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L2 TALK

sociality, interaction, identity

​My research focuses on naturally occurring conversation in Japanese and English, including bilingual interaction between fluent speakers and second language talk among language learners.

I teach English in the School of Languages and Communication and Conversation Analysis in the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies at Kobe University.

If you are thinking about writing a Masters or Doctoral degree in English while living in Japan, feel free to contact me. I'm interested in supervising students who want to use Pragmatics or Conversation Analysis to investigate interactional competence and social practices in second language settings.

Supervising:

MA and PhD dissertations that investigate second language interaction

 

Academia.edu:

Links to some of my papers on academia.edu

Research output:

TEL:

+81 (0)78 803 7683

Email: 

tim(a)kobe-u.ac.jp

Kobe University directory of researchers

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UPCOMING PRESENTATION

2023. Occasioned enactments in L2 role-plays: Enlisting environmental objects and their mimed counterparts. In a panel on "Enriching the Wild: L2 interaction in virtual, augmented, and simulated settings". ICCA 2023. Brisbane, Australia. 26 June--2 July (with Zack Nanbu).

RECENT PUBLICATION

2023. Greer, T. & Wagner, J. The interactional ecology of homestay experiences: Locating input within participation and membership. Second Language Research. 39(1), 85-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583211058831

CURRENT PROJECT

The SWELL project is investigating second language use in innovative educational contexts that aim to somehow emulate aspects of "the wild" while still providing a safe space in which to play and experiment with language.

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