Zhaoyu (Miranda) Wang 王照宇
@zymwang.bsky.social
PhD in second language education
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don't look at my cat
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don't look at my cat
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I have long been a critic of BICS and CALP but is probably the worst depiction of it I have seen. The biggest problem is the assumption that art is less cognitively demanding than science. But even if you buy that “calling someone on the phone” could be to talk to them about a science experiment.
September 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have long been a critic of BICS and CALP but is probably the worst depiction of it I have seen. The biggest problem is the assumption that art is less cognitively demanding than science. But even if you buy that “calling someone on the phone” could be to talk to them about a science experiment.
the way this is 100% real
March 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the way this is 100% real
i was like oh my god but then saw it's the onion
March 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
i was like oh my god but then saw it's the onion
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If you’re a professor in a classroom today & you don’t mention this, I believe you’re doing your students a profound disservice. This is targeted 1st at international students, but it’s deliberately broad enough to lay groundwork for a scene Trump & Hegseth have fantasized: troops on campus.
March 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you’re a professor in a classroom today & you don’t mention this, I believe you’re doing your students a profound disservice. This is targeted 1st at international students, but it’s deliberately broad enough to lay groundwork for a scene Trump & Hegseth have fantasized: troops on campus.
caretakers of this child need to be charged with murder
A child in Texas died from measles — the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade. The child wasn't vaccinated.
February 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
caretakers of this child need to be charged with murder
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Love this! thanks for sharing
university academics are free to use these images as discussion prompts too, obvs!
in a couple of projects i have collaborated with the artist wendy wong to visualise linguistic stigmatisation in schools and efforts to resist such stigmatisation. a core aim is for teachers to use the images as prompts for discussion in classrooms, so please use and share! a few of the images ↓
February 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Love this! thanks for sharing
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Higher education Institutions: “We are committed to DEI.”
Faculty/Staff: “Will you publicly state that?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you support us when backlash comes?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you commit to resources?”
HEI: “Best we can do is rename your jobs/offices to something slightly more generic.”
Faculty/Staff: “Will you publicly state that?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you support us when backlash comes?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you commit to resources?”
HEI: “Best we can do is rename your jobs/offices to something slightly more generic.”
February 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Higher education Institutions: “We are committed to DEI.”
Faculty/Staff: “Will you publicly state that?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you support us when backlash comes?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you commit to resources?”
HEI: “Best we can do is rename your jobs/offices to something slightly more generic.”
Faculty/Staff: “Will you publicly state that?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you support us when backlash comes?”
HEI: “No.”
F/S: “Will you commit to resources?”
HEI: “Best we can do is rename your jobs/offices to something slightly more generic.”
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Universities abandon DEI to protect funding.
Funding gets cut anyway.
Now Universities start pushing back.
Sorry, you’ve already shown how easy you’ll roll over.
Funding gets cut anyway.
Now Universities start pushing back.
Sorry, you’ve already shown how easy you’ll roll over.
February 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Universities abandon DEI to protect funding.
Funding gets cut anyway.
Now Universities start pushing back.
Sorry, you’ve already shown how easy you’ll roll over.
Funding gets cut anyway.
Now Universities start pushing back.
Sorry, you’ve already shown how easy you’ll roll over.
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We have a protest brewing here on the Capitol steps. Protesting Trump and Elon Musk’s actions as part of the 50501 protest movement
February 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We have a protest brewing here on the Capitol steps. Protesting Trump and Elon Musk’s actions as part of the 50501 protest movement
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Helpful note: if the DC office isn't picking up,
you can also call your reps' local offices. Per another user, "Tap the dots to right of the DC number and local office numbers come up."
you can also call your reps' local offices. Per another user, "Tap the dots to right of the DC number and local office numbers come up."
Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Helpful note: if the DC office isn't picking up,
you can also call your reps' local offices. Per another user, "Tap the dots to right of the DC number and local office numbers come up."
you can also call your reps' local offices. Per another user, "Tap the dots to right of the DC number and local office numbers come up."
