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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>PhD Studentships and Research Tuition
Scholarships</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font size=3 color=black
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The
Department of English at City University of Hong Kong announces the
availability of studentships and research tuition scholarships for study
leading towards self-financing PhD degrees in Linguistics and Communication.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The Department</span></font></b><font
color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>of English, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on">Hong
Kong</st1:place></span></b></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=3 color="#222222"
face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";
color:#222222'>The Department of English at the City University of Hong Kong offers
a range of programmes and courses in English for Professional Communication,
Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, Bilingual Education, English for
Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes, English Literature, Cultural
Studies, English Language Studies, and European Languages. We have an
outstanding international faculty, including many world-renowned scholars in
the fields of Applied Linguistics and Professional Communication. </span></font><font
face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Each
year, members of the department produce a range of international and local
publications, including books, journal articles, and book chapters, and also
present their work at major academic conferences all over the world. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Areas of Study</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=3 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>The Department of
English admits postgraduate students with research interests in fields relevant
to the Department’s areas of expertise. The programmes focus on a wide range of
interdisciplinary theories and perspectives drawn from relevant domains in the
social and behavioural sciences, the humanities and related professional
fields. Our research areas include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:windowtext'>Studies of English applied linguistics and discourse
analysis as used in professional communication, especially in
cross-cultural settings, with particular focus on such areas as </span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>business<font color="#222222"><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;layout-grid-mode:
char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>law<font color="#222222"><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;layout-grid-mode:
char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>medicine<font color="#222222"><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>education<font color="#222222"><span style='color:
#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>creative and cultural industries<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>computer-mediated discourse<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other
areas of study include<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>corpus
linguistics <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;layout-grid-mode:
char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>genre
analysis<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;layout-grid-mode:
char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>cross-cultural
studies <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;layout-grid-mode:
char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>language
and law<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;layout-grid-mode:
char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>v<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>forensic linguistics<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>second language acquisition<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:
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char'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 color="#222222" face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#222222'><span
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dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>pragmatics<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
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dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>critical discourse analysis<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
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dir=LTR><span lang=EN-US>language policy and planning<font color="#222222"><span
style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:103.4pt;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Our offer</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char'><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>Successful applicants of studentships receive stipends of
HK$13,440 (about €1,200 or US$1,730) per month for a maximum of three years.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US> </span><font color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The
studentships require residence in <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place>
for at least half of the study period and they must result in a PhD
dissertation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;layout-grid-mode:char'><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>Research Degree tuition scholarships are also available
which will waive half of the tuition fees for a maximum of three years.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font size=3 color=black
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Applicants
should hold a higher degree by research (or equivalent qualification) from a
recognized university</span><span lang=EN-US> in a related field such as
Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Professional Communication, and Cultural Studies.
Prior research experience is a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:103.4pt;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a name=procedure></a><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Application</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify;
text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For information about the
Department of English and the application procedures, please visit <a
href="http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/chass-en.htm">http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/chass-en.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>For information about online application, please visit <a
href="http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm">http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
layout-grid-mode:char'><b><font size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Additional
information</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font size=3 color=black
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For
additional information, interested applicants are welcome to contact<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify;
text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dr. Alice Chan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>Department of English, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on">Hong
Kong</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black
face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Tat
Chee Avenue</span></font></st1:Street><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'>, <st1:City w:st="on">Kowloon</st1:City></span></font></st1:address><font
color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>, Hong Kong SAR<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><font
size=3 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:enalice@cityu.edu.hk"><font
color=black><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>enalice@cityu.edu.hk</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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