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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MINDs in action ;) @marwaamri.bsky.social @mervebozbiyik.bsky.social #datasessioning

Our (w/ @silviakappa.bsky.social ) article "Conversation Analysis for Language Teaching" is now out! This is part of a special issue on the use of CA methodology in Applied Linguistics, edited by Hansun Waring & @nadjatadic.bsky.social. Watch this space for more! doi.org/10.1016/j.rm... #EMCA #L2

My first encyclopedic entry: "Analysis of Interaction in Language Learning and Teaching", published in "The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics". Please get in touch if you do not have access to the full text. doi.org/10.1002/9781...

Analysis of Interaction in Language Learning and Teaching

We learn languages in and through interaction. Given the central role of interaction in learning (and teaching), analysis of interaction has become an object of scientific inquiry since the earliest ....

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MIND researchers David Ryška & Olcay Sert's paper "I agree but: Performing less-than-agreement during EFL oral proficiency exams' is now out in System! doi.org/10.1016/j.sy... @dryyyska.bsky.social @sertolcay.bsky.social #testing #EMCA #assessment #EFL #conversationanalysis #interactionalcompetence

Another review of our volume (w/ Hansun Waring @lansi2024.bsky.social ) "Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education: Intervention Studies" has now been published in System! doi.org/10.1016/j.sy... .A big thank you to Stephen Looney (Penn State University) for this insightful review.

Our very own @marwaamri.bsky.social will have her final seminar (slutseminarium) in her PhD studies in Educational Sciences at Mälardalen University on the 20th of February at Mälardalen University, Västerås (Ypsilon). mindresearchgroup.org/2026/01/28/h...

Higher Seminar, 20 February, 2026: Marwa Amri – Doing project work in the English language classroom

On the 20th of February, 2026 (13:15: 15:00, CET), our very own Marwa Amri will have her final seminar (slutseminarium) in her PhD studies in Educational Sciences at Mälardalen University. Marwa ha…

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MIND data sessions programme for spring 2026 is now out! For more on the activities of Mälardalen INteraction and Didactics research group, please visit mindresearchgroup.org. If you want to attend our data sessions, send an email to @mervebozbiyik.bsky.social merve.bozbiyik@mdu.se. Spread the word!

New article out! Navigating grammar explanations in online pedagogical interaction: a sequential account (by Mark Romig) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lansi2024.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social

Navigating grammar explanations in online pedagogical interaction: a sequential account

Research on grammar pedagogy has shed much light on the effectiveness of different types of instruction (e.g. explicit vs. implicit, focus on form vs. focus on forms, etc.), but how grammar is expl...

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New article out! Phonemic handshape isolation in American Sign Language #ASL vocabulary instruction, by Alyson Horan @lansi2024.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Phonemic handshape isolation in ASL vocabulary instruction

With the growing body of sign language research across linguistic fields, there remains a sizeable gap in the area of cross-modality sign language instruction, particularly in the field of conversa...

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Nu kör vi! The 4th MIND (Mälardalen Interaction and Didactics) mini-symposium! mindresearchgroup.org/symposia/ @mindresearchgroup.bsky.social @marwaamri.bsky.social @mervebozbiyik.bsky.social

A review of our book "Conversation analysis and language teacher education: Intervention studies" (with Prof Hansun Waring, @teacherscollege.bsky.social ) is now out in Language and Education! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Conversation analysis and language teacher education: Intervention studies

Published in Language and Education (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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An article about a MIND project conducted by our researchers Mika Ishino and Olcay Sert: Bridging Educational Cultures Through Classroom Interaction: A Tele­collaboration Project Between Sweden and Japan www.pedagogmalardalen.se/pedagog/reda... @sertolcay.bsky.social @mika-ishino.bsky.social

Olcay Sert (織在猿人)@sertolcay.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A piece published in Pedagog Mälardalen on our telecollaboration project w/ @mika-ishino.bsky.social: Bridging Educational Cultures Through Classroom Interaction: A Tele­collaboration Project Between Sweden & Japan sites.mdu.se/pedagog/reda... På svenska: www.pedagogmalardalen.se/pedagog/reda...

The final article of the new issue, by Tianfang Wang and her colleagues, is on the role of side sequences in building affiliation in the L2 classroom www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Building affiliation in the L2 classroom: the role of side sequences

Previous conversation analytic (CA) studies have explored how affiliation is created in L2 classrooms. This study adds to the research by documenting the opportunities for creating affiliative mome...

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The 4th article, by Müge Satar and Betül Ç,menli Olcars, is on interactional resources for topic transition during online intercultural exchange in a language teacher education context www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👇

Online intercultural exchange in language teacher education: interactional resources for topic transition

Topic management is under-explored in language learning, teaching and testing settings. It may pose particular challenges in online intercultural exchanges (OIE) or virtual exchange (VE) because of...

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In the 3rd article, M. Montanero et al. investigate spontaneous vs. structured collaboration in dialogic interaction between young writers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👇

Dialogic interaction between young writers: spontaneous vs. structured collaboration

The aim of this study was to compare different collaborative (spontaneous and structured) story writing practices in a sample of 50 sixth graders students (11–12 years old). For the spontaneous syn...

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The second article, by Nicholas Glasson & Katherine Halley, explores proficiency scores and embodied resources in online L2 interactions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👇

Less talk, more action? Exploring proficiency scores and embodied resources in online L2 interactions

This mixed-methods study explores Embodied Resources (ERs) in an online, triadic task involving 52 candidates within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) B2˗C1 range of l...

