Books: The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom: Sissons and Smith (2026)

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The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom identifies discourses of digital communication through observations of online and offline newsroom interactions, interviews, and text analysis to provide insights into how journalists use digital technologies in story production and the impact this has on their journalism practice. Through discursive analysis of 300 hours of video-ethnographic material gathered in three newsrooms, the authors apply groundbreaking qualitative methodological approaches to unrav

Books: Evaluative Language in Engineering Writing: Simpson-Smith (2026)

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This book examines strategic language use in professional engineering written reports, illustrating how writers create a persuasive stance within an objective style. It describes engineering writing through a close analysis of interpersonal language, using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), complemented with quantitative corpus linguistics methods and interpreted through concepts drawn from Legitimation Code Theory (LCT). This description demonstrates how engineering writers have a strong pr

Books: English Language Teacher Education in Latin America: Mora and Pentón Herrera (eds.) (2026)

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This pioneering collection provides a space for Latin American English language teacher educators and leaders to share their innovative professional practices. Their autoethnographic contributions adeptly intertwine personal trajectories with wider societal and pedagogical narratives, elucidating crucial themes across the region's terrains. Latin America's English language pedagogy still trails behind on the global stage despite countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia bolstering the

Books: The Racialized Nature of Academic Language: Turkan and Schissel (eds.) (2026)

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This book explores the marginalization that English as additional language (EAL) learners, immigrant or language-minoritized people confront when learning to socialize into using the language of schooling. The authors examine racialized academic language not to dismiss it, but to scrutinize its presence and impact on individuals' lives. Beginning with connections between eugenics, intelligence, whiteness, language, monolingualism and bilingualism, it then reviews current practices, and how th

Books: Teacher Education for Global Englishes Language Teaching: Prabjandee (2026)

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This book presents a model of transformative, empowering and critically oriented language teacher education to prepare English teachers to implement Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT). GELT's importance to learners' needs for communication in the globalized world means that it receives tremendous interest from language teacher educators worldwide, underlining the risks posed by gaps in teachers' knowledge of how to implement it. This book fills in those gaps, with accessible theoretica

Books: Teaching Across Borders: El-Baz (2026)

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While many books on ESL education are heavily theoretical, Teaching Across Borders blends research with personal classroom experience. The book not only offers clear, practical strategies but also shares real-world stories of success and struggle, demonstrating how these methods work in action. The accessible and encouraging tone resonates with teachers by respecting their professionalism and providing tools they can easily integrate into their teaching practice.

Books: Adolescent Literacy: Kerkhoff (2026)

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This book empowers teachers across content areas to help adolescents become confident readers and writers. Blending sociocognitive research and innovative strategies, the book shows how to foster inclusive literacy instruction, student agency, and meaningful engagement in today's literacy-rich world. At the heart of the book is a commitment to research-based literacy instruction that values the diverse languages and cultural practices students bring to the classroom and leverages scientific rese

Calls: Journal of Intelligence - "Special Issue: Cognitive Foundations of Language Comprehension and Production" (Jrnl)

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We are launching a Special Issue entitled “Cognitive Foundations of Language Comprehension and Production” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jintelligence/special_issues/89C730K492). Language is central to human cognition and social life, enabling us to understand others’ thoughts, communicate our own intentions, and construct shared meanings across diverse contexts. Although language comprehension and production often appear effortless in everyday communication, they are supported by highly complex

Support: Language Acquisition, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Syntax: Short-term Fellowships, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, The Collaborative Research Centre “Negation in Language and Beyond”

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Short-term Fellowships at the Collaborative Research Center 1629 “Negation in language and beyond” (NegLaB) The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Negation in language and beyond” (SFB 1629 NegLaB) at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, focuses on a comprehensive exploration of the topic of negation in language and cognition. The general aim of the CRC is to unravel the complexities of negation across different languages and its implications for our understanding of lingu

Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Tenured and Full-time Faculty Member, Waseda University

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Description: (1) Teaching courses related to the field of this faculty search (chiefly English language courses, seminars [zemi], and English‑medium courses in specialized fields, etc.). (2) Engagement in scholarly research and publications. (3) Participation in faculty meetings and committees of the University, tasks related to entrance examination, and other duties. (4) Contribution to social activities. (5) Duties stipulated in the regulations of the University. The Universit

