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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

6. Disrupting Intersectional Exclusion in Language Learning Through OERs

Project title: 

Disrupting Intersectional Exclusion in Language Learning Through OERs

 

Hours of engagement & delivery mode

Approx. 25 hours a week x 3 weeks commencing Monday 24 June – Friday 12 July 2024

Description:

This research project seeks to address the critical gap in language education that perpetuates intersectional exclusion in learning resources, particularly, from beginner language learning levels. Traditional language learning resources, including commercially available textbooks, have historically centred privileged narratives, thereby marginalizing diverse voices and experiences. This project aims to explore and expand the role of Open Educational Resources (OER) in challenging these entrenched biases and fostering a critical, decolonial, intersectionally inclusive language learning environment.

Expected learning outcomes and deliverables:

The selected winter scholar will gain skills in relation to review of relevant literature (both academic and language learning textbooks); preparing annotated bibliographies, and assisting in the development of a critical discourse analytical framework.

Suitable for:

This project is open to applications from 3rd year students with a background in languages education and/or (applied) linguistics.  

Primary Supervisor:

 

Dr Adriana Díaz

 

Further info:

Please contact Dr Adrian Diaz on a.diaz@uq.edu.au for any further enquiries.