23.3356, Jobs: Lang Acq: Post Doc, University of Leeds and University of Manchester

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Subject: 23.3356, Jobs: Lang Acq: Post Doc, University of Leeds and University of Manchester

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Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:32:41
From: Cecile DeCat [c.decat at leeds.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Acquisition: Post Doc, University of Leeds and University of Manchester, Leeds and Manchester, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: University of Leeds and University of Manchester 
Job Location: Leeds and Manchester, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/linguistics/
Job Rank: Post Doc  

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition 


Description:

Fixed term for 2 years, starting on 1 October 2012 

Project title: Referential communication and executive function skills 
in bilingual children

As one of two research assistants on this Leverhulme Trust-funded 
project, you will play a key role by (i) contributing to the creation of 
the experimental materials and parental questionnaires, (ii) liaising 
with schools to recruit child participants and organising the running of 
experiments, (iii) carrying out the experiments in schools and day-
centres (with the help of another research assistant), (iv) transcribing 
and coding relevant portions of the data, (v) contributing to the 
analysis of results, (vi) taking part in dissemination and public 
engagement activities.  

With a PhD in language acquisition or a related discipline, you will be 
able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

During the second year of the project, you will be working with both 
the University of Leeds and the University of Manchester. The work 
you will carry out will be split between the two sites and you will be 
employed 50% by the University of Leeds and 50% by the University 
of Manchester.

About the Project
The main aim of this study is to bridge the gap between two 
independent lines of research:

a) The study of executive functions skills as a function of language 
experience
b) The investigation of the relationship between executive function 
skills and children's performance in referential communication tasks

More specifically we have three objectives, spanning (i) the cognitive 
development of different types of bilinguals, (ii) factors influencing 
cognitive and linguistic development in young bilinguals, and (iii) 
factors affecting monolingual and bilingual children's use of 
referential expressions. We aim to:

1. Extend previous findings on the relationship between key 
executive function skills (cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control and 
working memory) and language experience to bilingual children who 
have unbalanced exposure to two languages
2. Gather new information on the role played by language 
proficiency, bilingual experience and SES (social/ economic status) 
on the above subset of executive function skills and on referential 
abilities
3. Develop our understanding of the linguistic and non-linguistic 
contextual variables affecting children's referential choices (visual 
context, awareness of differences in perspective between speaker 
and listener, and linguistic factors affecting a referent's prominence)

University Grade 7 (£30,122 - £35,938 p.a.) 
It is likely that an appointment will be made no higher than £32,901 
p.a. since there are funding limitations which dictate the level at 
which the appointment can start.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Cecile de Cat at the email 
address below.

Interviews are expected to be held in early September 2012
Reference number for Leeds HR website: ARTML0067.


Application Deadline: 03-Sep-2012 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/fe/tpl_universityofleeds01.asp?s=yhJgMRoBzQChEeQzw&jobid=87183,1298779861&key=83724926&c=258754769833&pagestamp=seqoxyccgncgiualby 
Contact Information:
	Dr Cecile DeCat 
	Email: c.decat at leeds.ac.uk 





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