Achilleas Kostoulas
@achilleaskostoulas.com
Applied Linguistics & language teacher education. Stream may contain rants. Views own. Content in 🇬🇧 & 🇬🇷. Visit website ⬇️ for (somewhat) more serious content.
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Κάθε φορά λέω ότι θα είναι η τελευταία που οργανώνω εγώ κάτι.
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Κάθε φορά λέω ότι θα είναι η τελευταία που οργανώνω εγώ κάτι.
The most productive moments with AI aren’t when it’s right. They’re when it’s almost right.
Those near-misses make us pause, think, and refine what we know.
Those near-misses make us pause, think, and refine what we know.
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The most productive moments with AI aren’t when it’s right. They’re when it’s almost right.
Those near-misses make us pause, think, and refine what we know.
Those near-misses make us pause, think, and refine what we know.
I am sure I am not the only one who has ever asked AI something and felt impressed —until I realised it can't be right!
That pause (the "wait, what? moment) is the start of epistemic vigilance.
That pause (the "wait, what? moment) is the start of epistemic vigilance.
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I am sure I am not the only one who has ever asked AI something and felt impressed —until I realised it can't be right!
That pause (the "wait, what? moment) is the start of epistemic vigilance.
That pause (the "wait, what? moment) is the start of epistemic vigilance.
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Όλα καλά, πάμε για μάθημα
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October 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
☑️ καφές
☑️ κούπα χωρίς βρισιές
☑️ λάμπα για να μη φαίνονται οι ρυτίδες ☑️ σχέδιο μαθήματος
Όλα καλά, πάμε για μάθημα
☑️ κούπα χωρίς βρισιές
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Όλα καλά, πάμε για μάθημα
Some typos just improve the text.
September 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Some typos just improve the text.
Today’s challenge will be managing to fit in 180 minutes of workshop activities in 120 minutes of workshop.
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today’s challenge will be managing to fit in 180 minutes of workshop activities in 120 minutes of workshop.
I am devastated.
August 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I am devastated.
In In 1903, respected professor Jan Baudoin de Courtenay was asked to update Russia's most famous dictionary. He shocked everyone by adding profanity to its pages.
📖 This post tells the story, and also discusses different approaches to doing #linguistics.
👉🏻 achilleaskostoulas.com/2023/04/26/c...
📖 This post tells the story, and also discusses different approaches to doing #linguistics.
👉🏻 achilleaskostoulas.com/2023/04/26/c...
August 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In In 1903, respected professor Jan Baudoin de Courtenay was asked to update Russia's most famous dictionary. He shocked everyone by adding profanity to its pages.
📖 This post tells the story, and also discusses different approaches to doing #linguistics.
👉🏻 achilleaskostoulas.com/2023/04/26/c...
📖 This post tells the story, and also discusses different approaches to doing #linguistics.
👉🏻 achilleaskostoulas.com/2023/04/26/c...
What if you’ve been doing research all along —without calling it that?
New blog about our work at the @realitea.bsky.social project & webinar by @caroblume.bsky.social on turning everyday teaching into reflective inquiry.
#LanguageTeaching #ResearchLiteracy #ReaLiTea
link.kostoulas.com/ytwpz348
New blog about our work at the @realitea.bsky.social project & webinar by @caroblume.bsky.social on turning everyday teaching into reflective inquiry.
#LanguageTeaching #ResearchLiteracy #ReaLiTea
link.kostoulas.com/ytwpz348
August 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
What if you’ve been doing research all along —without calling it that?
New blog about our work at the @realitea.bsky.social project & webinar by @caroblume.bsky.social on turning everyday teaching into reflective inquiry.
#LanguageTeaching #ResearchLiteracy #ReaLiTea
link.kostoulas.com/ytwpz348
New blog about our work at the @realitea.bsky.social project & webinar by @caroblume.bsky.social on turning everyday teaching into reflective inquiry.
#LanguageTeaching #ResearchLiteracy #ReaLiTea
link.kostoulas.com/ytwpz348
May the cold stars keep their silent vigil over you, and may that which slumbers in the deep pass you by in the dark hours.
July 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
May the cold stars keep their silent vigil over you, and may that which slumbers in the deep pass you by in the dark hours.
So much unwritten in the quiet hours, when the coffee cools and the words tire. The work remains. The author fades.
July 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
So much unwritten in the quiet hours, when the coffee cools and the words tire. The work remains. The author fades.
So, anyhow, it appears I have a new book now.
June 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
So, anyhow, it appears I have a new book now.
