Category: July 2026–Beliefs

SELebration in the Classroom Through Empathy By: Pinar Sekmen As teacher trainers, our core mission transcends the simple delivery of a curriculum; we are here to equip educators with the

Language Teachers in Therapy A Review of Smid and Mercer’s (2026) The Psychology of Language Teachers By: Ana Paula Biazon Rocha In April 2026, The Psychology of Language Teachers by

The Self that Gets Left Behind: On language, the brain, and the contingency of belief By: Brianna Hamamoto Where the Question Begins Imagine a thought experiment involving a runaway trolley,

Self-Fulfilling Silence: The Myth of Native-Like Perfection and the Cost of Waiting By: Nicky De Proost Introduction Somewhere in Japan, a student is preparing to speak English. They have been

The Neuroscientific Roots for Perseverance: Revisiting “Grit” By: Havva Kurt Taşpınar As a mother of a chess player, at the beginning of my son’s chess career, I witnessed how even

Nurturing Character Strengths: Celebrate Brain Plasticity! By: Harumi Kimura & Ayaka Takahashi One morning, Ayaka, a fourth-year English major, was talking emotionally to a classmate, just when I went into