Jim King

Jim King is an Associate Professor of Education (Applied Linguistics) and Director of Research & Enterprise at the University of Leicester's School of Education. Specializing in psychological aspects of foreign language education, his work focuses on teacher emotion management, classroom silence dynamics, and anxiety in language learning contexts. With over 20 years of experience in Japan and the UK, he maintains strong links to Japanese institutions like Kansai University of Foreign Languages.

Education: PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham (supervised by Prof Zoltán Dörnyei). Pre-doctoral work included teaching at Kansai Gaidai and Ehime University in Japan.

Research Interests: Foreign language anxiety, teacher emotional labor, silence in second language classrooms, and teacher career trajectories. His著作 include The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching and East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education.

Articles Trends: Recent work emphasizes teacher emotions (2024), emotional labor in UK secondary schools (2024), and longitudinal studies of speaking anxiety (2023-2024). Themes consistently address emotional dimensions of language teaching across cultural contexts.

• Scientific Awards: JSPS International Fellowship, Kansai University Visiting Research Scholar Award

Advising/Grants: No explicit details provided in text, but extensive international collaboration evident through Japan-focused studies. Directs Leicester's research enterprise activities.

Labs/Teams: Not explicitly mentioned, but research involves cross-institutional partnerships with Japanese universities and comparative studies with Austrian/UK teacher cohorts.