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Dr. Hannah M. King
@hmking-linguist.bsky.social
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sociolinguist 🗣💬 (senior lecturer #English language; PhD applied linguistics): #multilingualism | transnational & multilingual identities | discourse | space & place | multilingual #picturebooks -> @multilinglibrary.bsky.social 💙📚
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Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social · Nov 30
Some of you may be interested in my first, single-author publication! 😱

Complex intersections of #language and #culture: The importance of an #ethnographic lens for research within #transnational communities

It's freely available here: tinyurl.com/bdcsprna

#multilingualism #langsky #linguistics
Complex intersections of language and culture: the importance of an ethnographic lens for research within transnational communities
A growing body of work exploring transnational interaction has brought to light the importance of awareness of multilingualism in research contexts, yet little consideration has been given to resea...
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#langsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky
celiagr.bsky.social Dr Celia Antoniou @celiagr.bsky.social · 6h
🎉 Happy #LinguisticsDay! 🎉

CLiE, LAGB, BAAL & Cambridge UP are launching the #WhyLinguistics competition!

📹 Make a 1-min video on:
1️⃣ What linguistics is
2️⃣ Why it matters

Prizes: £100 (BAAL), £100 (LAGB), £50 CUP voucher
🗓 Deadline 01.02.2026
📩 [email protected]
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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snelljulia.bsky.social
Are you a primary teacher/leader interesting in applying oracy education in a socially just and inclusive way? Join me for a workshop in January. Attendance is free & you will receive £30 as recognition of the expertise you bring. See link for more info & booking: forms.office.com/e/TBLZHgkWfn...
Microsoft Forms
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November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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mariazielenbach.bsky.social
Who wants to be the new professor for general #linguistics in Cologne? 👀

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November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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instantlinguist.bsky.social
PhD funding - deadline approaching!

I'd be keen to supervise projects on bilingualism/multilingualism, food and identity, LGBTQIA+ issues (corpus-based/CDA/CADS).

@livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College - EOI due by 1st Dec.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
Project Areas 2026 | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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englangblog.bsky.social
We've just recorded an interview with @lynneguist.bsky.social for the @lexispodcast.bsky.social and then this absolute whopper of a piece gets published. It's jam-packed with clichéd complaints, hoary hyperbole & xenophobic waffle.
archive.ph/2025.11.24-0...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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nelsonlflores.bsky.social
Yes and at the same time the problems we are seeing with AI have their foundations in the move away from public libraries as the primary information retrieval system to a for-profit company that has monetized knowledge
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
A little belatedly sharing this piece that I published in @chronicle.com 's Opinion Forum (sorry full text is paywalled)

www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Screenshot of opening paras of my piece: Chatbots Are Antithetical to Learning By Emily M. Bender Across higher education, administrators, faculty, staff, and students are being inundated with claims that large language models (often marketed as “AI”) represent the future of both education and the workplace. They tell us that prompt engineering and so on are essential skills that students must master to be competitive, and that all of this tech will bring us unparalleled efficiency gains, allowing us to focus on “what really matters.” The reason for this messaging isn’t any actual scientific breakthrough but rather the desperation of tech companies to try to recoup their massive investment in so-called AI. Unfortunately, these calls are also frequently coming from inside the house, with university administrators and some faculty jumping on the bandwagon and singing the companies’ advertising jingles for them. But synthetic text-extruding machines are in fact antithetical to the mission of education. Writing is thinking and learning. Pushing a button to generate an essay-shaped object requires little thinking and accomplishes minimal learning. Sharing synthetic text with an instructor means missing out on genuine feedback and help with honing both arguments and authorial voice. When teachers value the polished but anodyne text extruded from these systems over students’ authentic voices, we reinforce harmful linguistic ideologies, including those that associate stigmatized varieties of language with lack of “intelligence.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
Hey linguists, check it out! @lingsocam.bsky.social has virtual registration options for the #LSA2026 meeting:

web.cvent.com/event/d45318...

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Registration Info - LSA 2026 Annual Meeting
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November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
Thank, you #Germany! What a helpful second category! 🤩

#AcademicSky @academic-chatter.bsky.social #PhD
Title Ms Academic title Dr
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
Those of you using academia.edu may want to opt-out of #AI use on your profile. . .

It's actually quite simple!

