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Hi! I’m Thomas Stringer. This portal features resources for learners, practitioners, and researchers on language learner autonomy or related topics.
It’s really hard to get good at something unless you really love it. Because how do you get good at something? You practice, practice, practice. Obsess, obsess, obsess. Gather feedback, gather feedback, analyze it. And you have to be really devoted to do all that if it’s something you don’t like. Find something you really like and are good at…Something in which you, for whatever set of reasons, you’re a little bit better than most people at it, and that you know that it’s the kind of thing that will light you up every day, and that will even keep you up at night.
– Dubner, S. & Bennett, D. (Hosts). (2025, November 11). What Happens When You Turn 20 [Podcast Episode]. In Freakonomics Radio. Freakonomics Radio Network. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-happens-when-you-turn-20/
January 2026 Feature Post:
Beyond The Abstracts: Research Synthesis Reading Group – Stringer and Jordan (2025) (S2e4)
This special episode of Beyond The Abstracts takes a break from our usual interview format to bring you a recording of the third Research Synthesis Thematic Hub Reading Group. The event is organised by the Centre for International, Language and Teacher Education Research (CILTER) at the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI), University of St Andrews, Scotland. The reading group was held Friday 16th January 2026, and the topic of discussion was A Qualitative Synthesis of Practitioner Research of English Language Learner Autonomy in Higher Education in Japan (Stringer & Jordan, 2025) published in Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics. The reading group was led by the co-authors.
Links to the paper, protocol, podcast, and poster materials:
Paper: A Qualitative Synthesis of Practitioner Research of English Language Learner Autonomy in Higher Education in Japan
Poster:
Stringer, T., & Jordan, E. (2025). A Qualitative Synthesis of Practitioner Research of English Language Learner Autonomy in Higher Education in Japan. Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics, 1–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/29984475.2025.2584790
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