[Linganth] postdoc in The Language of Teenagers

[Ilana Gershon]

Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested in this postdoc:


  Postdoctoral Researcher in the Language of Teenagers


    University of Amsterdam Faculty of Humanities


    Netherlands

Language acquisition research exhibits a heavy focus on the early stages 
of language acquisition in children growing up with one or more 
languages, from birth till around 8 years of age. The bulk of this work 
studies how children acquire the vocabulary and grammar of their 
language(s), targeting production and comprehension of single words, or 
sentences. Of course, language acquisition goes beyond this to include 
richer and more complex domains, such as learning how to produce a 
coherent narrative. During the teenage years children acquire more 
advanced literacy skills: They learn to write (but also read and 
understand) longer stretches of discourse, expository essays and 
argumentative texts. There is evidence suggesting that such advanced 
literacy skills lead to generally stronger developed skills in 
information organization, both in understanding and speaking. In other 
words, the teenage years are crucial for the acquisition of more 
advanced language and literacy skills, but research has shown that one 
quarter of the secondary education student population is at risk of 
developing literacy levels that are insufficient to function adequately 
in societies that require higher levels of literacy. The ACLC aims to 
contribute to resolving this societal challenge.

We invite candidates to submit a methodologically innovative project 
proposal that focuses on language development in the teenage years and 
cognitive processes in more complex types of language use and 
acquisition, such as developing competence in writing expository essays 
and argumentative texts, potentially in relation to factors such as 
meta-linguistic development, sociolinguistic aspects of advanced 
literacy development, the impact of digital media and blended learning, etc.


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