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Martin Spivey
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MA TESOL. University lecturer of EAP in Japan. Research interests include data-driven learning, corpus-assisted discourse analysis and learner corpora.
What a quite archaic thing to write in 2025.

One of those daughters may never get married. And even if they do, they might keep their maiden name.

AND even if the current owners had sons, they might not want to work in the family business anyway!
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I wish Montedio's PR team the best of luck trying to sell that to the fan base. 😅
September 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Back in the UK for a few weeks and thought I would share a few sightings of the Yorkshire dialect I've seen out and about. Ey up! #linguisticlandscape #yorkshiredialect
August 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It's finally arrived (at Akita International University's Nakajima Library)! Look forward to reading it and will try to finish soon so others get a chance to borrow it. 😅 @eltresearch.bsky.social @grahburton.bsky.social @candlinmynard.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Running in the 59th Yurihonjo Cross Country Race (8km) today. Don't start for awhile mind... 😅
March 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Another contribution to #linguisticlandscape. This time it's Consadole Sapporo flags and banners at a J2 league away game versus Blaublitz Akita on Sat 15th March 2025. It was quite an impressive display! It's an intriguing mix of languages, colours and images.
March 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
FT Montedio Yamagata 4 Blaublitz Akita 2

Shame that we lost but we had a go and the home side were just too strong. At least we saw 6 goals! 😅
March 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Montedio Yamagata vs Blaublitz Akita

9th March 2025

Come on Akita!!!
March 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I took this a few weeks ago in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Japanese top, English below, under that is Chinese/Korean side by side with image at bottom. #linguisticlandscape
March 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Perhaps now's not the right time to talk to you both about the 'Come Live in Akita' Campaign is it? 🤔 😂
March 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Some more pics for #linguisticlandscapes. This time it's a mixture of Japanese, English and images at a railway crossing in Akita City, Japan.
March 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Soooooo I like taking pics of passing trains. 😅 There's a bridge in my area that goes over the river; one path heads over and one under. You can get fairly close!
February 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Foolishly went out for a run in the snow today. 😆
February 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
February 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Last weekend I was in Tokyo for a business meeting. Took my camera along to take a few snaps.
February 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
To begin with, I have two bus stop signs on opposite sides of the street. Spot the difference? The older sign uses ROMAJI (the Japanese version of the roman alphabet) under the KANJI characters. The newer sign uses a more updated version similar to the English alphabet.
January 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Respect to anybody who would attempt to break this rule right now. 😂
January 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful 2025. My aim is to get some research projects finished and written up! 💪🏻😅 Will also take part in a few 10k runs.
January 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Akita International University, Dec 2024
December 29, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Photos of Akita City I took on my morning walk today.
December 25, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Interested in using (SIMPLE & FREE!) online corpus tools with EFL students at high school/uni? I'm giving a talk this SUN 27TH OCT at 19:00(Japan)/11:00(UK). Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hope to see you there! #ddl #corpora #corpustools #efl
October 24, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Lovely! I took this at Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, Japan in 2020.
September 29, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,276,664!
September 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Read these two paragraphs and tell me which view anti-doping authorities differed from. It's confusing, right? 🤔 😅
December 20, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Ginger decided to rest his head on my leg. 😍😅
November 2, 2023 at 5:38 AM