Matt Coss
@mattcoss.bsky.social
Applied linguist. Language educator. “This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.” 💙💖💜
After what was probably the busiest ACTFL yet, it was awesome to come home to find this on my doorstep!
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
After what was probably the busiest ACTFL yet, it was awesome to come home to find this on my doorstep!
Proud of this new (open access 🔓!) piece with Hyun-Bin Hwang where we propose a practical framework to help researchers design studies that meaningfully connect with the everyday work of teachers and other practitioners. Feedback welcome!
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November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Proud of this new (open access 🔓!) piece with Hyun-Bin Hwang where we propose a practical framework to help researchers design studies that meaningfully connect with the everyday work of teachers and other practitioners. Feedback welcome!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The dissertation is officially out in the world! (If anybody needs or wants a copy, please get in touch! Be warned... it is over 300 pages...) www.proquest.com/docview/3236...
September 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The dissertation is officially out in the world! (If anybody needs or wants a copy, please get in touch! Be warned... it is over 300 pages...) www.proquest.com/docview/3236...
The newest interview from TASK: Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching with Marije Michel was just published (Open Access! 🔓)! Check it out! doi.org/10.1075/task...
August 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The newest interview from TASK: Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching with Marije Michel was just published (Open Access! 🔓)! Check it out! doi.org/10.1075/task...
Hot off the press! (If you can’t access it, please get in touch)
July 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Hot off the press! (If you can’t access it, please get in touch)
I am now officially Dr. Matt Coss! Words can't really capture my gratitude to everyone, including my #langchat friends, who made this journey possible and so worthwhile. (Dissertation acknowledgements here: bit.ly/3ZKnWfz). On to the next adventure!
June 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I am now officially Dr. Matt Coss! Words can't really capture my gratitude to everyone, including my #langchat friends, who made this journey possible and so worthwhile. (Dissertation acknowledgements here: bit.ly/3ZKnWfz). On to the next adventure!
Sending this off tomorrow!
June 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Sending this off tomorrow!
Hot off the press in @actfl.bsky.social The Language Educator (Spring, 2025 Issue)! If you can't get access to a copy of this article and would like one, please reach out! Also, be sure to check out the Online Bonus Content where we share free resources from the @oasisdatabase.bsky.social and more!
April 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hot off the press in @actfl.bsky.social The Language Educator (Spring, 2025 Issue)! If you can't get access to a copy of this article and would like one, please reach out! Also, be sure to check out the Online Bonus Content where we share free resources from the @oasisdatabase.bsky.social and more!
Today was a full-circle, life-giving-, joy-FULL afternoon for me as a WL teacher, an SLA researcher, and a teacher educator. This afternoon, @doriec.bsky.social came to my ‘Second and Foreign Language Learning’ class to talk with 28 pre-service K-5 and WL educators about her scholarship (1/3)
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today was a full-circle, life-giving-, joy-FULL afternoon for me as a WL teacher, an SLA researcher, and a teacher educator. This afternoon, @doriec.bsky.social came to my ‘Second and Foreign Language Learning’ class to talk with 28 pre-service K-5 and WL educators about her scholarship (1/3)
It’s my cats 7 year adopt-a-versary today ♥️ Fred and George
April 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It’s my cats 7 year adopt-a-versary today ♥️ Fred and George
Another successful AAAL in the books!
March 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Another successful AAAL in the books!
If you are a language teacher or both a researcher and a teacher and will be at AAAL, join Caitlyn Pineault and me for a networking session on Saturday of the conference! (Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested!)
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If you are a language teacher or both a researcher and a teacher and will be at AAAL, join Caitlyn Pineault and me for a networking session on Saturday of the conference! (Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested!)
If you will be attending AAAL in Denver in two weeks and are a grad student or know some graduate students, feel free to share this flyer for this Special Session on Sunday of the conference!
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If you will be attending AAAL in Denver in two weeks and are a grad student or know some graduate students, feel free to share this flyer for this Special Session on Sunday of the conference!
🚨Please help support languages at the University of Illinois Chicago!!! (Please share widely!) The work at UIC is field-leading, and the students of one of the most diverse public universities in this country deserve a high quality multilingual humanities education!
March 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚨Please help support languages at the University of Illinois Chicago!!! (Please share widely!) The work at UIC is field-leading, and the students of one of the most diverse public universities in this country deserve a high quality multilingual humanities education!
Now that things are official I am really excited to share: This fall I’ll be joining the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama as Language Assessment Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics! 🐘
February 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Now that things are official I am really excited to share: This fall I’ll be joining the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama as Language Assessment Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics! 🐘
Really proud to share this (open access) paper! Grateful to the teacher and student participants, and hopeful that this information reaches test companies and test users! scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/89c70a...
February 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Really proud to share this (open access) paper! Grateful to the teacher and student participants, and hopeful that this information reaches test companies and test users! scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/89c70a...
Really excited about this new recurring feature in ACTFL’s The Language Educator. If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the form!
February 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Really excited about this new recurring feature in ACTFL’s The Language Educator. If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the form!
Excited to present ongoing work with Carlo Cinaglia and Anne Violin-Wigent at the Modern Language Association Convention this weekend! Our poster (in the Innovation Room) is called "What (all) do students really get from language classes, and why do they (not) stay enrolled?"
January 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Excited to present ongoing work with Carlo Cinaglia and Anne Violin-Wigent at the Modern Language Association Convention this weekend! Our poster (in the Innovation Room) is called "What (all) do students really get from language classes, and why do they (not) stay enrolled?"