School of Languages and Cultures

Summer Research Program: 2020-2021

AVAILABLE PROJECTS

  1. Training interdisciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: An exploration into EAP students’ online annotation of genres across disciplines
  2. Negotiating knowledge in Garrwa conversation
  3. School to university: Journeys of Japanese language learners in Queensland
  4. Creation of web-based language technology learning and teaching resources
  5. Developing e-Dictionaries
  1. Language in social interaction: Exploring humour, identity and offence
  2. Investigations of validity and reliability of C-test and Elicited Imitation task in Japanese
  3. Quantitative and qualitative data management in language studies
  4. The critical investigation of textbooks in South Korea and China
  5. Building an electronic Kukatja language corpus

8. Quantitative and qualitative data management in language studies

Project duration:

6 weeks
18 January to 26 February 2021

Description:

Project background:

Lots of data have been collected in several projects (e.g., heritage Korean language maintenance, KFL learners’ anxiety and enjoyment, EFL learners’ motivation/demotivation). The data consisted of quantitative and qualitative via survey, interview and short-answer questions. 

Expected tasks:

  • Compiling the survey responses into Excel and Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS)
  • Running descriptive data analysis, correlations, and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
  • Summarising the findings with proper interpretations of statistical analysis
  • Compiling the interview and short-answer responses (in Korean and English) and finding the main topics/themes for qualitative analysis

Number of hours per week: 

20 hours per week (80 in total) 

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

Scholars may gain skills in data compiling and analysis using Excel and SPSS and have an opportunity to interpret the findings in an academic way (i.e., social science). Scholars will learn how to conduct statistical analysis using SPSS (quantitative) and content analysis for qualitative data. They will also be asked to produce a summary of findings by the end of the project.   

Since the project is to promote students’ research experience, no authorship will be given for any publication using the data.

Suitable for:

This project is open to applications from students with:

  • High-intermediate (or above) level of Korean proficiency (for written data in Korean)
  • An ability to type Korean letters on keyboard
  • UQ enrolled students only, 3-4 year student
  • (+, if the student has a background in language education or applied linguistics)
  • (+, if the student has an experience of using SPSS)

Number of participants required: 

1

Primary Supervisor: 

Dr Min Jung Jee

Further info: 

Please contact Dr Min Jung Jee via email