Chris Jones
@eltresearch.bsky.social
Reader in Applied Linguistics/TESOL at the University of Liverpool. All views my own.
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New publication from Dr Nektaria Kourtali of@livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social. Her study on Greek children’s foreign language anxiety reveals how modality of interaction shapes learners’ affective experiences.
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Peer Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom
This book highlights the role of peer interaction in the foreign language (FL) classroom and explores the different factors and contexts that mediate its effect on target language use and development....
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December 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New publication from Dr Nektaria Kourtali of@livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social. Her study on Greek children’s foreign language anxiety reveals how modality of interaction shapes learners’ affective experiences.
Details⬇️
www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Details⬇️
www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Out now (well, three days ago)! My new book with @routledgebooks.bsky.social: Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design. And there's currently a 25% discount for the ebook and paperback version for Black Friday! www.routledge.com/Corpus-Lingu...
Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design
Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design explores how corpora can be employed in the design of language curricula, both for English as a Foreign/Second Language and for other languages.
This book prov...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Out now (well, three days ago)! My new book with @routledgebooks.bsky.social: Corpus Linguistics for Curriculum Design. And there's currently a 25% discount for the ebook and paperback version for Black Friday! www.routledge.com/Corpus-Lingu...
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Today is #nationallinguisticsday! To celebrate, here is a great talk from from our late colleague Professor Michael Hoey at IATEFL 2014, on lexical priming. One example of how our dept. applies linguistics to English language research. Enjoy! @sotauol.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlp5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlp5...
Prof. Michael Hoey - IATEFL 2014 Harrogate
YouTube video by Sebastian Lesniewski
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November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Today is #nationallinguisticsday! To celebrate, here is a great talk from from our late colleague Professor Michael Hoey at IATEFL 2014, on lexical priming. One example of how our dept. applies linguistics to English language research. Enjoy! @sotauol.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlp5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlp5...
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Interested in master's study in the department of English? Have a look at these four new Liverpool scholarships for September 2026 starts, available for University of Liverpool courses www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a... More details ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Interested in master's study in the department of English? Have a look at these four new Liverpool scholarships for September 2026 starts, available for University of Liverpool courses www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a... More details ⬇️
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See below EOI for AHRC-funded PhDs at UoL. Keen to supervise a project on critical approaches to migration.
The @livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College is accepting applications for 2026. EOI due by 1st Dec. I am keen to supervise a project on the politics of abortion care. Get in touch with your project idea! www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... @livunipol.bsky.social
Project Areas 2026 | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
See below EOI for AHRC-funded PhDs at UoL. Keen to supervise a project on critical approaches to migration.
Pleased to be awarded a @britishacademy.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant with @livunienglish.bsky.social colleague David Oakey for research using corpus linguistics to analyse phraseology/imagery/effectiveness of type 2 diabetes public health messaging. 👉 share.google/cByi9qS690yG...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Awards 2025
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October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Pleased to be awarded a @britishacademy.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant with @livunienglish.bsky.social colleague David Oakey for research using corpus linguistics to analyse phraseology/imagery/effectiveness of type 2 diabetes public health messaging. 👉 share.google/cByi9qS690yG...
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Anyone interested in my recent book with @eltresearch.bsky.social and @candlinmynard.bsky.social might also be interested in the TRIP workshop series organised by @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social and supported by @eurosla.bsky.social. I'll be talking (on 5th November) about conditional forms!
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Anyone interested in my recent book with @eltresearch.bsky.social and @candlinmynard.bsky.social might also be interested in the TRIP workshop series organised by @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social and supported by @eurosla.bsky.social. I'll be talking (on 5th November) about conditional forms!
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📚LitFest weekend at @liverpooluni.bsky.social📚
Plenty of events for booklovers to look forward to including the reading and discussion by Anna Fitzgerald, winner of our John McGahern Book Prize
🗓️ 5:30pm, 19 October 2025
🧭 @victoriagallery.bsky.social
🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-john-m...
Plenty of events for booklovers to look forward to including the reading and discussion by Anna Fitzgerald, winner of our John McGahern Book Prize
🗓️ 5:30pm, 19 October 2025
🧭 @victoriagallery.bsky.social
🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-john-m...
The John McGahern Annual Book Prize
Join us for the 2025 Liverpool Literary Festival
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October 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📚LitFest weekend at @liverpooluni.bsky.social📚
Plenty of events for booklovers to look forward to including the reading and discussion by Anna Fitzgerald, winner of our John McGahern Book Prize
🗓️ 5:30pm, 19 October 2025
🧭 @victoriagallery.bsky.social
🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-john-m...
