| More Information: | *Reminder: PhD Scholarship Opportunity*
University of Nottingham Ningbo China - Corpus of Academic Written and Spoken
English (UNNC-CAWSE)
http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/english/postgraduate/phd-scholarship.aspx
Important Dates
* Application Deadline: 31 March 2016
* Tentative Interview Time: Late April or mid May 2016
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Applications for one fully funded PhD position in Corpus Linguistics (funded for
up to 3 years) are invited to work at the School of English UNNC, commencing in
September 2016 or as soon as possible hereafter. The PhD student will support
the project of UNNC Corpus of Academic Written and Spoken English (CAWSE), which
aims to build a large collection of students’ English language samples from
the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. You will be working closely with Dr
Yu-Hua Chen and Dr Simon Harrison on the project as well as other researchers
and a team of research assistants.
*Funding:
The PhD scholarship will include tuition fees and a stipend that will cover
accommodation and monthly living allowance for up to 3 years.
*Key Requirements:
- A strong background in Corpus Linguistics, Learner Corpus Research, Second
Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics or a relevant area in Applied
Linguistics
- Knowledge and experience in Quantitative Data Analysis, Statistics or Speech
Recognition will be an advantage
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good command of written and spoken English (evidence of capacity for
presenting and publishing research is desirable)
- Good command of written and spoken Chinese will be an advantage but not
essential
- Evidence of adaptability and flexibility and working in evolving
interdisciplinary/intercultural environments
- Ability to work under pressure and complete duties effectively to required
deadlines
- Attention to detail
*Suggested areas for PhD dissertation topics including but not limited to:
- Identify linguistic features (e.g. lexical, grammatical or discoursal) and/or
academic skills (e.g. critical thinking) that distinguish different band scores
- Investigate the relationship between rating scales, assessment tasks,
tutors’ feedback and quality of coursework samples
- Compare linguistic/meta-linguistic features across different types of
assessment tasks
- Domain analysis of communication/academic skills for EMI students
- Language development patterns of students’ academic performance
- Explore the features that support Chinese English as a unique variety of
English
- Multimodal corpus analyses of spoken English and gesture in face-to-face
communication
If you have any queries regarding the position or the project, please contact
the project leader Dr Yu-Hua Chen (yu-hua.chen@nottingham.edu.cn) or the
sub-project leader Dr Simon Harrison (simon.harrson@nottingham.edu.cn).
*To apply, please prepare the following documents and email them to Connie Zhou
(connie.zhou@nottingham.edu.cn ) by 31st March 2016:
1) CV
2) 2,000-word research proposal
3) 5,000-word written sample (publication or coursework)
4) Two letters of recommendation
See ‘How to apply for a PhD at UNNC’:
http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/admissions/domestic-students/phdprogramme/how-to-apply/how-to-apply.aspx
See ‘Living here at Ningbo China’:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/livinghere/index.aspx
School of English, UNNC: http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/english/index.aspx
Yuhua
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Yu-Hua Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics/ELT
Director of Teaching
School of English
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Email: yu-hua.chen@nottingham.edu.cn
http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/english/staffprofile/yu-hua-chen.aspx |