Karen Forbes
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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/
I had a fantastic few days learning from the MULTIWRITE team at the University of Oslo @uio.no ! A pleasure to be on the advisory board for such an important project. Congrats to Hildegunn Dirdal and team!
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Looking forward to contributing to this seminar on 'Professional agency & language policy in the context of the Curriculum and Assessment Review' @camedfac.bsky.social on 30th Oct with Norbert Pachler, @wendya-b.bsky.social @zhu-hua.bsky.social @cforsdick.bsky.social and others. In-person & online ⬇️
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
And it’s down to the other end of the country for #BERA2025 at the University of Sussex! Looking forward to presenting tomorrow morning in session P3.23 (Leadership for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity).
September 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Had an amazing time at #BAAL2025 in Glasgow! Great to (re)connect with colleagues and attend so many brilliant talks. Huge congrats to the organising committee for being such fab hosts 😃
September 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Really enjoyed my first experience of Swedish PhD examination yesterday @linneuni.bsky.social Huge congratulations to Dr Legutko and her supervisors 🎉
May 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Always lovely to be back @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 😊
May 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
And with that, the brain is being switched off and the out of office is being switched on! Everything else is a 2025 problem. Wishing everyone a lovely festive break 🎄
December 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Love a world cloud! Thanks Scholar Goggler 😀 scholargoggler.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM