Dr Christopher Jenks
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
- Email: christopher.jenks@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 222 6593
- Fax: 0191 222 8170
- Address: Room 3.01 KGVI
School of ECLS
King George VI Building
University of Newcastle
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Research Interests
Conversation analysis and interactional sociolinguistics
Other Expertise
Epistemological and methodological issues in Applied Linguistics
Second/foreign language interaction and learning
Current Work
My work currently deals with voice-based interaction in computer-mediated media, task-based interaction, English as a lingua franca interaction, and institutional discourse.
I am currently working on an edited volume, entitled 'Conceptualising Learning in Applied Linguistics', to be published in 2010 by Palgrave MacMillan (with Paul Seedhouse and Steve Walsh).
Also in preparation and review are several book chapters and journal articles to be published late 2009 and early 2010.
Selected Publications
- Jenks CJ. Getting acquainted in Skypecasts: Aspects of social organization in online chat rooms. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 2009, 19(1), 26-46.
- Jenks CJ. Exchanging missing information in tasks: Old and new interpretations. The Modern Language Journal 2009, 93(2), 185-194.
- Jenks CJ. When is it appropriate to talk? Managing overlapping talk in multi-participant voice-based chat rooms. Computer Assisted Language Learning 2009, 22(1), 19-30.
- Trinder L; Firth A; Jenks CJ. So presumably things have moved on since then? The interactional management of risk allegations in child contact dispute resolution. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 2009.
- Seedhouse P; Walsh S; Jenks CJ, ed. Conceptualising Learning in Applied Linguistics. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.
- Jenks CJ; Firth A. On the pragmatic and interactional character of multi-participant synchronous voice-based computer-mediated communication. In: Herring S; Stein D; Virtanen T, ed. Handbook of the Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2010.
Future Research
English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) interaction
Language learner identities
Skypecast interaction
Child dispute negotiation/mediation between divorced parents
Emotion as a social-interactional construct
Research Roles
Executive Member - Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences (CRiLLS)
Editorial Board - Annual Review of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
Co-founder & Organizer - Micro-analysis research group (MARG)
Postgraduate Supervision
I am willing to supervise research on task-based interaction, voice-based computer-mediated communication, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) interaction, institutional discourse, including classroom interaction, as well as any research that adopts a conversation analytic or interactional sociolinguistic approach to data analysis.
Current PhD supervisees:
1st Supervision:
Abdulhameed Atteslisi (second language writing)
Mohammed Ramadan (second language writing)
Pornpavee Sukrutrit (second language interaction in Skypecasts)
Sophie Lai (second language learning and interaction)
Seongho Jeon (second language interaction in CMC)
Abdalla Warayet (willingness to communicate in FL classrooms)
Jaber Maslamani (online language learning)
2nd Supervision:
Buthayna Al-Garawi (FL classroom interaction)
Fen Lan Lin (FL classroom interaction)
Adam Brandt (identity in second language interaction)
Bi-Jar Lin (auto-profiling assessment and processability theory)
Erin Bidlake (CALL)
Successful PhDs:
Shaban Aldabbus (communication games in classrooms)
Esteem Indicators
Reviewer:
Applied Linguistics
International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Classroom Discourse
Bloomsbury Review of Applied Linguistics
Funding
ECLS Bursary
IRS Scholarship
ORS Award
£98,369 ESRC Grant (co-investigator)
£76,395 EPSRC Grant (co-investigator)
Industrial Relevance
Analysis of spoken interaction for institutions
Informing workplace practices
Language teacher training
Background
Before coming to Newcastle University, I worked as an English teacher and teacher trainer for several years.
Roles and Responsibilities
DPD, MA in CCC & International Management
Member, IPHD Board of Examiners
Member, IPHD Curriculum Review Committee
Member, PGR Research Committee
PHD Admissions Tutor
Qualifications
BSc, MEd, PhD
Postgraduate Teaching
Module Leader:
Discourse Analysis
Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment
Contributor:
Culture, Interculturality and Identity
Applied Linguistics in Higher Education
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Advanced Issues in Applied Linguistics