Duy Van Vu, PhD

Come be my colleague! We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Denver. Please share with anyone on the job market this year! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Interested in doing an MA in Applied Linguistics/Teaching of English as a Second Language?

Please join our information session!

When? Friday October 17, at 2:30-3:30pm (US Mountain Standard Time)

Please RSVP by October 1 to get the Zoom link: forms.gle/oQS2cMWpcAui...

Great to see this initiative, a call for researchers, educators, and practitioners in second #language (#L2) studies to review a set of ethics and accountability guidelines for #qualitative research #ResearchMethods #lingsky #langsky

Delighted to see my chapter on learning formulaic sequences from authentic TV published by Springer! Thanks to the great editors Anastasia Pattemore and Ferran Gesa
for putting this volume together!

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom

Free download until 6 June. Please download your free copy today, and share the link (not the PDF) with others so they can download their copy, too.

Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Deadline for registration for the Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research conference (VAR4LCR): 22 June 2025. Full programme available at www.uclouvain.be/en/research-....

📢 We're organising the Language Testing Forum 2025 at the University of Southampton.
📝 Submit your abstracts by 11 July 2025!
👉 For more information, please visit the LTF2025 page: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n... #LTF2025 #languageassessment

I wrote some software that visualises real-time nasalance for our @phoneticslab.bsky.social public engagement event this week!

We use two microphones to capture oral and nasal signals, separated by a baffle, and map each signal's amplitude to a visual representation of the face!

📢 Call for Papers!
We are now accepting submissions for the 2025 volume of The CATESOL Journal. We invite educators, researchers & practitioners to share their innovative work, classroom insights, and scholarly research. See graphic below & please share! escholarship.org/uc/catesoljo...

Flyer for SLRF 2025 Call For Proposals. Northern Arizona University logo (Blue NAU in a gold-outlined axe head) in top right. In blue at top: Second Language Research Forum. In blue in left column: Call For Proposals. Below is the SLRF 2025 logo, a blue outline of mountains with SLRF (in blue) above 2025 (in gold); along the bottom: Elevating Perspectives in L2 Research (in blue). Below in blue in left column: Registration Fees - Early Bird (Jan 1st-July 1st, 2025): Student, $100; Faculty, $180; Non-Academic, $200. Registration Fees - Regular (starting July 2nd, 2025): Student, $150; Faculty, $210; Non-Academic, $240. In blue in right column: We're thrilled to announce the return of the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) after a five-year hiatus! This year's theme: "Elevating Perspectives: Reaching New Heights in L2 Research." SLRF 2025 welcomes submissions on all aspects of second language research. Upcoming deadline March 31st 2025: Abstract Submissions Due! Registration is now open! In a gold box at the bottom: (In gold) Important dates Blue timeline with gold dots: March 21st, 2025: Paper submission deadline May 2025: Acceptance notification July 1st, 2025: Early bird registration ends July 2nd, 2025: Regular registration begins September 25-28, 2025: Conference dates On bottom left is a QR code with an arrow, labeled Website QR code. On bottom right are two circular pictures; one is labeled Dr. Doug Biber, and one is labeled Dr. Masatoshi Sato. Below the pictures is the label Our Plenary Speakers.

TODAY is the LAST day to submit an abstract to SLRF! If you research L2s in ANY capacity: submit a 250-word abstract and join us in Flagstaff, AZ, this September for an unparalleled experience discussing the latest work with leading researchers in the field. sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf...

Enhancing EFL Learners’ Expository Writing: Evaluating the Impact of Model Texts as a Feedback Instrument on Draft Quality in Rewritten and New Texts - English Teaching & Learning The use of model texts as a feedback instrument (MTFI) has been explored in L2 writing research for about two decades. However, little attention has been placed on MTFI’s efficacy in enhancing English...

