Academic Literacies SIG

📢CPD! Teaching English for Academic Purposes (TEAP) online 📢 University of Glasgow 📢Suitable for teachers from a wide variety of backgrounds 📢Develops understanding of practices and skills for TEAP gla.ac.uk/study/cpd/teac…

MIT students have invented special gloves that can convert sign language into spoken words in real time.

Some pointers about writing a series of papers from the same project. #academicwriting #AcWri patthomson.net/2025/09/21/wri…

The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier and Lieven Vandelanotte The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres. 📚 cup.org/4n3Om5r

"The book arrives at a pivotal moment, as questions around the validity and equity of assessment in English-medium education continue to intensify. A must-read for educators, researchers, and policymakers navigating global English-medium education." buff.ly/Yh9X9zv

📢 #Openaccess chapter 📢 ChatGPT, Second Language #Pragmatics, and Critical #AI Literacy. By Robert Godwin-Jones, in Chapelle et al. 2025. Researching Generative AI in Applied Linguistics. 📖iastatedigitalpress.com/plugins/books/…

Having noted that peer collaborative writing has been consistently shown to result in a range of positive outcomes, the authors were keen to see if those same outcomes would result in human-AI interaction. Worth a look for those involved in #BALEAP and #EAP [4/4]

The approach was inductive, working on a range of data sources: - Interaction logs - Think-aloud protocols - Finished essays (completed collaboratively with AI) 30-minute L1 semi-structured interviews, transcribed, translated, then coded [3/4]

🧵#BALEAP #EAP This paper looked at the collaboration between 9 upper-intermediate STEM students at a Chinese university and AI. Huang, Y. and Wang, D. 2025. Can ChatGPT serve as a writing collaborator? Insights from Chinese EFL learners. System 133 doi.org/10.1016/j.syst… [1/4]

Foreign language anxiety and cognition: a systematic review and meta-analysis | The Language Learning Journal | Gullo et al. | 2025 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… @sinwangchong @tesolgraphics

Full article: Understanding the role of teachers’ uptake in higher education assessment practice: using Bakhtin to develop a critical focus on evaluative literacies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Maternity Law training for #TEFL workers 🗓️ August 19th 3pm-6pm 📍 May Day Rooms, London 💻 Email tefl@iww.org.uk for zoom link We're here to make sure you #KnowYourRights, so we’ve partnered with Maternity Action for a session on Maternity Law. eventbrite.com/e/maternity-la…

Check out this awesome book! #bookspotlight #BookBoost #MustRead

A privilege that my book, Assessing Interactional Competence, has been reviewed in Language Testing. The review, authored by Lina Ma, identifies several interesting directions for future research The book is published open access 🔓: doi.org/10.3726/b21295

Our inaugural issue is now published! tandfonline.com/toc/rsal20/cur…

Between #globalization and #decolonization: managing tensions in the international branch campus model Yasmin Abdou Open access → doi.org/10.1177/102831… #Decolonizing #BranchCampuses #Intled #TransnationalEducation #Internationalization #Curriculum #HigherEd #Egypt 🇪🇬

With temperatures set to rise again next week, remember that you don't have to suffer (and sweat!) in silence. #KnowYourRights when it comes to workplace temperature. ⬇️ teflworkersunion.org/workplace-heat…

Social justice through pedagogies of multiliteracies: developing and strengthening L2 learner agency and identity: Language and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📚 Our SI Multilingualism and multimodality in the CLIL/EMI classroom (with Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe) is now out!! 🔗 tandfonline.com/toc/rmmm20/46/… Thanks to all contributors for such inspiring work!🙌 @PRODIGIUNIR @AELFE_org @aesla_twit #multimodality #multilingualism #ICLHE #CLIL