31.94, FYI: Collaborators sought in an Innovative SLA Research Project

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Subject: 31.94, FYI: Collaborators sought in an Innovative SLA Research Project

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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:03:12
From: Michał B. Paradowski [m.b.paradowski at uw.edu.pl]
Subject: Collaborators sought in an Innovative SLA Research Project

 
Hello from an interdisciplinary research team based at the Institute of
Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw! Our current project examines how
the patterns of communication among learners participating in second language
courses influence linguistic gains. Following promising results from the first
student cohorts investigated in Germany and Poland, we are now looking to
expand the study to new contexts.

We are looking for persons who have access to intensive language courses
taking place in a second (rather than foreign) language setting and who could
assist in data collection. Relevant courses may thus be ones aimed at Study
Abroad and international exchange sojourners, courses organised by private
language schools in countries speaking the target language, vacation courses
of language and culture, honours sojourns abroad (with or without formal
classes), or language revitalisation programs. The data to be collected would
involve:
i) socio-biographical and social interaction data collected by means of a
ready, specially developed questionnaire, and
ii) an objective measure of the participants’ language progress (for instance
in the form of diagnostic/placement and final assessment scores).

We will gladly welcome collaboration opportunities from any part of the world.
The questionnaire is currently available in English, French, Polish and
Chinese, with planned adaptation into other languages. We can offer modest
remuneration for assistance in data collection. As a possible deliverable we
may also consider joint publications, in the case of collaborators’
involvement also at the write-up stage.

The study is being carried out under a 4-year research grant from the National
Science Center of Poland and has relevant eligibility and personal data
protection clearance. Basic information about the project can be found at
https://peerlang.ils.uw.edu.pl/

If you are interested in collaboration, please contact the PI, Dr Michał B.
Paradowski at michal.paradowski at uw.edu.pl. Also, please feel free to share
this information with anyone who might be interested.

Thank you for your time, and happy 2020!

Michał B. Paradowski

https://www.ils.uw.edu.pl/en/institute/staff/michal-b-paradowski/
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics





 



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