Plenty of events for booklovers to look forward to including the reading and discussion by Anna Fitzgerald, winner of our John McGahern Book Prize
🗓️ 5:30pm, 19 October 2025
🧭 @victoriagallery.bsky.social
🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-john-m...
As the familiar refrain of learning English = greater integration, I thought of Dr Sundus Ameer's well-researched study on this, which shows it is not so simple. I am biased as I was the supervisor! Read the whole thesis here: share.google/tYLWZ710rbQo...
October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As the familiar refrain of learning English = greater integration, I thought of Dr Sundus Ameer's well-researched study on this, which shows it is not so simple. I am biased as I was the supervisor! Read the whole thesis here: share.google/tYLWZ710rbQo...
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Delighted to share this corpus with fellow researchers. Enjoy! And many thanks to Anne O’Keeffe and others who have worked on developing it over the years. @calsul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
The Limerick Corpus of spoken Irish English (LCIE) is now in Sketch Engine. Many thanks to Prof. @fionafarr.bsky.social
, @unioflimerick.bsky.social, and Prof. Anne O’Keeffe, @micireland.bsky.social & UL, for permission to include it. www.sketchengine.eu/limerick-cor...
, @unioflimerick.bsky.social, and Prof. Anne O’Keeffe, @micireland.bsky.social & UL, for permission to include it. www.sketchengine.eu/limerick-cor...
August 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Delighted to share this corpus with fellow researchers. Enjoy! And many thanks to Anne O’Keeffe and others who have worked on developing it over the years. @calsul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Listen below to hear co-author @grahburton.bsky.social talking about our @candlinmynard.bsky.social book The Big Beasts of English Grammar and grammar issues in general.
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The Big BEASTS of English Grammar: What we Need to UNLEARN - Graham Burton
YouTube video by Learn YOUR English
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August 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Listen below to hear co-author @grahburton.bsky.social talking about our @candlinmynard.bsky.social book The Big Beasts of English Grammar and grammar issues in general.
youtu.be/Zafx24UvFg8?...
youtu.be/Zafx24UvFg8?...
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Less than a week to go until #CL2025!
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Less than a week to go until #CL2025!
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme
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Delighted to announce that the Limerick Corpus of Irish English is now available on Sketch Engine!
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Delighted to announce that the Limerick Corpus of Irish English is now available on Sketch Engine!
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Last year we interviewed Dr Christian Jones (@eltresearch.bsky.social) and Dr David Oakey about their published article 'Learners' Perceived Development of Spoken Grammar Awareness after Corpus-Informed Instruction: An Exploration of Learner Diaries'
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Language Learning and the Difficulty of Spoken Grammar
The Bibliography · Episode
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June 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Last year we interviewed Dr Christian Jones (@eltresearch.bsky.social) and Dr David Oakey about their published article 'Learners' Perceived Development of Spoken Grammar Awareness after Corpus-Informed Instruction: An Exploration of Learner Diaries'
open.spotify.com/episode/5bJw...
open.spotify.com/episode/5bJw...
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Confs: 10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar
Confs: 10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar
Symposium programme and registration (free): https://ehu.ac.uk/lxgr
LxGr primarily welcomes papers reporting on corpus-based research on any aspect of the interaction of lexis and grammar -- particularly studies that interrogate the system lexicogrammatically to get lexicogrammatical answers. However, position papers discussing theoretical or methodological issues, as well as descriptions or demonstrations of tools or resources are also welcome, as long as they are relevant to both lexicogra
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June 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Confs: 10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar
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It was an honour to be involved in updating this entry on 'Grammar and Corpora' for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, with @tonymcenery.bsky.social and originally authored by the late Richard Xiao: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
Grammar and Corpora
The rapid development of corpus linguistics since the early 1990s has revolutionized virtually all areas of linguistic research. The corpus approach has helped redefine what a grammar is, leading gra...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It was an honour to be involved in updating this entry on 'Grammar and Corpora' for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, with @tonymcenery.bsky.social and originally authored by the late Richard Xiao: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
Great choice of book @martintesol.bsky.social! Library looks fantastic too.
