Serikbolsyn Tastanbek (he/him)
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Serikbolsyn Tastanbek (he/him)
@serikbolsyn.bsky.social
Сәлем 👋🏼 PhD candidate from 🇰🇿 in 🇨🇦
📍University of British Columbia
Interested in critical applied linguistics, TESOL, teacher education, multilingual education/pedagogies, language ideologies, identities and translanguaging
Let’s talk ☺️
When I lock out (?), I’ll go back to writing my dissertation. For now, I’m productively procrastinating 😁😃
December 4, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Do you just go with the flow when working on your different #research projects? Sometimes, I just have #inspiration to focus on something I wasn’t planning to write until later… and I can’t stop until my obsession is over 🫣
#learninguniqueness #attention #hyperfocus
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Looking back, I realise why I wasn’t able to do well as a student in unfamiliar academic environments. No matter how resilient I was, I just didn’t have enough navigational #capital from an intersectional perspective.
In some ways, I can advocate for students like me through my #scholarship! #edusky
December 1, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Fingers crossed this #manuscript submission goes well.
Even the title is translingual 😇
#phd #publishing #research #translanguaging
December 1, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Serikbolsyn Tastanbek (he/him)
Well said! Sharing my list of starter packs from my “niche science field” peeps.

Critical Applied Linguistics
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Sociolinguistics
go.bsky.app/SN3TdzY

Comparative and International Education
go.bsky.app/QE2fRsn

Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies
go.bsky.app/VZPgwMD
Starter packs are only useful for blocklist and weird niche science fields.
November 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Have a warm day.
Қарашаның үшінші аптасы да аяқталып жатыр ма. Тірлігің көп болғанда уақыт демде өтіп кетеді.
At the same time, looking back, I’ve accomplished so much 🙏🏼 Time spent well. #Fallisalmostover #Timeflies
November 22, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Some days, you’re just knocked out after teaching 🫣
Had to take a nap after my #lecture.
How do you (quickly) switch to other tasks after high #energy activities like #teaching?
November 21, 2024 at 6:44 PM
One thing I am wary of while working on my #dissertation is being (overly) extractionist toward my #participants; after all, I’m benefiting the most from my study. Luckily, beyond honoraria, I’ve been able to do smth meaningful at least for a few of them, even if it’s not acknowledged officially.
November 19, 2024 at 10:50 PM
I like coming to Vancouver Public Library to work on my #writing projects.
Today I spent 3.5 hours shaping a #manuscript to which I returned recently. Feeling #happy about the progress.
As often is the case, having a #deadline has helped.
To many more meaningful projects and motivating deadlines 💪🏼
November 17, 2024 at 7:07 AM
I haven’t posted here in a while 😅
Can’t believe I’m already in the fourth year of my #PhD program.
So much has happened recently~
Currently writing up some #essays, #abstracts and #manuscripts in addition to all the part time jobs.
Wish me luck 🍀
November 15, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Working on the revision of my proposal… 😅
Just submitted the first draft of my dissertation proposal with all the appendices. Also drafted my ethics application 😱
Hope it goes well and I receive positive feedback.
February 2, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Looking forward to talking to Rebecca and everyone else at TESL Ontario. Hope you can join us as well :)

Visit TESL Ontario online to register today: lnkd.in/gTDQdTCY (You don't have to be a member of TESL Ontario to register).
November 28, 2023 at 6:14 PM
One of those days when I feel extra happy to be an educator ☺️
Right field, right people, right place
November 24, 2023 at 5:39 AM
Just submitted the first draft of my dissertation proposal with all the appendices. Also drafted my ethics application 😱
Hope it goes well and I receive positive feedback.
November 23, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Serikbolsyn Tastanbek (he/him)
Students using AI as a way of “correcting” their writing is a direct consequence of instructors prioritizing prescriptivist conventions over supporting students in developing unique authorial voices. How about we use this as a chance to shift our priorities?
November 15, 2023 at 12:16 PM
Just booked my flights for AAAL 2024. So excited to see the fruit of our labour in Houston. Thanks to team UBC and all the other members of AAAL for making the conference happen 🩵
November 18, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Collaborations are meaningful, intellectually stimulating but also hard to coordinate. I hope to learn to better manage time and tasks as I become a more senior scholar.
October 12, 2023 at 5:15 AM
AAAL proposal accepted with super positive comments and a great score. Registered. Now I need to book my flights 😭 Conferencing is cool but expensive
October 3, 2023 at 8:26 AM
😊🙌🏼
October 3, 2023 at 8:19 AM
Any scholars here?
I’m in critical applied linguistics & TESOL 🙋🏻‍♂️ #edusky
October 1, 2023 at 3:28 AM
Just finished watching Bleach TYBW 2, and the final episode was soooo good.
Shutara is really that girl 😮‍💨🪡
October 1, 2023 at 2:23 AM