Ali Fuad Selvi

Associate Professor of TESOL & Applied Linguistics | Department of English @UofAlabama | Formerly @METU_ODTU & @UofMaryland | Tweets in English & Turkish

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...tüm bunlara sebep olanları,
sebep olanlar için adalet getirmeyenleri,
depreme "asrın felaketi" diyip ondan ders çıkarmayanları,
olası Marmara depremine hazırlanmayanları,
unutma, unutturma!

6 Şubat 2023 | Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye

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15 yaşındaki evladı Irmak'ın elini bırak(a)mayan Mesut Hançer'i,
İSİAS Oteldeki masum çocukları, aileleri ve öğretmenlerini,
11 ilde yitip giden on binlerce canı,
yetim, öksüz, eşsiz, işsiz, evsiz-barksız, yurtsuz kalan yüzbinleri...

[Ali Fuad Selvi @afselvi]

I’m truly grateful to special issue editors Nathaniel Ming Curran and Christopher Jenks for affording me the space to share this work! 🙏

Read the article:
https://t.co/96XdkUgxvC

Listen as a podcast:
https://t.co/1x13XLuN7p

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🤖 From glossy .ai domain names to grand promises of “personalized learning,” AI-powered language platforms are everywhere. But what’s really behind the hype? My new paper takes a critical look at 48 platforms that brand themselves as AI-driven.

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Thru CDA and platformization, I show how these platforms commodify education and reshape ELT into the “platformized ELT ecosystem.” It contributes to the growing scholarship on AI discourses, showing how AI in education isn’t just a tool, but also a powerful commercial strategy.

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➡️ Read here (open access):
https://t.co/qhA5DpavPB

➡️ Listen as a podcast:
https://t.co/UtZqDcXZyZ

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Why did #Turkey (or Türkiye) get the works? That’s nobody’s business but President #Erdoğan’s! 🇹🇷

My new article dives into the story behind the country’s recent rebranding — from 🦃 bird jokes to bad puns, from political spin to the fight for a new global image.

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@ian_cushing Huge congrats, Ian! Impressive! 👏

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Heartfelt thanks to Heath Rose, Mona Nishizaki, Nicola Galloway, and Jim McKinley for curating such a rich, diverse and critically engaged intellectual space. I am deeply grateful to share this space with such an inspiring community!

[Ali Fuad Selvi @afselvi]

What an absolute honor to deliver one of the plenary speeches at the 6th EMI Symposium/3rd Annual ELINET Conference 2025, held at the beautiful Wolfson College, Oxford.

[Ali Fuad Selvi @afselvi]

To be in the presence of so many brilliant minds and to speak to such a thoughtful and engaged community was both humbling and energizing. I am still reflecting on the depth of thought, dialogue and connection that filled the room and beyond.

[Ali Fuad Selvi @afselvi]

Read the Article: https://t.co/x8fIdkOdsd

Listen to the podcast (by NotebookLM): https://t.co/QvN6iTAgYW

[Ali Fuad Selvi @afselvi]

What does it mean when teachers also become brands? How do language ideologies get packaged multimodally and circulated in a 30-second Reel? What are the implications at the nexus of ELT professionals and linguistic hierarchies?

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In this new publication in Applied Linguistics, I connect the dots between influencer culture, self-branding, and language ideologies and raising important questions about the future of language education in the platformized ELT ecosystem.

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@mehmett_sak Tebrikler, as always! 👏

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@ParEDling @UofAlabama Thank you very much, Parisa!

[Ali Fuad Selvi @afselvi]

🎉Big personal news: I have officially received tenure and have been promoted to Associate Professor at @UofAlabama ! Apparently, they liked my research, my teaching, and the way I alphabetized my references enough to keep me around permanently. #RollTide! 🐘

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@DrUfukAtas @UofAlabama I truly appreciate it, Ufuk hocam.

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@CarloCinaglia @UofAlabama Much appreciated, Carlo. All the best! 🙋🏼‍♂️

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@damiloladelit @UofAlabama That’s so kind of you, Dami. You’ll be a greater one. ☝️

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@1beyzakucuk @UofAlabama Çok merci. 🙏🏻