Martin Spivey
@martintesol.bsky.social
MA TESOL. University lecturer of EAP in Japan. Research interests include data-driven learning, corpus-assisted discourse analysis and learner corpora.
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New episode - number 80!
We talk about voice pitch and how it's perceived in different situations with Dr Matthew Hunt in the latest episode of Lexis which is out now: open.spotify.com/episode/7qTb...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
New episode - number 80!
Worse was taking a Japanese income to the UK last summer. 😆😢
Eating out was a shock. 2 or 3 times the price here if not more.
Eating out was a shock. 2 or 3 times the price here if not more.
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Worse was taking a Japanese income to the UK last summer. 😆😢
Eating out was a shock. 2 or 3 times the price here if not more.
Eating out was a shock. 2 or 3 times the price here if not more.
Salaries are also a lot lower than the UK and haven't increased at all/much in 30 years.
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Salaries are also a lot lower than the UK and haven't increased at all/much in 30 years.
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Soft xenophobia: Japanese govt. not proactive about foreigners learning Japanese language bit.ly/4alTcGb #夜間中学校 #外国人のための日本語教育
Media watch: Government keeps its distance from Japanese language learning for foreigners
Foreigners attending night junior high school (Withnews) In Japan, compulsory education stops after junior high school, and though the vast majority of Japanese people now graduate from high school…
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February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Soft xenophobia: Japanese govt. not proactive about foreigners learning Japanese language bit.ly/4alTcGb #夜間中学校 #外国人のための日本語教育
Ugh. Sorry it was such a short sleep. I remember my twin daughters as babies and they would take turns to sleep/be awake 😆 I think they did it on purpose...😂
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Ugh. Sorry it was such a short sleep. I remember my twin daughters as babies and they would take turns to sleep/be awake 😆 I think they did it on purpose...😂
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Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!
As part of our Special Issue on Register and Professional Discourse (guest editors @shelleystaples.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social), a series of papers tackle questions related to communication within a range of specialized settings🧵
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Issue of Register Studies
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February 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!
What is it about, may I ask? Sounds intriguing!
February 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
What is it about, may I ask? Sounds intriguing!
They'd enjoy it more if you weren't smashing them on their debut/pre-debut! 😂
February 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
They'd enjoy it more if you weren't smashing them on their debut/pre-debut! 😂
And in Spain they play matches at like 9/10pm to avoid the heat. There are cultural differences at play too. Crowds would be really low here if games weren't finishing til midnight!
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 AM
And in Spain they play matches at like 9/10pm to avoid the heat. There are cultural differences at play too. Crowds would be really low here if games weren't finishing til midnight!
The trouble with matching the J League calendar to Europe's is that large parts of Japan have more extreme weather in summer/winter. Hence two big periods with no matches. Will feel like two different seasons at least! 😅
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
The trouble with matching the J League calendar to Europe's is that large parts of Japan have more extreme weather in summer/winter. Hence two big periods with no matches. Will feel like two different seasons at least! 😅
I honestly wonder if they'd be better off having two short seasons over a 12-month period. The winter break is as long as a gap between seasons anyway! Squads could look totally different after the break.
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I honestly wonder if they'd be better off having two short seasons over a 12-month period. The winter break is as long as a gap between seasons anyway! Squads could look totally different after the break.
This is like an Akita Golden Week. Pitiful! 😅
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is like an Akita Golden Week. Pitiful! 😅
To be fair, if you're gunna blood young players, this is the time to do it. Of course, the first choice 11 will all want lots of game time but there isn't too much pressure on the clubs to do well.
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
To be fair, if you're gunna blood young players, this is the time to do it. Of course, the first choice 11 will all want lots of game time but there isn't too much pressure on the clubs to do well.
Thanks for the info! Imagine signing for a J1 club in winter having never made a J1 appearance then getting sold down to J2/3 in the summer... 😭😬
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Thanks for the info! Imagine signing for a J1 club in winter having never made a J1 appearance then getting sold down to J2/3 in the summer... 😭😬
Do you know how these games will be recorded in future? For the likes of JEF CB Kawano this is his "J1 debut". Or is it? 🤔 Obviously can't work for J2/J3 leagues. I suspect they'll have a separate category for this tourney.
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Do you know how these games will be recorded in future? For the likes of JEF CB Kawano this is his "J1 debut". Or is it? 🤔 Obviously can't work for J2/J3 leagues. I suspect they'll have a separate category for this tourney.
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Solid editorial work from @bforchtner.bsky.social and @francozappettini.bsky.social
🔓 You can read the pre-print of my chapter 'Anything goes? Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Critical Discourse Studies' here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🔓 You can read the pre-print of my chapter 'Anything goes? Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Critical Discourse Studies' here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Solid editorial work from @bforchtner.bsky.social and @francozappettini.bsky.social
🔓 You can read the pre-print of my chapter 'Anything goes? Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Critical Discourse Studies' here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🔓 You can read the pre-print of my chapter 'Anything goes? Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Critical Discourse Studies' here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Congratulations and thanks for the link!
February 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Congratulations and thanks for the link!
Interesting (as well as a bit depressing). Just read this blogpost the other day:
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From sloppers to slopocalypse: The lexical productivity of AI slop
At the end of last year, I wrote a blog post in which I dissected the word ‘enshittification’, a staple of AI slang. At the beginning of this year, I want to do the same for enshittification’s conc…
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January 29, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Interesting (as well as a bit depressing). Just read this blogpost the other day:
makingsciencepublic.com/2026/01/02/f...
makingsciencepublic.com/2026/01/02/f...
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Out now: 'What is good care, and who is it good for? A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of UK care home websites'. Chapter led by @emma-putland.bsky.social with Kevin Harvey in the Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han.... Accepted version in original post below!
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Out now: 'What is good care, and who is it good for? A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of UK care home websites'. Chapter led by @emma-putland.bsky.social with Kevin Harvey in the Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han.... Accepted version in original post below!
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In this chapter, I map the field of linguistically informed critical studies of #power and #governance, identify key trends, and point to future avenues of research
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January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
In this chapter, I map the field of linguistically informed critical studies of #power and #governance, identify key trends, and point to future avenues of research
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years
‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years
A new book and podcast tell the story of a 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pranks on the NME
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January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years
Wish the J League would take a leaf out of Kyoto's book and explain which are loan deals in the player's career history on their website. It's like Blaublitz Akita - Vanraure Hachinohe - Blaublitz Akita -... Don't know what's going on!
January 28, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Wish the J League would take a leaf out of Kyoto's book and explain which are loan deals in the player's career history on their website. It's like Blaublitz Akita - Vanraure Hachinohe - Blaublitz Akita -... Don't know what's going on!
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The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back
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January 27, 2026 at 10:56 AM
The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
As I understand it, the current mayor is in favour of a new stadium. At least more so than the previous one! Trouble is, Akita's average crowd is less than 2% of the city population and a new stadium will cost a small fortune (2/3 needing tax ¥). Hard to justify & not worth the political fallout?
January 27, 2026 at 8:21 AM
As I understand it, the current mayor is in favour of a new stadium. At least more so than the previous one! Trouble is, Akita's average crowd is less than 2% of the city population and a new stadium will cost a small fortune (2/3 needing tax ¥). Hard to justify & not worth the political fallout?