Joint Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
The centre is a joint venture between Massey University and Beijing Language and Culture University to research distance language acquisition of Chinese in digital environments.
Find programmes with a research element, including the PhD.
This research examines the working together of history and fiction in the context of post-WW2 narrative fictions in French. Focusing primarily on the work of French novelist Patrick Modiano (1945-), the research seeks to define a poetics of reticence informed by the work of French philosophers Paul Ricœur and Roland Barthes.
This project, funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand addresses the need for more New Zealanders to gain proficiency in Mandarin as part of a wider goal to foster business and trade connections.
Dr Fahd Hamad A. Alqasham has been awarded the prize for best PhD thesis of 2018 by the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ). His PhD thesis was on the topic of ‘Virtual social network-mediated English language learning in a Saudi tertiary EFL context: Innovation and agency’.
Dr Fahd Hamad A. Alqasham
PhD Applied Linguistics
Hanna’s paper ‘Engaging with emotions: Teachers’ emotion work and emotional responses in the context of teaching Swedish to adult migrants and refugees’ is based on work she did during her Master of Applied Linguistics.
Hanna Brookie
Master of Applied Linguistics
Dr Hinurewa Poutū’s research explored the role of youth in Māori language revival, and the factors that influence the use of te reo Māori among those who've been educated in whare kura (Māori-medium secondary schools).
Hinurewa Poutū
Teacher, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mana Tamariki
Doctor of Philosophy
Cuong won the 2017 prize for the best PhD thesis in applied linguistics in New Zealand with ‘An ecological perspective on the motivational trajectories of high school students learning English in rural Vietnam’.
Huy Cuong Pham
Deputy Head, Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University
PhD Applied Linguistics
Julia’s thesis ‘Emergent literacy practices for preschool children with autism spectrum disorders’ focused on areas that helped her make a difference in the everyday lives of her clients and their families.
Julia Wright
Speech and Language Therapist - Ministry of Education
Master of Speech and Language Therapy
I feel more knowledgeable, and have a firmer theoretical base on which to draw and justify decisions I make about classroom practices and pedagogical underpinnings. That has been fantastic.
Rebecca Cameron
English Language Teacher, Brisbane
Master of Applied Linguistics
The centre is a joint venture between Massey University and Beijing Language and Culture University to research distance language acquisition of Chinese in digital environments.
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