Postgraduate Research Students
We currently have over 140 postgraduate research students which are based across three schools.
Supervision is provided for projects that span academic schools and sub-disciplines, ensuring the best fit between graduate students' interests and the expertise of supervising staff.
Students:
Jirapa Abhakorn, "Social constructed English classroom in the Thai public school". Supervisors: Dr Alan Firth and Dr Steve Walsh.
Zoe Agiasophiti, "Combining input enchancment with processing instruction". Supervisors: Professor Florence Myles and Dr Carol Fehringer.
Khaled Al-Besher, "Teaching the process approach of writing through collaborative learning strategy". Supervisors: Professor Vivian Cook and Dr Steve Walsh.
Oudah Alenazi, "Perception of non-native accents". Supervisor: Dr Ghada Khattab
Buthayna Algarawi, "The organisation of repair as corrective feedback in an EFL setting". Supervisors: Professor Paul Seedhouse and Dr Christopher Jenks.
Ali Algryani, "The syntax of sluicing in Arabic". Supervisor: Professor Anders Holmberg.
Nasser Al-Horais, "Negation in Arabic". Supervisor: Professor Anders Holmberg
Amer Al kafri, "Acquisition of English Reflexives by L2 Child Learners". Supervisor: Dr Martha Young-Scholten
Abdullah Alkaldi, "Socio-cultural factors affectig English language learning motivation among Saudi secondary school students in Riyadh". Supervisors: Dr Peter Sercombe and Dr Mei Lin.
Saad Almutairi, "Task-based interaction around digital tabletop displays". Supervisors: Professor Paul Seedhouse and Patrick Oliver.
Nadine Awde, "Phonological acquisition in Lebanese Arabic".
Laura Bailey, "Question particles across languages". Supervisor: Professor Anders Holmberg.
Jalal Belshek, "How are cultural values manifested in Libyan communication styles?" Supervisors: Dr Peter Sercombe and Dr Susan Pattison.
Erin Bidlake, "Going solo: Case Studies at the intersection of CALL and SILL". Supervisors: Mr Scott Windeatt and Dr Christopher Jenks.
Adam Brandt, "Using conversation analysis to examine identity and interculturality in online chat". Supervisors: Dr Alan Firth and Dr Christopher Jennks.
Nadeem Bukhari, "Serial verbs in Gojri". Supervisors: Professor Anders Holmberg and Professor Maggie Tallerman
Mei-Hui Chen, "Applying higher- order thinking into L2 classrooms". Supervisors: Dr Kate Wall and Dr Mei Lin.
Yu-Ching Cheng, "The language choices of inter-married families in Taiwan". Supervisors: Mrs Elaine Hall and Dr Tony Young.
I-Chin Nonie Chiang, "Can children and parents read happily ever after? An investigation of extensive reading in Taiwan". Supervisors: Dr Martha Young-Scholten and Professor Florence Myles.
Caroline Cordier, "The presence and role of formulaic sequences in advanced learners of French". Supervisors: Professor Florence Myles and Professor David Howard
Josep Cru, "Endangered languages and language revitalisation - Latin America". Supervisor: Professor Rosaleen Howard.
Miramar Damanhouri. Supervisor: Dr Steve Walsh.
Claire Donneky, "Contemporary comparison of minority languages in France and Spain". Supervisors: Professor Rosaleen Howard and Professor Ian MacKenzie.
Khaled El-Ebyary, "Impact of CAA application to assessment for learning". Supervisor: Mr Scott Windeatt.
Yousef Elramli, "Phonology of Libyan Arabic". Supervisor: Dr S J Hannahs.
Enas El-Sadek, "Communicative misunderstandings and relevance theory". Supervisors: Professor Noel Burton-Roberts and Dr Martha Young-Scholten.
Enas Elsheikh, "The explicit-implicit distinction with relation to lexical pragmatics". Supervisors: Professor Neol Burton-Roberts and Dr Dimitra Kolliakou.
Rehab Gad, "The syntax of questions in Egyptian Arabic". Supervisors: Professor Anders Holmberg and Professor Maggie Tallerman.
Juliane Girndt, "The morpho-syntax of German-speaking childern with specific language impairment". Supervisors: Dr Carolyn Letts and Dr Thomas Klee.
