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2024 Winter Research Program

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Engage in a formal research project over the winter break with the UQ Winter Research Program.

The UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students wishing to gain experience working alongside a researcher in a formal research environment in their area of interest at UQ.

Each project will be offered for a period of four (4) weeks between 24 June - 21 July 2024.

Successful applicants will receive a $2,000 grant.

Participation is open to undergraduate (including honours) and master by coursework students who are currently enrolled and will remain at UQ for the entirety of the research program.

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Applications close 21 April 2024

Check out some testimonials from previous scholars.

 

 

  1. Health crisis communication: Multimodal classification
  2. Potential impact of learner background factors on their communication in a second language - Part 4
  3. Voices of Indonesian resilience: Kendal residents’ stories of adaptation to everyday tidal flooding
  1. The impact of learners’ linguistic and cultural backgrounds on their Japanese language learning: a case study of a Japanese university
  2. The investigation of environmental discourse and ruling ideologies in the school textbooks in North and South.
  3. Disrupting Intersectional Exclusion in Language Learning Through OERs

4. The impact of learners’ linguistic and cultural backgrounds on their Japanese language learning: a case study of a Japanese university

Project title: 

The impact of learners’ linguistic and cultural backgrounds on their Japanese language learning: a case study of a Japanese university

 

Hours of engagement & delivery mode

4 weeks, 25 hrs p/w

From 24 June to 19 July

The project is offered on-site. They could work at home in the second week (1-5 July).

Description:

This project examines the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of international students who are currently studying Japanese in Japan to explore how their distinct individual backgrounds have influenced the way they learn the language and relate to the culture and people, including their future aspiration in relation to the language.

 

The main task of Winter Program Scholars is to transcribe the 17 interviews (30 minutes each, conducted in English or Japanese). After transcriptions are completed, scholars will conduct preliminary text analysis.

Expected learning outcomes and deliverables:

Scholars will gain transcription skills, which involves high level of listening and comprehension skills in both Japanese and English. They will also improve their communication skills on academic matters through daily reports (oral) to the supervisor. If it progresses well, scholars will be asked to produce a summary report (written).

 

Suitable for:

This project is open to applicants with advanced level of Japanese and high level of academic English.

Primary Supervisor:

 

Dr Kayoko Hashimoto

 

Further info:

Please contact Dr Kayoko Hashimoto k.hashimoto@uq.edu.au for further details prior to applying.