@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicsky 🗣💬

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How do I opt out of AI?
If you do not wish to have any AI-generated content on your profile, opting out is easy. We want to make sure everyone on Academia has control over how our AI features interact with your work.  Lo...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
Hope to see some of you at tonight's #book launch (12 Nov @ @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social) 🗣💬

We will discuss Thomas Quehl's (2025) Teacher Agency in #Multilingual Pedagogies: Pedagogical Spaces in the Primary School

4-5:30pm w/ Christina Richardson, myself & Vally Lytra

#edusky @naldic.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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darrenchetty.bsky.social
Great Line up!
Tickets available:
www.tickettailor.com/events/ibbyu...
@ibbyuk.bsky.social
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
@theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social @balirai.bsky.social @candygourlay.bsky.social
@ksandsoconnor.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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tomesandtextiles.bsky.social
FUND LIBRARIES
OVERCONSUME BOOKS
SHOP INDIE BOOKSTORES
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
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#edusky #multilingualism #England #France #Norway
astahaukas.bsky.social Åsta Haukås @astahaukas.bsky.social · Oct 22
How do students in England, France & Norway think about multilingualism?
Our NEW article explores their beliefs and multilingual identities!
Read it here, it's open access.
#Multilingualism #Education
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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scilt.bsky.social
Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) our multilingual poetry competition is back! All P1-S6 pupils in Scotland can enter either in a language spoken with families at home (Mother Tongue) or a language they are learning (Other Tongue). More info: https://loom.ly/Nhpt-3U #languages #poetry
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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lynnescilt.bsky.social
Join us online next Wednesday 29/10/25. Hear from our guest teachers Hollie in Glasgow and Aimee in Edinburgh about exciting activities they've done with their primary pupils. There will be slates. There will be chickens.
scilt.bsky.social SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Oct 22
Our third open access workshop for primary teachers and education students is fast approaching!

Come along and increase your confidence integrating languages and outdoor learning. Share experiences. Make new connections. We would love to see you: https://loom.ly/MsAaU2o

#Languages #OutdoorLearning
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
A new, apparently #linguistically aware, #coffee shop coming to #London!

I see #English, #Japanese, #French, & #Greek, but not 100% about Pegasus Kaffee . . . or café dfl caballo alado. . . del I guess? So #Spanish?

Interesting mix of flying horse & winged horse! 🤩

#langsky #linguisticlandscape
Front of coffee shop with name is various languages: Flying Horse Coffee
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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barbarableiman.bsky.social
I'm doing a 45min half-term performance based on 'Snap!' in Saxmundham Library, as part of Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival. If you're in striking distance and have little ones who'd enjoy a fun event, why not come along? It's FREE, but do please book in advance.
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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languageonthemove.bsky.social
Interested in literacy in multilingual contexts?

Consider joining this new international research network under the auspices of the World Education Research Association

www.languageonthemove.com/literacy-in-...
Literacy in Multilingual Contexts
The World Education Research Association (WERA) recently announced the launch of seven new International Research Networks (IRNs) and we are pleased to share that “Literacy in Multilingual Co…
www.languageonthemove.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
In/around #London? 🗣💬

Come to a #Book Launch for: Teacher Agency in #Multilingual Pedagogies by Thomas Quehl (@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social, Wed 12 Nov 4-5:30pm)

@naldic.bsky.social's Christina Richardson & I will be discussants, with chair Vally Lytra

#edusky

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
book cover Teacher Agency in Multilingual Pedagogies: Pedagogical Spaces in the Primary School by Thomas Quehl
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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snelljulia.bsky.social
Please join me on 12th November at my @universityofleeds.bsky.social professorial inaugural lecture on ‘Language Diversity and Social (In)justice’. More info here, including a link at the bottom to book a ticket (which is free but we need to track numbers): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/even...
Professor Julia Snell's Inaugural Lecture: 'Language diversity and social (in)justice'
Drawing on research conducted over 20 years, Prof. Julia Snell interrogates the assumption that modifying children's speech will lead to educational success and social mobility.
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
Ten more days to check out The Barbican's

Voiced: The Festival for #EndangeredLanguages

🗣💬 #langsky

www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
barbican 1-31 Oct VOICED The Festival for Endangered Languages Experience visual art, literature, spoken word and sound installations from indigenous artists in the first UK festival of this kind Details of some of the events are listed here, which can be found at: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/series/voiced-the-festival-for-endangered-languages
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
hmking-linguist.bsky.social
First day of school vibes!!!

@londonmetuni.bsky.social #HigherEd
a boy with a backpack is standing in front of a door with the words off to school we go on the bottom
ALT: a boy with a backpack is standing in front of a door with the words off to school we go on the bottom
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September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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sriucl.bsky.social
Important research by our very own @alexbryson.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
Opinion: Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Alex Bryson (UCL Social Research Institute) outlines his new research that highlights a peak of unhappiness among the young, which then declines with age. He exp...
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM