Lorena Salud Gadella Kamstra
@lorenasgk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at the
@UniofNottingham | Researching EFL Teacher Motivation and Training | Views are my own
@UniofNottingham | Researching EFL Teacher Motivation and Training | Views are my own
So grateful to hose who joined the Teacher Educator Q&A. Around 7K joined and it has more than 40K now. An space to discuss how teacher training prepares teachers, or not, for real classrooms and evolving contexts. LINKS HERE: www.facebook.com/TeachingEngl... or www.youtube.com/live/FqKjk8i...
43K views · 850 reactions | Our first Teacher Educator Q&A focuses on how teacher training courses prepare teachers (or not) for the classroom. Dr Lorena Gadella Kamstra shares her research into the c...
Our first Teacher Educator Q&A focuses on how teacher training courses prepare teachers (or not) for the classroom. Dr Lorena Gadella Kamstra shares her research into the challenges new teacher face.....
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December 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So grateful to hose who joined the Teacher Educator Q&A. Around 7K joined and it has more than 40K now. An space to discuss how teacher training prepares teachers, or not, for real classrooms and evolving contexts. LINKS HERE: www.facebook.com/TeachingEngl... or www.youtube.com/live/FqKjk8i...
I will be speaking in a live Q&A with the British Council 🎙️ We will talk about what new English language teachers face and how training can support them. I will add the Facebook Live and YouTube links below. Would love to see you there 🙌
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December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I will be speaking in a live Q&A with the British Council 🎙️ We will talk about what new English language teachers face and how training can support them. I will add the Facebook Live and YouTube links below. Would love to see you there 🙌
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My new article is out in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 📘✨ I look at how a set of interview prompts helped teachers open up, reflect, and share experiences that often stay hidden in regular interviews. This approach shaped the study in a meaningful way 💛
Link: doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Link: doi.org/10.1080/1750...
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My new article is out in Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 📘✨ I look at how a set of interview prompts helped teachers open up, reflect, and share experiences that often stay hidden in regular interviews. This approach shaped the study in a meaningful way 💛
Link: doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Link: doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Just finished a TeachingEnglish – British Council webinar with over 900 people from around the world 🌍. We talked about what it really takes to prepare new teachers for real classrooms and came up with some great ideas together. Loved the energy and honesty everyone brought. 😀
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Just finished a TeachingEnglish – British Council webinar with over 900 people from around the world 🌍. We talked about what it really takes to prepare new teachers for real classrooms and came up with some great ideas together. Loved the energy and honesty everyone brought. 😀
📢 Exciting job opportunity at the University of Nottingham:
Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics for the 2025–26 academic year.
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🗓 Closing date: 31 July
📍 School of English
Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics for the 2025–26 academic year.
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🗓 Closing date: 31 July
📍 School of English
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics (full-time, FTC)
Do you have teaching specialisation in Applied Linguistics? We are looking to appoint either a Teaching Assistant or Teaching Associate to work in our team in the School of English. You would join us...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢 Exciting job opportunity at the University of Nottingham:
Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics for the 2025–26 academic year.
🔗 jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Please reshare if you can!
🗓 Closing date: 31 July
📍 School of English
Teaching Associate/Teaching Assistant in Applied Linguistics for the 2025–26 academic year.
🔗 jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Please reshare if you can!
🗓 Closing date: 31 July
📍 School of English
💫 Excited to see my work cited in this new article published in System by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
"Early Career Language Teachers' Motivation in the Making" by Alemi et al. (2025) A fascinating ecological take on teacher motivation 📚
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...
#TeacherMotivation
"Early Career Language Teachers' Motivation in the Making" by Alemi et al. (2025) A fascinating ecological take on teacher motivation 📚
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...
#TeacherMotivation
April 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
💫 Excited to see my work cited in this new article published in System by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
"Early Career Language Teachers' Motivation in the Making" by Alemi et al. (2025) A fascinating ecological take on teacher motivation 📚
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...
#TeacherMotivation
"Early Career Language Teachers' Motivation in the Making" by Alemi et al. (2025) A fascinating ecological take on teacher motivation 📚
📄 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...
#TeacherMotivation
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Another example of AI transforming language teaching and learning! Chat with Maya in this demo—it truly feels like a conversation with a human. I can easily see its potential in the classroom and beyond, even as a valuable tool for supporting the elderly. www.sesame.com/research/cro...
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Another example of AI transforming language teaching and learning! Chat with Maya in this demo—it truly feels like a conversation with a human. I can easily see its potential in the classroom and beyond, even as a valuable tool for supporting the elderly. www.sesame.com/research/cro...
Excited to see that my research is being cited in excellent papers. Thank you to the authors: “Navigating Precarity”: Motivation of English language teachers in a C... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Navigating Precarity”: Motivation of English language teachers in a Chinese higher vocational college
This study examines the motivation of English language teachers (ELTers) in a higher vocational college in southeast China. Although teacher motivatio…
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February 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Excited to see that my research is being cited in excellent papers. Thank you to the authors: “Navigating Precarity”: Motivation of English language teachers in a C... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...