Ben Naismith
@BenNaismithELT
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Into all forms of language and ELT geekery.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined May 2011
RT @leoselivan: Belatedly sharing this chapter – co-authored with @BenNaismithELT – which came out earlier this year. Big thanks to Ben, th….
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RT @TaliaIsaacs: New @CambUP_LangLing book "Assessment for #LanguageTeaching" free to download until May 20 2024. Congrats to Authors Aek P….
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RT @leoselivan: Are you a member of @IATEFL? As many of you already know (some of you did even before me!), I'm running for #IATEFL Vice Pr….
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If any of my UK friends in higher ed would like to work with me at Duolingo, take a look and reach out if you're interested and a good fit
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RT @PhoebeNLP: at #ACL2023NLP ! I'll be presenting a poster at BEA on Thursday: work with @BenNaismithELT and @JillBurstein on discourse gr….
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RT @leoselivan: My report from #Iatefl2023 - from just one session: Penny Ur's talk on interesting recent research. .
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RT @GeoffJordan16: Sadly, nobody has yet offered to review the book Mike Long & I published last year. Very few copies have been sold. Plea….
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at #AAAL2023!.
Our #assessment #research team will be out in full force at #AAAL2023, presenting on everything from language assessment literacy, to maximizing measurement properties, to a new paradigm for test development. Check the program for details, and come say hi!
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RT @leoselivan: More interesting stuff from Frank Boers. Dictogloss (one of my fave classroom activities) leads to better incidental learni….
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A few conference presentations coming up - DM me if you're going and would like to meet up!.- AAAL (Portland Mar 18-20).- TESOL (Portland Mar 21-24).- IATEFL (Harrogate Apr 18-20 with @leoselivan).- BALEAP (Warwick Apr 21 with @RamseyCardwell).
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RT @harding_luke: The 40th anniversary issue of @LangTestJournal has now been published, and it's well worth a look .
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RT @L2SpeechTools: Professor Ana Pellicer Sanchez's special lecture is now out in our YouTube channel . #TESOL #Vo….
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RT @abenitezburraco: Are all human languages equally complex? 👇 .Meta-analyses of 28 complexity metrics applied to texts written in overall….
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RT @sandymillin: Help needed! .Please complete my MA dissertation survey! It should take about 20-30 mins (2nd sect….
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RT @vanderviana: Delighted to announce that Teaching English with corpora ( is now out! It contains 70 teaching act….
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Come check this out if you're in Pittsburgh tomorrow. I'll be joining the alumni roundtable to discuss careers in the humanities (like linguistics in ed tech!).#humanities #AltAc #DuolingoEnglishTest #HumanitiesEngage.
The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences hosts the Humanities Engage Symposium, on 09/13 and 09/14. The two-day event will feature round-tables, panels, and workshops all centering around humanities.
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Great job on my team for someone who loves communicating research findings to broader audiences. Come work with me in Pittsburgh!.
The @DuolingoENTest is looking for a research communicator with a range of expertise from having worn many hats:. 👒 language/assessment researcher.🧢 passionate educator.🎩 interested in SciComm and talking about research + data. Assessment Science Comms:
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RT @leoselivan: Catch me giving a webinar for Lexical Lab in about 5 mins: ."Assessing language lexically" #elt.
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RT @DuolingoENTest: Are you a doctoral candidate specializing in language assessment? Do you know someone who is? Apply for the Duolingo Di….
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