I wouldn’t have been able to get through all the thangs I faced this academic year without Ema Ushioda . I was really happy that we celebrated it together. Although, I know it’s a bit late but…happy birthday, Ema 🥳🥳🥳

I have been secured funding from Economic and Social Research Council to undertake my Overseas Fieldwork in Japan! I am truly grateful for all the generous support. I’m very much looking forward to coming back to Japan for the data collection💪

ピカデリーサーカスで事故。怖い…

New book chapter out online! Heartfelt thanks to my co-authors Katie Webb and Prof. Steve Mann for a very smooth collaboration and the trust in me to lead. doi.org/10.1007/978-98…

PLL6で発表、初中国。どうなることやら笑

Thank you to everyone who sent me warm messages about my food poisoning🥩I’m about 95% recovered now! Also, I am looking forward to presenting my research at ICPLTL in Turkey and at PLL6 in China!

It was our last lunch together and I took part in the graduation ceremony lunch session while imagining my vivid ideal PhD self :)

Congratulations, Dr. Yanyan Li💪Dr Yanyan Li

Had a wonderful lunch with a brilliant researcher and he kindly showed me around Birmingham! Thank you for the lovely time, Murakami-sensei!! Come to Warwick next time😃 Akira Murakami

Hmm just wondering if I can eat this as sashimi - no more food poisoning!

This paper presents the reconceptualised framework of Second Language Motivational Self-System (L2MSS) for researching translanguaging and language learning motivation.

No Natto, No life in the UK!

Can’t believe I played baseball while speaking English, so happy! But it happened in the UK😂

スウェーデン、綺麗

Onigiri and Matcha latte after teaching Japanese are simply the best😍

The BAAL 2025 information pack baal2025.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl…