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The Cambridge and Nottingham Corpus Development Scholarship Applications are invited for a three-year funded full-time PhD studentship in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham. The research project involves work on the collection of the Cambridge and Nottingham Vocational English Corpus (CANVEC) and research into processes of corpus analysis and development involving spoken and written English in health, legal and business communication, with the longer term aim of informing ELT course materials to be developed by Cambridge University Press. The research will be supervised by Prof Svenja Adolphs and Prof Ronald Carter. The studentship covers full Home/EU course fees for three years (i.e. £3,466 p.a. at current rates). The successful candidate may be considered for limited paid teaching and/or administrative duties in the School after successful completion of the first year of research. The closing date for applications is Sept 1st, 2010, with interviews held in mid-September with a preferred start date of Jan 1st, 2011 or earlier, if possible. The successful candidate will be based in CRAL (Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics) --- one of the most successful research units in the country. For details about CRAL, its projects in corpus linguistics and a wide range of other applied linguistics research see http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~aezweb/research/cral/doku.php . Informal enquires about the studentship, as well as full applications including a letter of suitability, CV and names of two academic referees, may be made by email only to: Ronald.Carter@nottingham.ac.uk . Deadline: 1 September 2010 |
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English grammar at Cambridge Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship on second language acquisition of English grammar, at the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge. The scholarship is sponsored by Education First, a world-leading educational organisation in language learning, as part of the recent launch of the Education First Research Unit at the University of Cambridge. The Education First Research Unit was launched in February 2010 to promote 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. The goals of the EF Research Unit are aligned with the English Profile Programme, a collaborative programme to enhance the learning, teaching and assessment of English worldwide, launched by the British Council, Cambridge ESOL, Cambridge University Press, the University of Cambridge, English UK, and other academic institutions. Applications are invited for a research project leading to a PhD in one of the following areas: 1. L1 effects on learner grammars: typologies of learner grammars based on L1 effects. 2. Age-related developmental effects: adult vs. child second language acquisition. 3. The effect of input on learner grammars: explicit instruction vs. immersion. Proposals should focus on specific morphosyntactic phenomena or interactions between grammar and its interfaces with interpretation (discourse, information structure, semantics) and/or processing. The scholarship covers university fees, College fees, and maintenance as set out at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/funding/costs/courses/graduate.html. The successful candidate should have a degree in (applied) linguistics or a related discipline and will be expected to collaborate with members of the EF Research Unit and researchers working on English Profile at RCEAL. The closing date for this application is Tuesday 7th September 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview on Wednesday 22nd September 2010. The successful candidate is expected to start in January 2011. Before applying, please consult the information on Graduate Admissions at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/admissions/. Please pay particular attention to the university entrance requirements at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/applying/entry.html. To apply, please follow the procedure for applying on paper at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/applying/paper.html and download the Graduate Application Pack. Please make sure to include the following in your application. 1. A research proposal of up to 1000 words on one of the research topics specified above. 2. One essay from coursework towards one of your qualifications. Further details on required documents are provided in the Graduate Application Pack, together with information on where and how to post your application. Please send an additional copy of your application to the following address. Ms Barbara Jones Graduate Secretary Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics English Faculty Building 9 West Road Cambridge CB3 9DP For enquiries please contact Dora Alexopoulou (ta259@cam.ac.uk) or Ms Barbara Jones (graduatesecretary @ rceal.cam.ac.uk). For more information, please consult the following pages. * RCEAL: http://www.rceal.cam.ac.uk/ * Education First Research Unit: http://www.rceal.cam.ac.uk/Research/EF/ * English Profile: http://www.englishprofile.org/ * University of Cambridge: http://www.cam.ac.uk/ |
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UCL's CAVA data repository The UCL CAVA (human Communication Audio-Visual Archive) repository is a new resource for researchers looking for human communication video data. We currently have five datasets in the archive, with over 200 hours of unique video and audio data, plus transcriptions. There's lots more on the way before the end of the project, including UCL DCAL's BSL Corpus. The data stored in the CAVA repository is available for use by any registered member. Please contact Matt (the CAVA project officer) at lib-cava @ ucl.ac.uk to sign up. You can find further information on how to become a user of the repository here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/cava/faq.shtml Find out more about the the CAVA project at our website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/cava/ . The repository itself can be found here: http://digitool-b.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R Thanks for your interest, and if you have any further questions, please email me at lib-cava @ ucl.ac.uk |
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