Episode 34: Chris Jones

Chris Jones joins us to talk conversation, strategies, and speaking. 

Chris Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has been involved in English language teaching for over twenty five years and holds the Cambridge CTEFLA and DTEFLA qualifications alongside an MA and PhD from the University of Nottingham. Chris' main research interests are related to spoken language.

He joins us to talk about that and his new book called "Conversation Strategies and Communicative Competence."

Specifically, he tackles:

  • his early influences, including Ron Carter, Scott Thornbury, and Dave Willis

  • his impetus for his new book "Conversation Strategies and Communicative Competence"

  • his writing process

  • the difference between speaking and conversation

  • the difference between conversation strategies and communication strategies

  • reasons why conversation strategies are often neglected in teaching

  • how teachers can help their students with improving their spoken communication

 Follow Chris on Twitter: @ELTResearch

3.png

Watch the Video Version

 
 

Interested in Continuing your Teacher Development?

Join the LYE Development Program

Courses by LYE
Advanced Grammar for Teachers
Advanced Grammar for Teachers

This course aims to help teachers approach grammar with ease in their classrooms. With a focus on language awareness, what grammar is - and what it isn’t - and a reflective approach to grammar, this course will help teachers be more confident and comfortable approaching grammar in their classrooms.

Estimated hours: 40

Click on the image above for more information.

Teaching Listening Made Easy
Teaching Listening Made Easy

Learn how to teach high quality listening lessons without stress. Materials often ask teachers to only test the comprehension of their students and not teach the skill of listening. This course looks at a new method to do this that is appropriate for any age, proficiency level, or topic and requires minimal preparation.

Estimated hours: 30

Click on the image above for more information.

About Chris Jones


Christian Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has been involved in English language teaching for over twenty five years and has worked in China, Japan, Thailand and the UK. During this time, he taught general English, business English, exam classes, classes for young learners and undertook materials/course development and teacher training. He holds the Cambridge CTEFLA and DTEFLA qualifications alongside an MA and PhD from the University of Nottingham.

His main research interests are related to spoken language and he has produced work on spoken corpora, lexis and lexico-grammar, classroom applications of corpus data and instructed second language acquisition. Recent publications include Jones, C., Byrne, S., & Halenko, N. (2018). Successful spoken English: Findings from learner corpora (Routledge); Literature, spoken language and speaking skills in second language learning   (2019) and Practice in second language learning (2018) ( both as editor, Cambridge University Press).


For More on Chris Jones:

Twitter: @ELTResearch

His talk to launch his new book

Details on his new book "Conversation strategies and communicative competence" 

His University of Liverpool staff page 

Chris Jones.png

Podcast Creation:

This episode was created with support from Thinkific & Podbean. If you're looking to launch a course or start a podcast, we highly recommend them - and use them ourselves. 

As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you.

If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com 

Get your first month free with LYE

Try Podbean

Get your first month free with LYE

Try Thinkific Now
For TeachersAndrew WoodburyComment