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There is still beauty in this world
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There is still beauty in this world
the way my jaw did not move at all
Who could have seen that coming you fucking collaborating CUNTS
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
the way my jaw did not move at all
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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📢 Publication alert!
💡 Check out "We Don’t Talk About Race In The Classroom”: Chinese DLBE Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies, Critical Consciousness Evasion, and Language And Literacy Instructional Practices” by @nuoxu.bsky.social & Verónica E. Valdez at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...
💡 Check out "We Don’t Talk About Race In The Classroom”: Chinese DLBE Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies, Critical Consciousness Evasion, and Language And Literacy Instructional Practices” by @nuoxu.bsky.social & Verónica E. Valdez at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...
January 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📢 Publication alert!
💡 Check out "We Don’t Talk About Race In The Classroom”: Chinese DLBE Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies, Critical Consciousness Evasion, and Language And Literacy Instructional Practices” by @nuoxu.bsky.social & Verónica E. Valdez at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...
💡 Check out "We Don’t Talk About Race In The Classroom”: Chinese DLBE Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies, Critical Consciousness Evasion, and Language And Literacy Instructional Practices” by @nuoxu.bsky.social & Verónica E. Valdez at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...
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Hot off the press - Content knowledge attainment in English medium instruction: Does academic English literacy matter? Language Teaching Research. doi.org/10.1177/1362... Should support for academic success in EMI primarily focus on broader academic English literacy skills? I welcome your thoughts!
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January 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hot off the press - Content knowledge attainment in English medium instruction: Does academic English literacy matter? Language Teaching Research. doi.org/10.1177/1362... Should support for academic success in EMI primarily focus on broader academic English literacy skills? I welcome your thoughts!
Love this!
Not sure if anyone from the linguisticsy side of tiktok is trying out bluesky today, but in case there's anyone who could use it, here's one linguistics starter pack and feel free to add more in the comments!
January 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Love this!
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Important work on large language models and discrimination here. Good timing, given yesterday's UK government announcement about the 'mainlining' of AI (🙄).
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
Bias and discrimination in AI: Why sociolinguistics holds the key to better LLMs and a fairer world
The language "engines" that power generative artificial intelligence (AI) are plagued by a wide range of issues that can hurt society, most notably through the spread of misinformation and discriminat...
techxplore.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Important work on large language models and discrimination here. Good timing, given yesterday's UK government announcement about the 'mainlining' of AI (🙄).
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
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this is the 'life story' of the so-called word gap or vocabulary gap: the deficit concept of our time, which is based on flawed and racist methodologies which locate alleged linguistic deficiencies in the homes of racialised and working-class families. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
December 13, 2024 at 9:45 AM
this is the 'life story' of the so-called word gap or vocabulary gap: the deficit concept of our time, which is based on flawed and racist methodologies which locate alleged linguistic deficiencies in the homes of racialised and working-class families. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Just completed my 3rd round of reviewing for Spencer Foundation Small Grants. Here are my Top 4 suggestions:
1. You need a robust data analysis plan!
2. The methods should be detailed & at least 1/3 of the proposal!
3. Less is more. ONE clear study, not multiple!
4. Include a theoretical lens!
1. You need a robust data analysis plan!
2. The methods should be detailed & at least 1/3 of the proposal!
3. Less is more. ONE clear study, not multiple!
4. Include a theoretical lens!
Research Grants on Education: Small
The Small Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ...
www.spencer.org
December 14, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Just completed my 3rd round of reviewing for Spencer Foundation Small Grants. Here are my Top 4 suggestions:
1. You need a robust data analysis plan!
2. The methods should be detailed & at least 1/3 of the proposal!
3. Less is more. ONE clear study, not multiple!
4. Include a theoretical lens!
1. You need a robust data analysis plan!
2. The methods should be detailed & at least 1/3 of the proposal!
3. Less is more. ONE clear study, not multiple!
4. Include a theoretical lens!