School of Languages and Cultures

Winter Research Program - 2019 Projects

Available Projects

How to apply

  1. Locating and analysing Aboriginal language data in UQ- and SLQ-held audio tapes.
  2. The investigation of teachers and university students’ perception of environmental discourse in China.
  3. Data analysis on EFL students’ motivation (quantitative and qualitative analysis)
  1. Gender, Humour and Ageing in Modern Japanese Culture
  2. Translating Maïa Alonso’s 2017 Novel, Le Rêve assassiné
  3. How to improve the quality of telephone interpreting services in Australia? Insights from interviews of Mandarin/English telephone interpreters, their authentic telephone interpretation data, and retrospective interviews

2. The investigation of teachers and university students’ perception of environmental discourse in China.

Project duration: 4 weeks (24 June - 19 July 2019) 30 hours per week

Description: 

This project aims to analyse environmental texts that are embedded in school textbooks published in China as well as interview data with teachers and university students. This project investigates university students and teachers’ perception on environmental education in China. 

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

The students will have the opportunity to interpret Chinese and Korean textbooks, interview texts and scholarly articles into English. They will also learn how to critically read and analyse texts. 

Number of participants: 2

Further info: 

Contact Dr Isaac Lee isaaclee@uq.edu.au for more information.