Nicholas Marx

I will be presenting at PLL6 in Shantou China (May 21-24th) on Saturday (23rd) afternoon. Hope to see some people there!

@coopersensei youtube.com/watch?v=0nCLnf… Here is some study material so we don't get left behind!

'He's so GOATed it's insane' First time I've heard GOAT used as an adjective, but apparently it's a thing

Miller & Song (2026). Emotions and Language Education - Miller - TESOL Quarterly - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/te…

New Cambridge Element, The Psychology of Language Teachers, by Dávid Smid and Sarah Mercer, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/4cKjfZZ #cambridgeelements #language #linguistics

Online registration is now open! TBLT in Asia 2026 at Waseda University, June 5th-7th! sites.google.com/jalt.org/confe…

Try, try again. Third time's the charm, right?

In Nagoya to apply for a visa to attend a conference. Not ideal, but not a bad morning.

Submitted... please let this paper find a home.

Finally coding my PhD dataset after 8 months of data prep and 8 months of work/baby time.

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Special Issue: Group Dynamics in the Second/Foreign Language Classroom - Insights From Japan | The Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning jpll.org/index.php/jour…

Appearing in Teaching in Higher Education: 'Attitudes of university lecturers to English as a lingua franca: Language mindsets identified using Q methodology' by Paul Kavannagh, Jim King and Paul Leeming. doi.org/10.1080/135625…

Only 5 days left! It is always a very special conference.

10 days left to get your submission in the TBLT in Asia 2026 sites.google.com/jalt.org/confe… Join us in Tokyo for a fantastic weekend in June.

Canceled. Sorry for my students!!

Hope the snow slows down. Supposed to be taking my seminar students to Osaka this weekend! Would be a shame to cancel.

Call for presentations for TBLT in Asia 2026 is still open. Waseda University, Toyama Campus. June 5th-7th! We welcome submissions for presentations due February 15, 2026. You can submit here: conftool.net/tblt2026/ Conference Website: sites.google.com/jalt.org/confe…

【教員公募】立命館大学　言語教育センター。専門分野：英語教育学〈TESL/TEFL/TESOL〉、応用言語学、言語学、異文化コミュニケーション、地域研究等。外国語嘱託講師1名。任期1～5年。給与：年収総計533万3200円。応募締切2026年2月13日。着任時期2026年4月1日。jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDe…

New paper out in TESOL Quarterly! Should we provide vocabulary lists before communication tasks? YES, pre-task vocabulary support enhances lexical learning—BUT it may reduce positive emotions during tasks. A trade-off between cognition & affect in TBLT. 🔗Article doi.org/10.1002/tesq.7… 🔗日本語要約　shorturl.at/9uWOa