Work with us
We welcome applications from highly qualified students and researchers in the following areas:
Teacher cognition and decision making in relation to the use of technology in the language classroom
Computer-mediated task-based language teaching
Developing and evaluating speech-enabled CALL
Second language oral fluency and its development
Second language development during study abroad
Second language pronunciation learning and teaching
Applications which explore the specific affordances of individual technologies for the teaching of specific language skills will also be considered, in particular those which draw links with Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory and research.
Exploring the cognitive bases of second language oral fluency using stimulated recall interviews
Computer-mediated task-based language learning and teaching: Exploring the impact of novel speaking tasks
Language contact and and language learning in the digital age
Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy and teacher and learner cognition for the use of AI in language learning and teaching
Applications which explore the specific affordances of individual technologies for the teaching of specific language skills will also be considered, in particular those which draw links with Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory and research.
Completed PhD projects
Adam, Mukhtar (2023). Exploring the communication difficulties, strategies and pragmatic competence among the Sudanese learners of English and their peer English native speakers in the Uk. PhD Thesis, University of York.
Ebrahimi, Sara (2021). The impact of semantic mapping technique on the organization of bilingual mental lexical and L2 utterance fluency of Iranian EFL learners. PhD thesis, University of York.
Asiri, Hassan (2021). Peer feedback in online writing activities: Comparing the impact of Google Docs and Wikis on individual writing performance. PhD thesis, University of York.
Abdelaty, Yara (2020) L2 Peer Feedback in an Online Writing Environment: Focus on Mediational Tool Use. PhD thesis, University of York. Item availability may be restricted.
ALLEHIDAN, HAMAD (2020) Teacher Cognition in relation to Pronunciation Instruction in Saudi English Major Programs. PhD thesis, University of York. Item availability may be restricted.
Rotjanawongchai, Satima (2019) TEACHER COGNITION OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN THE EFL SPEAKING CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY OF THAI UNIVERSITY TEACHERS. PhD thesis, University of York. Item availability may be restricted.
Alzahrani, Waad (2018) Investigating L1 Arabic EFL Learners’ Interactional and Attentional Processes in Text and Voice Task-based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication. PhD thesis, University of York.
Alahmed, Khalid (2017) Developing Strategic Competence through Task-Based Language Teaching: A Comparison of Implicit and Explicit Instruction. PhD thesis, University of York.
Yang, Xiaoyin (2016) Mobile devices supporting international students to overcome language and cultural difficulties during study abroad. PhD thesis, University of York.
Alghasab , Maha (2015) Student-Student collaboration in wiki mediated collaborative writing activities: Exploring EFL teachers’ roles in the collaborative process. PhD thesis, University of York.
Bostancioglu, Ali (2015) English as a foreign language teachers’ technology professional development through online communities of practice: A case study. PhD thesis, University of York.