social Professor of Education, Policy and Practice at Open University.
Writes about post-16 education. Drinks wine (occasionally). Completed C25k and still running. Likes interesting people.
Proud owner of colour coded bookshelves.
DM 📧 = instant unfollow
Institute of Educational Technology @ietatou.bsky.social The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology (IET) is a global leader in the field of pedagogy, known for advancing open and distance learning globally since 1970.
https://iet.open.ac.uk/
Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social Sociologist of education with an interest in creative methods. Interested in widening access to HE, masculinities and neurodiversity.
Mel Green @melalygreen.bsky.social Black matricentric intersectional feminist | Lecturer in Education Studies @OpenUniversity | Member of @radicalmothering | Co-author of Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK
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Agnes Kukulska-Hulme @agneskh.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Learning Technology and Communication. Innovations in pedagogy, multilingual ethos, inclusive practices, language learning futures
Rebecca Jones @remembermyhat.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue
Paula Addison-Pettit @paulaaddisonp.bsky.social Education Studies Senior Lecturer at The Open University, SFHEA, Geographer. Views expressed are my own.
Dr Gillian Ferguson @learnventurer.bsky.social Interested in all things learning
Rachele @racheledf.bsky.social Lecturer in English & Applied Linguistics @The Open University
Rob Farrow @rfarrow.bsky.social Professor of Critical Educational Technology
The Open University (UK)
Editor, https://jime.open.ac.uk/
Co-Director, http://go-gn.net/
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=j3-x3WwAAAAJ&hl=en
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Anna Page @annacpage.bsky.social OU Snr Manager (Academic Strategy and Planning) MA (ODE) (Open) http://uk.linkedin.com/in/annacpage & http://annacpage.wordpress.com Church Pipe Organ maintenance fundraising. #mother #educator #OER #musician #choralsinging #streetorgan #OER #OEP no DMs