Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Confirmation Talks 2022
Every year, first-year PhD students present their PhD projects as part of their 9-month milestone review of their candidature.
This year, the confirmation talk seminar was held on 21 November, with the seminar showcasing a myriad of studies that include: the investigation of linguistic features of Australian Aboriginal English, the effects of language tasks and/or input on second language acquisition and production, socio-phonetical analyses in World Englishes, interactional competence, and the effect of feedback on students’ writing, just to name a few. The full list of projects is listed below:
| Presenter | Topic |
| Charlwood Kate | A linguistic description of contemporary Tiwi |
| Wynyard Tula | Topics in Ritharrŋu/Wägilak Grammar |
| Domazetoska Ivana | The as-predicative construction in second language acquisition: Triangulation of corpus, psycholinguistic, and intervention-based evidence |
| Aldossari Albanday | The L2 production of Arabic geminate consonants by English- Japanese, and Italian speakers. |
| Lan Zengyu | Sociophonetic difference in vowels between Singapore standard English and Singlish |
| Wang Menghan | Embodied mental simulation in second language processing of English prepositions |
| Guzman Polanco Valentina | The effects of pre-task planning modes on L2 learners’ writing performance |
| Sadeghi Michael | Second language learners’ uptake of recasts, L2 development and self-repair behaviour: Contributions of task sequencing and working memory |
| Zhang Chenyang | Policy intentions and realities: Assessment of non-common foreign languages in China’s secondary education |
| Gao Wei (Rena) | Developing interactional competence during study abroad: Listener response of Chinese L2 |
| Zhang Hangyu | Students’ development of interactional competence in Australia: To what extent and by what means |
| Rahman Arif | An investigation of scaffolded feedback on dissertation writing: A longitudinal study of Bangladeshi postgraduates and supervisors |
| Dang Ngoc Chau | English language support for NESB students across disciplines: A comparative study of Vietnamese students in an EMI setting and international students in an Australian university |
Congratulations to our first-year PhD students on the confirmation of your candidature! All the best to your PhD journey from here on!
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