Vincenza (Enza) Tudini is an applied linguist known internationally for her application of conversation analysis (CA) methodology to monolingual and multilingual digital interaction. This research reveals unique features of language and interaction in digital contexts, with three main research strands 1) online interaction for language learning; 2) children’s online language and interaction; and 3) the language of online grooming. She was invited to write four encyclopedia and reference work chapters on the application of CA to digital contexts. In addition to numerous articles in highly ranked journals, she has written two books on digital interaction,ie,
Children's online language and interaction (Cambridge University Press,... Read more
About me
Vincenza (Enza) Tudini is an applied linguist known internationally for her application of conversation analysis (CA) methodology to monolingual and multilingual digital interaction. This research reveals unique features of language and interaction in digital contexts, with three main research strands 1) online interaction for language learning; 2) children’s online language and interaction; and 3) the language of online grooming. She was invited to write four encyclopedia and reference work chapters on the application of CA to digital contexts. In addition to numerous articles in highly ranked journals, she has written two books on digital interaction,ie,
Children's online language and interaction (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/childrens-online-language-and-interaction/6D798F3ADE6E989565A887F3AC913B44
Online Second Language Acquisition: Conversation Analysis of Online chat (Bloomsbury, 2010)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/online-second-language-acquisition-9780826442406/
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
2021-2024 Protecting children online: Investigation of suspects’ opening chat grooming language and interactions. Dr Vincenza Tudini (Lead investigator); Dr Lesley-Anne Ey (Co-investigator). Westpac Safer Children, Safer Communities Research Grant 2021.
Funding: $150,000 (pre-GST).
(2014-2018) Knowledge for Network-based Education, Cognition and Teaching (KONECT) project. Based at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, funded by Spanish Ministry of Education. With Dr Melinda Dooly, Professor Numa Markee, Dr Shannon Sauro, Professor Steve Thorne.The research project outcomes include collaborative publication of books/articles on telecollaboration where Dr Tudini will contribute a conversation analytic perspective on primary and middle school children’s classroom-based online interactions.
Funding: 110,000 Euro
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
1
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2021 |
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| 2016 |
29
|
| 2013 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
6
6
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| 2022 |
Open access
9
6
1
|
| 2022 |
12
7
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| 2021 |
Open access
9
7
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| 2020 |
Open access
7
6
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
7
5
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| 2017 |
Open access
3
2
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| 2016 |
Open access
20
17
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| 2016 |
Open access
13
10
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| 2015 |
15
11
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| 2013 |
21
20
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
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Tudini, V. (in press). Children's online language and interaction. Cambridge University Press.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Autonomous University of Barcelona | SPAIN |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Barcelona | SPAIN |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Turin | ITALY |
| University of Warwick | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Partner investigator, Spanish Ministry of Education Research project, KONECTSpanish Ministry of Education and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
2015 |
Coordinator: Language and the media.
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Teaching foreign language conversation in the virtual classroom: interactional and pedagogical considerations. | Current |
| An investigation of the potential of machine translation and post-editing to advance students' learning of Chinese and English languages in higher education | Completed |
| Assessment of intercultural understanding in languages learning: the case of Spanish ab initio in the International Baccalaureate | Completed |
| Expanding cannibale satirical writing into the Australian cultural space | Completed |
| Sequence organisation of Facebook home threads | Completed |
| The influence of prior language learning experiences on English as a second language(ESL) and French as a foreign language (FLE) teachers' cultural identities | Completed |
| The Istanbul Quintet: transcultural writers and transcultural novels in the age of global mobility | Completed |
| The role of semiosis and affordance in the suggestopedia language classroom | Completed |
