Chris Jones

📢CFP: Teaching Literature in the Language Classroom, Uni. of Nottingham, 30th March 2026 (arr. Peter Stockwell and Jess Norledge). Send max. 200 word abstract with 5 keywords by 16th Feb. 2026 to: stylistics@nottingham.ac.uk 📢

DeKeyser, R. M., & Suzuki, Y. (2025). Skill acquisition theory. In B. VanPatten, G. D. Keating, & S. Wulff (Eds.), Theories in second language acquisition: An introduction (4th ed., pp. 157–182), Routledge. [Preprint]. Accessible at: x.gd/TTekZ

SEND PARENTS AND ALLIES Write your own horror story this weekend and add your testimony to the 1000+ already collected and analysed by @civicwatchblog Here’s the link 🔗 survey.yourviewsyourvoice.org

Explore how Tamil words change through time with our latest corpus — ideal for discovering #neologisms and emerging language trends. sketchengine.eu/tamil-trends-c…

Quite the spectacle: voices who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. If you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive

For the first time in ages, autism is front and centre in the media. But it’s about poxy paracetamol and nonsensical causative links. In the meantime, my 4 and a half year old who can’t say a word and only understands a handful of words is told he probably won’t get into an autism class when he starts school next year. He won’t survive a day in mainstream school. That’s happening all over the country, because we are a rich country with third world services for our most vulnerable children. But there will be little to no interest in that today in the media or on Twitter. Just the paracetamol.

Keep our campaign’s petition rising please until it closes in Oct. There are hundreds of thousands affected by SEND and it will be debated on 15 Sept, please share. facebook.com/share/p/1BJfnq… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7110…

Testing the three-stage model of second language skill acquisition | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4jI1nQ5

Just published! A description and rationale of our project making learner-led, corpus-informed materials for L2 German. Open access gfl-journal.de/article/spoken…

The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain by Edna Andrews , Swathi Kiran Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this Handbook provides a complete guide to research in language and brain. 📚 cup.org/4iBLquo

Interesting conclusions of this meta-analysis: Incidental L2 #vocabulary learning gains were similar across reading, listening, and reading while listening, but the proportion of words learned thru viewing was much smaller. (Webb et al 2023) cambridge.org/core/services/…

<Brumfit Essay Award> with not only a large books prize but also a place on the LT Board and priority publication of the winning essay. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

"Iwashita, Dao, and Nguyen have achieved a comprehensive yet accessible synthesis of contemporary research into interaction for classroom-based L2 learning [...] A masterpiece and a must-read!" bit.ly/42V0YET

Big Beasts of English Grammar Book Launch. A big thank you to everyone who joined! The recording and authors' slides can be accessed on the website candlinandmynard.com/englishgrammar… @ELTResearch @grahburton #englishgrammar #bigbeastsgrammar

Monday!

Book Launch, Q&A, and Giveaway Big Beasts of English Grammar by Christian Jones and Graham Burton Monday 24th February (Zoom) Registration and details: bit.ly/3EFiGCd @ELTResearch @grahburton #englishgrammar #bigbeastsgrammar #booklaunch

One week to go! Sign up details below. #englishgrammar #bigbeastsgrammar @CandlinMynard @TESOLacademic @grahburton

Did you know research from @livunienglish challenging the gender gap in writing performance for children will now be used for teacher training 📚👏🎊 Read more 👉news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01/27/res…

“The analysis also indicated that the use of first language (L1) translation in teacher speech increased the chances that target words were written in notes, and that writing words in notes was the most effective predictor of learning.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Register for the Online Book Launch, Q&A, and Giveaway! Join Christian Jones and Graham Burton, authors of The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations. Mon 24 Feb 10am (UK) 7pm (Jpn) #englishgrammar tinyurl.com/p5d7abkf