In many schools around the world, ELT relies on monolingual practices, or 'English-only' methods. Such practices are rarely effective, and often problematic. This post describes an empowering…
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/19/linguistic-landscapes-challenge-monolingual-norms-elt/
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/19/linguistic-landscapes-challenge-monolingual-norms-elt/
June 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In many schools around the world, ELT relies on monolingual practices, or 'English-only' methods. Such practices are rarely effective, and often problematic. This post describes an empowering…
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/19/linguistic-landscapes-challenge-monolingual-norms-elt/
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/19/linguistic-landscapes-challenge-monolingual-norms-elt/
When T. Moore was done examining Wittgenstein, he didn’t have to write a 15-page report. He just needed to write that “this is a work of genius; furthermore, it’s up to the standard required for a Cambridge PhD.” And after they were done with that, they called it a day and went off for drinks…
June 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When T. Moore was done examining Wittgenstein, he didn’t have to write a 15-page report. He just needed to write that “this is a work of genius; furthermore, it’s up to the standard required for a Cambridge PhD.” And after they were done with that, they called it a day and went off for drinks…
Κατά κάποιους τρόπους, το πιο ευχάριστο μάθημα του εξαμήνου. Κατά άλλους, όχι.
June 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Κατά κάποιους τρόπους, το πιο ευχάριστο μάθημα του εξαμήνου. Κατά άλλους, όχι.
Έχετε κι εσείς παρεξηγησιάρικα μποτ στις τράπεζες σας, μόνο σε μένα έτυχε να είναι ευαισθητούλι;
June 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Έχετε κι εσείς παρεξηγησιάρικα μποτ στις τράπεζες σας, μόνο σε μένα έτυχε να είναι ευαισθητούλι;
Information about an upcoming special issue that will focus on how AI is transforming language education.
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/11/ai-in-language-education-call-for-papers/
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/11/ai-in-language-education-call-for-papers/
June 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Information about an upcoming special issue that will focus on how AI is transforming language education.
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/11/ai-in-language-education-call-for-papers/
https://achilleaskostoulas.com/2025/06/11/ai-in-language-education-call-for-papers/
📖 ICYMI: ‘Doctoral Study and Getting Published’, a collection of narratives by early career researchers, edited by Richard Fay and me, is now available for preorder.
May 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📖 ICYMI: ‘Doctoral Study and Getting Published’, a collection of narratives by early career researchers, edited by Richard Fay and me, is now available for preorder.
You can never have enough bookshelves
May 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You can never have enough bookshelves
New book in the making: I’m delighted to announce that our upcoming book “Empowering Language Teachers through Research Literacy”, which I am honoured to co-edit with Kenan Dikilitaş and Christina Ringel, has been accepted for publication by Routledge. Watch this space for updates!
May 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New book in the making: I’m delighted to announce that our upcoming book “Empowering Language Teachers through Research Literacy”, which I am honoured to co-edit with Kenan Dikilitaş and Christina Ringel, has been accepted for publication by Routledge. Watch this space for updates!
I have no idea what went down exactly, but judging by the aftermath, I’d say a Lipizzaner unicorn had some *serious* digestive regrets inside my suitcase.
May 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I have no idea what went down exactly, but judging by the aftermath, I’d say a Lipizzaner unicorn had some *serious* digestive regrets inside my suitcase.
«Προ 5 μηνών εκλάπη υπό Μανούηλ Ιωάννου πλοιάρχου […] επωλήθη (;) μεσιτεία (;) Αντωνίου Δάφλου […] Δαργελοβίτσας δια γρ[όσια] 4 ανακαλύψας την κλοπήν […] το έλαβον καταβαλών (;) […] 36 1/2. Θεσσαλονίκη 10 Ιουλίου (;) 1865. Ιωάννης Αυγέρης».
Μπορεί κανείς να διαβάσει το υπόλοιπο;
Μπορεί κανείς να διαβάσει το υπόλοιπο;
April 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
«Προ 5 μηνών εκλάπη υπό Μανούηλ Ιωάννου πλοιάρχου […] επωλήθη (;) μεσιτεία (;) Αντωνίου Δάφλου […] Δαργελοβίτσας δια γρ[όσια] 4 ανακαλύψας την κλοπήν […] το έλαβον καταβαλών (;) […] 36 1/2. Θεσσαλονίκη 10 Ιουλίου (;) 1865. Ιωάννης Αυγέρης».
Μπορεί κανείς να διαβάσει το υπόλοιπο;
Μπορεί κανείς να διαβάσει το υπόλοιπο;
Such suggestions are not hard to find, ranging from op-eds to articles in peer-reviewed journals
April 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Such suggestions are not hard to find, ranging from op-eds to articles in peer-reviewed journals
In Ankara, for the second Transnational Meeting of the Research Literacy if Langyage Teachers (@realitea.bsky.social ) project, magnificently hosted by the Ankara Social Sciences University.
April 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In Ankara, for the second Transnational Meeting of the Research Literacy if Langyage Teachers (@realitea.bsky.social ) project, magnificently hosted by the Ankara Social Sciences University.