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Context of Bilingualism and multilingualism in young children - Exploring the impact on learning, literacy and communication project at University of Dundee
The Lab also has well-established links with policy and practice for research collaboration via the LALco network, which was co-founded by Dr Duncan. This is a highly interdisciplinary PhD project and so applications are invited from strong and motivated candidates with backgrounds in a relevant subject, such as Psychology, Linguistics, Speech & Language Therapy or another related discipline. The specialisation in the PhD would be in Psychology (PhD in Psychology).
The focus of interest will be determined by the interests and expertise of the student but the project will examine how knowledge of multiple languages is acquired and organised. Possible topics of interest could include: early word learning; syntactic development; code-switching/translanguaging; morphological knowledge; conceptual representation; phonological/orthographic processing; L1/L2 (pre-)literacy acquisition; or developmental language disorders.
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- Early development in a bilingual or multilingual context presents both opportunities and challenges for a young child.
- Much of the research on this issue adopts a general perspective on multilingual learners but this project aims to examine issues specific to the particular languages that the child is learning. The languages under investigation are not fixed in advance and could include European/Non-European or majority/minority languages (e.g. Hindi, Urdu, Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Gaelic, etc.), although a detailed knowledge of the languages in question would be preferable.
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- Full-time
- 36 months
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- Honours degree at 2.1 or above in a relevant discipline.
- In certain circumstances we may ask you to spend a year completing our Master's degree in Psychological Research Methods before you commence your doctoral research. The decision about the suitability of your qualifications is made by the potential supervisor and the schools postgraduate advisor.
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4825 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4825 GBP per year during 36 months.
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