Chris Leyland
@chrisleylandncl.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics, Newcastle University. Multimodal Conversation Analysis researcher. I investigate social interactions in second language teaching, learning and testing settings. And interactions involving people with dementia.
This, accidentally, is an amazing account for why close analysis of interaction is so powerful, and so much more accurate in the end than grand theory and relatedly why Buddhism is a fantastic ethical approach. youtube.com/shorts/z-rSA...
Why birds don't crash (and what humans can learn from them)
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
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Pursuing a ‘writeable’ response in L2 oral placement tests: examiners’ recipient design practices on the same topic with multiple test takers (Walper & Leyland, Newcastle Uni.) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @newcastleuni.bsky.social @katherina-walper.bsky.social @chrisleylandncl.bsky.social
Pursuing a ‘writeable’ response in L2 oral placement tests: examiners’ recipient design practices on the same topic with multiple test takers
Language education institutions world-wide regularly use Oral Placement Tests (OPTs) to diagnose test-takers’ second language (L2) accuracy and fluency to place them in the most appropriate class. ...
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Hi everyone! The deadline for abstracts for ICOP-L2 2026 at Newcastle is fast approaching (27 Feb 2026). Note the slightly extended deadline. Please check our website for information and submission link: conferences.ncl.ac.uk/icop-l2-26/
For all you second language interaction researchers: the deadline to submit your abstract for the ICOP-L2 Conference in Newcastle University is fast approaching! Please submit your abstracts by 20th February! forms.gle/rz7KruELWrzj... I can't wait to welcome you to sunny Newcastle in August!😆
The next ICOP-L2 Conference will be held at Newcastle University, UK, 24-26 August 2026. Please see conference website for details: conferences.ncl.ac.uk/icop-l2-26/ *** ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN *** Please submit through our abstract submission portal: *** forms.gle/rz7KruELWrzj... ***
Dear colleagues, The fifth ICOP-L2 Conference will be held at Newcastle University 24-26 Aug. 2026. Abstract submissions will open 21 November 2025 until 20 February 2026. Please take a look at the conference website for more detail and the latest information: conferences.ncl.ac.uk/icop-l2-26/
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International Conference: Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) Newcastle University, UK, 24-26 August 2026 We are pleased to announce the Plenary Speakers and Workshops! Please see the poster and icopl2.org/2026-newcast... for more information.
SAVE THE DATE: The next Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) Conference will be held at Newcastle University 24-26 August 2026. Please watch this space for details on plenary speakers, workshops, the call for papers and more! 😃
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