Research

Research Interests

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  • Classroom Discourse

  • Conversation Analysis

  • Cross-linguistic, Cross-cultural Research

  • Discourse Analysis

  • Language Use and Social Interaction

  • Second Language Acquisition

  • Second Language Teacher Education

  • Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)





​Publications



  • Looney, S. D., & Kim, J. (2019). Managing disaligning responses: Sequence and embodiment in third turn teases. In J. K. Hall & S. D. Looney (Eds.), The Embodied Work of Teaching (pp. 57-80). Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.


  • Yoon, J., & Kim, J. (2019). A sociocultural theoretical approach to understanding mentor-mentee interactions during a teaching English as a second language practicum at the master's degree level. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 27(1), 1-21.


  • Looney, S. D., & Kim, J. (2018). Humor, uncertainty, and affiliation: Cooperative and co-operative action in the university science lab. Linguistics and Education, 46, 56-69.


  • Kim, J. (2017). [Review of the book Race, empire, and English language teaching: Creating responsible and ethical anti-racist practice, by S. Motha]. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 27(1), 311-313.


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Conference Presentations


  • Kim, J. (2019, July). Embodiment and Contingency in Mobilizing Student Responses. ​Paper presented at the International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (IIEMCA). Mannheim, Germany.


  • Kim, J. (2019, March). What Makes Students Talk: Mobilizing Student Responses in Classroom Interaction. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Atlanta, GA.


  • Kim, J. (2018, March). Beyond Simple Evaluation or Feedback: Dealing with Student Responses in the Third Turn. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Chicago, IL.


  • Looney, S., & Kim, J. (2017, July). Humor and IREs in a University Science Classroom. Paper presented at the International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (IIEMCA). Otterbein University, Columbus, OH.


  • Looney, S., & Kim, J. (2017, March). Humor, Affiliation, and Interactional Competence in University STEM Classroom Interaction. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, OR.


  • Yoon, J., & Kim, J. (2017, February). Understanding Mentor Teachers’ Conceptualization of Being and Becoming a Mentor. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Los Angeles, CA.


  • Kim, J., & Sandbulte, J. (2017, January). L2 Learners’ Use of Multisemiotic Resources in Their Classroom Participation. Paper presented at the International Conference of Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2), Neuchatel, Switzerland.


  • Kim, J. (2016, April). Gaze, Gesture, and Body Movement: ESL Students’ Use of Nonverbal Conduct to Interject in Class Discussion. Poster presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Orlando, FL.


  • Kim, J. (2015, November). ESL Students’ Use of Recycled Turn Beginning and Agreement as Strategies to Interject in Classroom Discussion and Take the Floor. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA). Las Vegas, NV.