Grami Mohammed Grami, "Teachers' feedback versus peer feedback in ESL writing classes; learning potential and anticipated challenges: A study in a Saudi university level context". Supervisors: Dr Steve Walsh and Mr Scott Windeatt.
Isao Hara, "A phonetic study of Japanese vowel sequences and english diphthongs". Supervisor: Professor Gerry Docherty.
Andrew Harris, "Becoming a teacher: the interactional architecture of a TESOL pre-service training course and its relationship with learning". Supervisors: Dr Steve Walsh and Professor Paul Seedhouse
Hui-hua Hseih, "The compensation of adult dyslexics in higher education". Supervisors: Ms Sue Robson and Dr Martha Young-Scholten.
Riaz Ahmed Islam, "Morphological adaptation of English loans in Urdu". Supervisor: Dr SJ Hannahs
Khaled Kakhia, "Semantics and Pragmatics". Supervisors: Professor Noel Burton-Roberts and Professor Anders Holmberg.
Corina-Irene Karapetrides, "Identifying the role of Working Memory in vocabulary acquisition". Supervisors: Dr Carolyn Letts and Professor David Howard.
Yalda Kazemi, "Language sample analysis measures in Persian child language development and early identification of language impairment in Iranian children". Supervisors: Dr Thomas Klee and Dr Helen Stringer.
Amer Khafaji "A critical evaluation of in-class assessments of students at the first year level in Saudi Arabian state-owned university level institutions and its effects on the learning outcome". Supervisors: Dr Katie Scott and Dr Sue Pattison
Hussin Kriba, "Acoustic parameters of emphasis in Libyan Arabic". Supervisors: Dr Ghada Khattab and Professor Gerry Docherty.
Warrin Laopongharn, "Second language planning and policy (English) in education in Thailand".
Bi-jar Lin, "Is automatic linguistic profiling feasible inthe ESL context?". Supervisors: Professor Manfred Pienemann and Dr Christopher Jenks
Hsueh-Jui Liu, "A study of the interrelationship between listening strategy use, proficiency levels of listening, gender and learning style in foreign language learning". Supervisors: Professor Vivian Cook and Dr Peter Sercombe.
Yunzhen Liu, "Chinese heritage and non-heritage learners' learning strategies: A comparative study". Supervisors: Professor Vivian Cook and Dr Mei Lin.
Ming-Fen Lo, "Raising interactional competence to optimize EFL learning: A case study of non-native teachers' professional development". Supervisors: Dr Steve Walsh and Professor Paul Seedhouse.
Jo Lumley, "A developmental perspective on person designation in Japanese as a second language". Supervisors: Professor Florence Myles and Dr Richard Waltereit.
Kevin McManus, "Cross-linguistic differences in the second language acquisition of aspect: The conceptual linguistic form interface". Supervisors: Professor Florence Myles and Dr Richard Waltereit.
Jaber Maslamani, "Computer-Assisted Collaborative Reading: L2 Reading Comprehension and Strategies on Digital Tabletops". Supervisors: Mr. Scott Windeatt and Dr Kate Wall.
Hiromi Mitani, "Non-native talk in English-as-a-lingua-france interaction: A conversation-analysis approach". Supervisors: Professor Paul Seedhouse and Dr Alan Firth.
Yoshiko Murahata, "Effects of learning English on cognition in Japanese learners of English". Supervisor: Professor Vivian Cook.
Carol-Anne Murphy, "Application of a theorectical model of sentence processing to differential diagnosis and intervention with children with specific language impairment". Supervisors: Professor David Howard and Dr Carolyn Letts
Rola Naeb, "SLA input theories and CALL". Supervisors: Dr Martha Young-Scholten and Mr Scott Windeatt.
Terhi Nurminen, "Hill-terms in North-East Place-names". Supervisor: Professor Whaley
Saaid Omer, "Loanword phonology in Libyan Arabic". Supervisor: Dr S J Hannahs.
On-Usa Phimsawat, "A corpus study of discourse pro-drop in Thai". Supervisors: Professor Anders Holmberg and Dr Dimitra Kolliakou.
