CLENTON JONATHAN STUART MICHAEL

• 2020 - 2023 2020~With Gavin Brooks: Addressing the issue of assessing English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners: Developing and validating a word list and Vocabulary Levels Test for EAL learners
• 2020 - 2023 2020~With Simon Fraser: Investing relationships between vocabulary knowledge and IELTS writing at levels 4-6
• 2020 - 2023 2020~With Peter Neff: Acquisition and decay: The long-term impact of study abroad on receptive vocabulary knowledge and lexical diversity
• 2019 - 2022 2019~ with Dion Clingwall:Lexical Frequency Profiles and Lexical Usage: Knowledge vs Use
• 2019 - 2022 2019~ with Philip head: Investigating the extent to which speech rater judgement relates to objective speech measures
2019 - 2022 2019~Investigating multi-faceted aspects of vocabulary and oral ability
2017 - 2020 Bridging the vocabulary gap for English as an Additional Language learners: Establishing an EAL word list
2017 - 2019 Building a word list for English as an Additional Language learners
2016 - 2019 Exploring the relationship between productive vocabulary knowledge and second language oral ability
2016 - 2018 Exploring the Relationship between Productive Vocabulary Knowledge and Second Language Oral Ability
2024 ~ Investigating Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Spaced or Massed Word Cards? (C) with George Higginbotham
2024 ~ Investigating IELTS Writing Task Score Influences: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Vocabulary, Multiword Expressions, and Writing Proficiency (B), with Simon Fraser
2022 ~ Investigating Multiword Sequence and Speaking Fluency Influences in High-stakes Assessments. With Dan Hougham
2022 ~ Mapping the spoken vocabulary knowledge of second language (L2) learners of English
A longitudinal multi-modal corpus: Focus on Vocabulary and Multi-word Units. With Jen Jordan
Spoken and Written Vocabulary in High-stakes Assessments: The Impact of Lexical Choi ces at Different IELTS Proficiency Levels. With George Higginbotham
Investigating the relationship between English speaking tasks, productive vocabulary knowledge, and TOEIC-IP scores.

• How do multiword sequences of different lengths contribute to aspects of oral fluency?. Oasis. 2024
• Disentangling the contributions of shorter vs. longer lexical bundles to L2 oral fluency. System. 2024
• Conclusion - EAL Research for the Classroom. 2023
• The contribution of general language ability, reading comprehension and working memory to mathematics achievement among children with English as an Additional Language (EAL). International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism,. 2023
• Brooks, Gavin, Clanton, Jon, Fraser, Simon. Exploring the importance of vocabulary for English as an Additional Language learners' reading comprehension. STUDIES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING. 2023. 11. 3. 351-376

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• L1 backgrounds and multilingual lexicons
  2021 ISBN:9780429031410
• Vocabulary and the Four Skills: Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary
  2021
• EAL Research for the Classroom
  Routledge ISBN:9781003274889

• Can Productive Vocabulary Measures Predict L2 Written Proficiency?
  (vocab@vic 2023)
• Flashcard learning: Comparing massing (no spacking) and spacing
  (vocab@vic 2023)
• Academic vocabulary and multiword expressions in an EAL context
  (Vocab@vic 2023)
• The importance of technical vocabulary and multi-word expressions in agriculture
  (vocab@vic 2023)
• How Does Learner Use of Longer MWSs Relate to Fluency?
  (Vocab@vic 2023)

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• Pearson A-Level English Government Advisory board
  2014 - 2014
• PhD external examiner - University of Reading, 2024
  
• PhD external examiner - University of Reading, 2023
  

• 2006 - 2011 Swansea University
• 1997 - 1999 University of Sussex

• PhD Applied Linguistics (Swansea University)

• 2015/04/01 - 2020/03/31 Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Professor
• 2013/09/01 - 2015/03/31 University of Reading Lecturer
• 2002/10/01 - 2013/08/31 Osaka University Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics

• 2014 - University of Reading Buy out award (2015)
• 2014 - Excellence in Administration Award from the University of Reading (2014).
• 2014 - British Academy British Academy Statistics Award (2014)
• 2014 - Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism research award (2014) (University of Reading)
• 2009 - BAAL Best Annual Conference Poster Prize (2009)
BAAL BAAL scholarship (2009)

TESOL (member) ,  Asian Association for Language Assessment (member) ,  British Association of Applied Linguistics (member) ,  UK Association of Language Testing and Assessment (member) ,  International Language Testing Association (member) ,  EuroSLA (member) ,  European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (member)