It's finally arrived (at Akita International University's Nakajima Library)! Look forward to reading it and will try to finish soon so others get a chance to borrow it. 😅 @eltresearch.bsky.social @grahburton.bsky.social @candlinmynard.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Great choice of book @martintesol.bsky.social! Library looks fantastic too.
Interesting study on skill acquisition in L2 learning. OA www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Testing the three-stage model of second language skill acquisition | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | Cambridge Core
Testing the three-stage model of second language skill acquisition
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May 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Interesting study on skill acquisition in L2 learning. OA www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New publication by Nektaria Kourtali and Ziwei Guo from Dept of English @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social on the effects of one type of feedback (recasts) on noticing language within computer-mediated communication. Open access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Processing of computer-mediated feedback: An eye-tracking study
The current study explored the extent to which the linguistic focus of interactional feedback influences levels of L2 learners' attention to target fe…
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May 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
New publication by Nektaria Kourtali and Ziwei Guo from Dept of English @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social on the effects of one type of feedback (recasts) on noticing language within computer-mediated communication. Open access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Delighted to share that our latest article on the #Learnerconversations project has been published! Thank you to @saschastollhans.bsky.social and @juditheberharter.bsky.social who edited this special issue of the #GFL journal.
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Current Issue – GFL Journal
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April 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Delighted to share that our latest article on the #Learnerconversations project has been published! Thank you to @saschastollhans.bsky.social and @juditheberharter.bsky.social who edited this special issue of the #GFL journal.
gfl-journal.de/current-issu... @eltresearch.bsky.social
gfl-journal.de/current-issu... @eltresearch.bsky.social
Just published! A description and rationale of our project making corpus-informed materials for spoken German. @livunilc.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social Open access
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gfl-journal.de/article/spok...
Learner conversations as models of spoken language in second language German – GFL Journal
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April 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just published! A description and rationale of our project making corpus-informed materials for spoken German. @livunilc.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social Open access
gfl-journal.de/article/spok...
gfl-journal.de/article/spok...
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This monograph on #SpeechActs was published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social in 2021.It has received several positive reviews and is now currently being translated into Chinese by #ZhejiangUP. If you work in #ESL #EFL or #ConstructionGrammar, this may be of interest.Happy #WorldBookDay ! ➡️ bit.ly/44echH1
April 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This monograph on #SpeechActs was published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social in 2021.It has received several positive reviews and is now currently being translated into Chinese by #ZhejiangUP. If you work in #ESL #EFL or #ConstructionGrammar, this may be of interest.Happy #WorldBookDay ! ➡️ bit.ly/44echH1
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This is the social media account for the 'Learner Conversations as models of spoken language in second language German' project @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Follow us here for updates. 😊
You can access the project materials here: canvas.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/63799
You can access the project materials here: canvas.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/63799
EL-LANGCONVPROJECT - Learner conversations as models of spoken language in second language German
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March 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is the social media account for the 'Learner Conversations as models of spoken language in second language German' project @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Follow us here for updates. 😊
You can access the project materials here: canvas.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/63799
You can access the project materials here: canvas.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/63799
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The Learner Conversations project is now on Bluesky! Follow us @livunilc.bsky.social for updates. In even bigger news, the project has been nominated for an #H5P award. Winners are announced tonight, so keep your fingers crossed for us! h5p.org/the-second-a... 🤞 @eltresearch.bsky.social
The Second Annual H5P Awards
H5P Awards 2025
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March 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Learner Conversations project is now on Bluesky! Follow us @livunilc.bsky.social for updates. In even bigger news, the project has been nominated for an #H5P award. Winners are announced tonight, so keep your fingers crossed for us! h5p.org/the-second-a... 🤞 @eltresearch.bsky.social
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📢 Review outcomes for #CL2025 have just been sent via email 📢
Congratulations to the authors of all accepted submissions, and many thanks to our programme committee for providing over 1,000 reviews!
Registration will open at the end of March - more info: www.cl2025.co.uk
Congratulations to the authors of all accepted submissions, and many thanks to our programme committee for providing over 1,000 reviews!
Registration will open at the end of March - more info: www.cl2025.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📢 Review outcomes for #CL2025 have just been sent via email 📢
Congratulations to the authors of all accepted submissions, and many thanks to our programme committee for providing over 1,000 reviews!
Registration will open at the end of March - more info: www.cl2025.co.uk
Congratulations to the authors of all accepted submissions, and many thanks to our programme committee for providing over 1,000 reviews!
Registration will open at the end of March - more info: www.cl2025.co.uk