Christopher Plant, "An investigation into noun and verb organisation in the mental lexicon and the impact on treatment and generalisation in word-retrieval therapy for aphasia". Supervisors: Dr Anne Whitworth and Dr Janet Webster
Reenu Punnoose, "A phonetic and phonological study of the rhotics in Malayalam". Supervisors: Dr Ghada Khattab and Dr S.J. Hannahs
Mohammed Ramadan, "The use of conjunctions in the writing of Libyan university students". Supvisors: Dr Christpher Jenks and Dr Steve Walsh.
Mohana Ramasamy, "The morphophonology of Malaysian Tamil". Supervisor: Dr S J Hannahs.
Laila Rumsey,"Shedding Light on the Predictive Validity of English Proficiency Tests in Predicting Academic Success". Supervisors: Mr Scott Windeatt and Dr Katie Scott.
Navaporn Sanprasert, "The application of online learning management system to enhance Thai students' autonomy in learning English as a foreign language". Supervisors: Mr Scott Windeatt and Professor Paul Seedhouse.
Mona Liza Sarbini-Zin, "The impact of English medium education on gramm. competence". Supervisors: Dr Martha Young-Scholten and Dr Isabelle Buchstaller.
Petra Schoofs, "First language attrition in the light of the multi-competence model: A cross linguistic study of the mutual influence for the first and second language(s) on the language systems of L1 users of English and German". Supervisors: Professor Vivian Cook and Dr Martha Young-Scholten.
Abdullah Sio, "Attribution and averral in English academic writing: A comparison between native - English and Arab MA dissertations". Supervisors: Dr Steve Walsh and Dr Tony Young.
Mirjana Sokolovic-Perovic, "An investigation of obstruent voicing in Serbian". Supervisor: Professor Gerry Docherty.
Patana Srisuruk, "Politeness and pragmatic competence in Thai speakers of English". Supervisors: Dr Peter Sercombe and Professor Paul Seedhouse.
Pornpavee Sukrutrit, "ELF Chit Chat: An exploratory study of English as a lingua franca interaction in online chat rooms". Supervisors: Dr Alan Firth and Dr Christopher Jenks.
Mais Sulaiman, "Wh-questions in the dialects of Arabic". Supervisor: Professor Anders Holmberg.
Magdalena Sztencel, "Definiteness". Supervisor: Professor Noel Burton-Roberts.
Hanan Taqi, "Variation in Juwaiti Arabic: Two ethnic groups, three generations". Supervisors: Dr Ghada Khattab and Professor Karen Corrigan.
Ben Thorp, "Nuuchanulth phonology". Supervisors: Dr S J Hannahs.
Paksiri Tongsen, "Loanword phonology in Thai". Supervisors: Dr S J Hannahs and Dr Ghada Khattab.
Mamour Turuk "Developing thinking skills through integrative teaching of reading and writing in ESL writing classroom". Supervisors: Dr Mei Lim and Dr Catriona Scott
Heather Waldron, "Phonological output impairments in aphasia: Different subgroups requiring different therapies?". Supervisors: Dr Anne Whitworth and Professor David Howard
Aslynn Wan, "Rhythm in Malay Speech". Supervisors: Professor Gerry Docherty and Miss Katya Samoylova.
Hong Wan, "The relationship between anxiety and achievement in the second language acquisition". Supervisors: Professor Florence Myles and Mr Scott Windeatt.
Li-fen Wang, "A social network analysis of immigrants' code-switching pattern(s) in Taiwan". Supervisor: Dr Peter Sercombe.
Xiao Jing Wang, "Grammatical development among Chinese L2 learners: A processability account". Supervisors: Professor Manfred Pienemann and Professor Florence Myles.
Abdalla Warayet, "Willingness to communicate in a Libyan EFL context". Supervisor: Dr Christopher Jenks.
Wen-Hsing Yang, "A sequential study of the NNS and the NS teachers' interactional pedagogies in Taiwan EFL classrooms". Supervisors: Professor Paul Seedhouse and Dr Mei Lin
Qi Zhang, "Hong Kong students' attitudes towards varieties of English". Supervisors: Professor Karen Corrigan and Dr Isabelle Buchstaller.