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Volume 16, Issue 3 of Classroom Discourse is now out! The first article, by Xiaoyun Wang, Xiaoting Li & Shui Li, explores how teachers use DIUs & other multimodal resources to pursue student responses to their questions in Chinese as a second language classrooms www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👇

Pursuing student response through incomplete syntax, prosody, bodily- and visuo-orthographical resources in Chinese-as-a-second-language classrooms

This study investigates how teachers use designedly incomplete utterances (DIUs) and other multimodal resources to pursue student responses to their questions to accomplish particular pedagogical t...

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A video summary of the article published by MIND members @sertolcay.bsky.social & @mika-ishino.bsky.social 👇

Olcay Sert (織在猿人)@sertolcay.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A video presentation (generated by NotebookLM) of "Collaborative Noticing of Multimodality in Language Classroom Interaction: A telecollaboration project between student-teachers of English in Sweden and Japan" (w/ @mika-ishino.bsky.social) youtu.be/Nu8hxS_OKrc?... . #TESOL #telecollaboration #CA

A review (by Eunseok Ro) of "Conversation analysis and language teacher education: Intervention studies" (eds. Olcay Sert and Hansun Zhang Waring) is now out! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @sertolcay.bsky.social @lansi2024.bsky.social #intervention #EMCA #classroom #teacher #education

Conversation analysis and language teacher education: Intervention studies

Published in Classroom Discourse (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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The 4th MIND mini-symposium will take place at Mälardalen University on November 20, 2025. The theme of our symposium this year is “Beyond the binary of progressive vs. formal: interactional research on learning and teaching on the way to hybrid intelligence”. mindresearchgroup.org/2025/10/02/t...

In our next MIND data session (Thursday, 2 October, 13:15-CET), we will welcome Teppo Jakonen (University of Turku, Finland) with his study:"Interacting in L2 #Finnish with a #virtual patient in an immersive virtual reality nursing #simulation". mindresearchgroup.org/data-sessions/ Wanna attend? 👇

Data Sessions

MIND Data sessions: Autumn 2025 MIND Data sessions: Spring 2025 13 February, 13:15-14:45 Tuğba Özdemir (Hacettepe University) “Learning two senses ‘cold-blooded’” U3-104 (Västerås) also Teams …

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#openaccess: Collaborative Noticing of #Multimodality in Language #Classroom #Interaction: A Telecollaboration Project Between Student‐Teachers of #English in Sweden and Japan - @sertolcay.bsky.social & @mika-ishino.bsky.social - 2025 - TESOL Journal - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #EMCA

Collaborative Noticing of Multimodality in Language Classroom Interaction: A Telecollaboration Project Between Student‐Teachers of English in Sweden and Japan

Telecollaboration in pre-service teacher education promotes intercultural communicative competence and bridges knowledge and practice. Although a growing body of studies has addressed the affordances...

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Kajsa Lind (Jensen High School) & I wrote a retrospective analysis of her learning journey after she completed my classroom interaction course & graduated from our teacher education program. We have a video-pod that summarizes our study: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xr6.... The link to the article is 👇

Learning to Respond to Student Utterances During a Classroom Interaction Course in Sweden

YouTube video by Education & Communication

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Our next MIND data session is on 25 September, 13:15 (CET) Mika Ishino (Doshisha University)&Aya Watanabe (Fukui Prefectural Uni.) will present data from L2 young learners' classrooms. The session takes place in hybrid mode, in U3-083 (Västerås) and on Teams: mindresearchgroup.org/data-sessions/

Data Sessions

MIND Data sessions: Autumn 2025 MIND Data sessions: Spring 2025 13 February, 13:15-14:45 Tuğba Özdemir (Hacettepe University) “Learning two senses ‘cold-blooded’” U3-104 (Västerås) also Teams …

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Our edited volume (w/ Hansun Waring, Teachers College, Columbia University) "Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education: Intervention Studies" is now out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #CA #EMCA #teachereducation #teaching #interaction #classroom

Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education

This volume brings together studies that document practice-based changes in which conversation analysis plays a role.

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How much time do we have? On Countdown timers in Japanese schools and the first week of my “minigration” to Japan olcaysert.net/2025/07/21/h... #Japan #time #minigration #school #teaching #learning

How much time do we have? On Countdown timers in Japanese schools and the first week of my “minigration” to Japan

Sensei Naoko puts a digital countdown timer on the board. Sets it to 40 seconds. All pupils stand up: it is time to practice, in pairs, the months in English. One of the students says 2月, the other…

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A new #openaccess article, published in Linguistics and Education, by our researchers @marwaamri.bsky.social & @sertolcay.bsky.social: "Teachers’ responses in student-initiated question sequences during between-desk interactions in #EFL project work" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CA

Teachers’ responses in student-initiated question sequences during between-desk interactions in EFL project work

A defining feature of project-based English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classrooms is teachers’ routine circulation between desks to answer students’ …

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A new SI of Classroom Discourse is now out!:"Analyzing educational interactions: exploring the methodological breadth" www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcdi20/1.... The issue features qualitative &quantitative studies that showcase methodologies & the use of empirical data to analyse classroom discourse /0👇

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Analyzing educational interactions: exploring the methodological breadth. Volume 16, Issue 2 of Classroom Discourse

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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! 😃