22.1960, Support: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK

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Date: 04-May-2011
From: Dora Alexopoulou [ta259 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
 

	
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From: Dora Alexopoulou [ta259 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Institution/Organization: University of Cambridge 
Department: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.rceal.cam.ac.uk 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition 
English 

Description:

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship on second language acquisition of 
English grammar, at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at 
Cambridge University. The scholarship is sponsored by Education First, a world 
leading educational organisation in language learning, as part of the research 
program of the Education First Research Unit at the University of Cambridge. The 
Education First Research Unit, launched in February 2010, promotes research in 
second language learning of English and innovation in language teaching through a 
systematic cross-fertilisation between linguistic research and teaching techniques 
and curricula. 

Research Topic: The primary objective of current research within the EF-research 
unit is to provide learner profiles that can shed light on English L2 development, 
through the identification of criterial features that can characterise development 
across learning stages. One of our core projects involves building the EF-
Cambridge learner corpus, an electronic database compiled out of speech and 
written production data of the 300,000 students on EF courses worldwide, 
submitted to Englishtown, the EF e-learning platform.

The PhD student will be expected to work closely with the members of the corpus 
team and develop a research project that will map out the development of L2 
grammars focusing on a research question relating to one of the following topics: 

1. What is the effect of mother tongue on learner grammars?  
2. What differentiates adult learners from children L2 learners of English?  
3. What is the role of  input? 
4. What are the developmental limits of second language learning? 
5.  What kinds of theoretical models can explain the interaction of the different 
constraints on L2 learning? 


The scholarship covers university fees, College fees, and maintenance as set out 
at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/fees/costs/costs.html. 

The successful candidate should have a degree in (applied) linguistics or a related 
discipline and be prepared to work with the EF-Cambridge corpus. 

The closing date for this application is Monday 6th of June 2011. For further 
details visit http://www.rceal.cam.ac.uk/Research/EF/people.html

For enquiries please contact Dora Alexopoulou (ta259 at cam.ac.uk) or Ms Barbara 
Jones (graduatesecretary at rceal.cam.ac.uk). 

Application Deadline: 06-Jun-2011 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dora Alexopoulou 
	Research Centre for English and Applied LInguistics 
	9 West Road 
	Cambridge CB3 9DA 
	United Kingdom 	
	
Web Address for Applications: http://www.rceal.cam.ac.uk/Research/EF/people.html 

Contact Information: 
	Dora Alexopoulou 
	ta259 at cam.ac.uk 
	Phone:+441223767384  






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