Calls: Discourse Research Association of Ireland 2026 Summer Seminar Series

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Call for Papers: Extended Deadline - 14 June 2026 We are delighted to announce that the submission deadline for the Discourse Research Association of Ireland (DRAOI) Summer Seminar Series 2026 has been extended to 14 June 2026. Now in its sixth consecutive year, the series will take place weekly throughout July and August 2026. All seminars are held online and are entirely free of charge for both speakers and attendees. We invite submissions from discourse researchers who are based i

Jobs: General Linguistics: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Research Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong

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Description: Founded in 1994 and awarded the University title in 2016, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is a publicly funded university, dedicated to the advancement of teacher education and related disciplines through a diverse offering of academic, professional and research programmes.  The University aspires to become a leading university in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, with a focus on educational and multidisciplinary research, development and innovation. We are commit

Confs: 36th Meeting of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands

Conferences - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 07:05
We are proud to announce that the 36th meeting of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands will (for the first time!) take place in Brussels on Friday, September 11th 2026! CLIN36 will be hosted by the VUB Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. We cordially invite you to present your work at CLIN36! We welcome abstracts reporting on fundamental or applied research in any area of computational linguistics or natural language processing. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity

Confs: 5th International Conference on Teaching Grammar

Conferences - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 07:05
Grammar teaching has gained renewed centrality in linguistic-educational research over the last decade. This interest is reflected in the consolidation of scientific forums specifically devoted to this topic—such as the four previous editions of CONGRAM (Valencia 2014, 2016 and 2023; Barcelona 2019) and the seminars promoted by ARLE’s SIG-EduLing—as well as in the proliferation of studies and publications addressing grammar from theoretical, pedagogical, and applied perspectives. The motto of

Jobs: General Linguistics: Linguistics Instructor/Ast Professor Fixed Term, Michigan State University

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Description: Linguistics Instructor/Ast Professor Fixed Term Working/Functional Title: Linguistics Instructor/Ast Professor Fixed Term Position Summary: The Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University seeks a full-time Instructor or Assistant Professor of Linguistics for the 2026-2027 academic year. This is a fixed-term, nine-month, academic year position beginning August 16, 2026. Rank is determined by highest degree, with a Master’s degree require

Confs: 36th Meeting of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands

The LINGUIST List - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 07:05
We are proud to announce that the 36th meeting of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands will (for the first time!) take place in Brussels on Friday, September 11th 2026! CLIN36 will be hosted by the VUB Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. We cordially invite you to present your work at CLIN36! We welcome abstracts reporting on fundamental or applied research in any area of computational linguistics or natural language processing. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity

Confs: 5th International Conference on Teaching Grammar

The LINGUIST List - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 07:05
Grammar teaching has gained renewed centrality in linguistic-educational research over the last decade. This interest is reflected in the consolidation of scientific forums specifically devoted to this topic—such as the four previous editions of CONGRAM (Valencia 2014, 2016 and 2023; Barcelona 2019) and the seminars promoted by ARLE’s SIG-EduLing—as well as in the proliferation of studies and publications addressing grammar from theoretical, pedagogical, and applied perspectives. The motto of

Confs: The International Joint Conference on Language, Society, and Culture

Conferences - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 06:05
We are delighted to announce the International Joint Conference on Language, Society, and Culture (JCo-LSC 2026), which will be held at National Chiayi University in Chiayi, Taiwan, on September 12–13, 2026. Organized by the Department of Chinese Literature at National Chiayi University, JCo-LSC 2026 aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholars, practitioners, teachers, and students to exchange ideas, share preliminary results, and discuss research findings on all aspects of language,

Confs: 11th American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages Conference

Conferences - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 06:05
The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the 11th AATT Conference: Pathways to Proficiency with the following themes: - Teaching Turkic Languages to Millennials, Gen Z, and Beyond - Higher Order Thinking in the Turkish/Turkic Language Classroom - Multiliteracies Pedagogy, Task-Based Learning, and Other Approaches - Creatively Strengthening Enrollment - Study Abroad or other Immersive Program Design The 11th annual AATT Conference will take

Calls: LinPin 2026: A PhD Conference in Linguistics

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Call for Papers: We are pleased to announce LinPin 2026, a PhD conference in linguistics, which will take place on 15 September 2026 at the Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ), TU Dortmund University, Germany. LinPin brings together PhD students in linguistics from across Nordrhein-Westfalen and beyond. The conference provides a supportive platform for early-career researchers to present their work, share experiences from their doctoral journey, and engage in academic exchange. The

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