26.4461, Support: Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics / Hong Kong

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-4461. Fri Oct 09 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.4461, Support: Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics / Hong Kong

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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:09:57
From: Michael Yeldham [myeldham at hku.hk]
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 Institution/Organization: The University of Hong Kong 
Department: Centre for Applied English Studies 
Web Address: http://caes.hku.hk/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics 

Description:

The Centre for Applied English Studies encourages applications for full-time and part-time Ph.D or M. Phil from well-qualified candidates whose research interests match those of the Centre. The Centre has special expertise in a number of areas. It is particularly strong in linguistics as applied to English language education at university level.

Possible supervisors are: Dr. Peter Crosthwaite, Dr. Ken Lau, Dr. Cynthia Lee and Dr. Michael Yeldham

Our supervisors’ research interests can broadly be classified into five areas:

- Autonomy - autonomous learning, self-access learning
- Discourse Studies - academic and professional literacies, discourse analysis (including written and spoken; corpus approach), second language writing, writing across the curriculum
- English Language Teaching - assessment and evaluation, classroom interaction, curriculum development, task-based learning, L2 listening, pronunciation and phonology
- Language Learning - computer-assisted language learning, individual differences in language learning, learner histories, learning styles and strategies, psycholinguistics, second/third language acquisition
- Sociolinguistics - code-mixing, conversation analysis, cross-cultural communication, identity construction, language contact, politeness; workplace communication; computer-mediated communication; interlanguage and intercultural pragmatics; speech acts; teaching and learning pragmatics

Postgraduate Admissions Advisor

Dr. Michael Yeldham, Fax 25473409, E-mail myeldham at hku.hk

Applications can be made at any time of the year, although we generally advise applicants to aim for the main round deadline in early December by submitting your application before the end of November (for admission in September of the following year).

Potential applicants should contact the Postgraduate Admissions Advisor, Dr. Michael Yeldham, in the first instance, giving brief information about research interests, along with a CV which should include qualifications, university grades and any recent English test scores (IELTS, TOEFL, etc). Under no circumstances should an applicant send identical enquiries to several supervisors. This will create confusion about who should be replying to you and thus cause a delay in our response. 

For further details on formal application procedures, please see the Faculty of Arts page.

For general information regarding research postgraduate admission, please see the Graduate School page.

Proposal Requirements: To apply, you will need to identify a research topic first and write a substantial research proposal with your research questions, a review of the literature, research methodology, expected findings and significance. Proposals are usually between 15 and 20 pages.

It is a policy of the University of Hong Kong to check for plagiarism in all research proposals. Please contact the Admission Advisor for further instructions on this procedure when you are ready to submit, preferably in early November, before the official submission deadline. 

Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2015 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/gradsch/rola/important_notes.htm 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Michael Yeldham 
	myeldham at hku.hk  

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