Pleased to share our latest article in English Teaching and Learning (Springer). The study looked into the effect of using model texts as a feedback instrument on EFL learners’ text quality regarding complexity, accuracy, and fluency in rewritten and new drafts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2025

🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.

🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25

shorturl.at/vSTZx

Happy to share the link to the open access JPLL special issue on language teacher motivation that I had the privilege of editing with the wonderful Dávid Smid. Team Graz has an article on LTE wellbeing. We hope it may inspire more work on teacher psychology! www.jpll.org/index.php/jo...

The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communications Sciences in Trinity College Dublin seeks to appoint a full-time Assistant Professor in Applied Sign Linguistics. See here for more details:
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Connecting the dots: how does multidimensional (dis)advantage across the life course intersect and shape young people’s attitudes towards school, work and post-school destinations? - Scottish Graduate... The University of Edinburgh is inviting applications from suitably qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship in Education to research the role of multidimensional (dis)advantage across th...

If you're interested in doing a PhD on inequities and young people, this scholarship led by Dr. Adriana Duta
might be of interest to you: sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...
@morayhouse.bsky.social
@sgsss.bsky.social

Applied Linguistics Scholars Among Top 2-Percent of Scientists Worldwide Four professors from the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University are among the top 2% of scientists in the world, according to Stanford University’s latest Worl...

cal.msu.edu/news/applied...

The first page of the chapter titled 'Corpus Linguistics and Classroom Discourse' featuring key points.

My new chapter ‘Corpus Linguistics and Classroom Discourse’ in the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd edition) is out! doi.org/10.1016/B978...

See you all at Language World 2025!
I’m speaking on Saturday with Alison Porter - check out the programme delegate-reg.co.uk/lw2025/progr...

Learn how to be "SMART" when conducting research syntheses in applied linguistics!

1 post every week about the SMART tool.

Week 1 - here we go!

A.S. Hornby Educational Trust 2025 Scholarship for Teachers of English as a Second Language to Refugees. Info at
www.hornby-trust.org.uk/the-call-for... #scholarship #refugee #education #TESOL

Great to welcome Prof. Stuart Webb (Western University) and Dr. Su Kyung Kim (Korea University) to my university today! Prof. Stuart Webb delivered two very interesting and informative talks to lecturers and students at my university and beyond.

BAAL 2025 British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference 2025 at the University of Glasgow

The call for proposals for BAAL 2025 is out! baal2025.wordpress.com Join us in Glasgow, September 4-6, 2025! @baal2025.bsky.social

Applications are now open for our new summer school in 'Corpus Linguistics for Language Testing and Assessment' offered as part of our free annual Lancaster Summer Schools series.

16-20 June 2025, Lancaster University

Find out more: wp.lancs.ac.uk/corpussummer...

cover of the Cambridge Element titled Psycholinguistics and Phonology

Don’t miss your chance to read the new Cambridge Element Psycholinguistics and Phonology by Naiyan Du and Karthik Durvasula

📖 cup.org/4aI4ggH

Free access available until 17 February.

#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics #phonology

Citations in post-methods sections of quantitative and qualitative research articles in second language learning: A corpus-based study Citation practices within the post-methods sections (i.e., results, discussion, implications, and conclusion) of research are crucial for knowledge ge…

Third article by our research group.
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(PDF) What if we want to test for similarities between groups, rather than differences? Equivalence testing techniques for corpus linguistics PDF | Tests in the null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) framework are designed to identify differences between groups. Thus, researchers wishing... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

Most of our commonly used statistical techniques in CL only help us identify differences between groups. But what if we instead want to empirically test whether two groups are similar/practically equivalent?

Just out:

Larsson & Hancock (forthcoming)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

📣Call for papers📣

SLRF is back! Come join us in Flagstaff, AZ, in September.

Keynote speakers announced for CALICO 2025 at San Diego State University, May 27-31. Truly excellent researchers in CALL! You can register at calico.org/calico-2025/ @caliconsortium.bsky.social #languagelearning #technology