Current Research Students
Current research students within the School are listed below in alphabetical order. The summary of their dissertation is on the linked page, if available.
There is also a list of recent students here.
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| Susan Barone | address | n.a |
| Eliciting the story: Interactional language and patients' narrative in medical encounters | ||
| Barli Bram | address |
04 472 1000
ext 8029 |
| Major Total Conversion in English: Directional and Semantic-Syntactic Investigations (PhD research) | ||
| Gillian Claridge | address | 04 463 5600 |
| PhD research | ||
| Cherie Connor | address | n.a. |
| A Diachronic Exploration of the Contribution of the Harvesting of the Marine Environment to a distinctive New Zealand English Lexicon (PhD research) | ||
| Misty So-Sum Wai Cook | address | n.a |
| PhD research | ||
| Ruth Davidson-Toumu'a | address | 04 463 5637 |
| Texts, Tasks and Pasifika Readers: An exploration of the reading demands of the first year of higher education in New Zealand (PhD research) | ||
| Kieran File | address | 04 463 8947 |
| Talking sport! The post-match media interview as a discourse genre: a genre and register analysis (PhD research) | ||
| Jeanette Fletcher | address | n.a |
| The Role of Composite Communication in Organizational Knowledge Creation (PhD research) | ||
| Patrick Foss | address | n.a |
| A Corpus-Based Study of Japanese Learner Blogs: Issues in Productive Vocabulary (PhD research) | ||
| Xitao Fu | address | 04 463 5637 |
| Metonymy in Dialogic Discourse | ||
| Ho Si Thang Kiet | address | 04 463 6472 |
| The Effect of Intercultural Language Learning on Tertiary EFL Learners Language Learning in a Vietnamese Context (PhD research) | ||
| Sai Hui | address | n.a |
| Analysing Interpersonal Relations in Call Centre Discourse | ||
| Yuliya Khrypko | address | 04 463 8694 |
| Interactive Story Generation (PhD research) | ||
| Brian King | address |
04 472 1000
ext 8705 |
| Navigating sexuality with language: Analysis of discourse in a sexuality education programme | ||
| Ewa Kusmierczyk | address | 04 463 8947 |
| "The only problem is getting a job" - multimodal discourse analysis of job interviews in New Zealand | ||
| Myq Larson | address |
04 472 1000 ext 8705 |
| "Exploring the role of text coverage in L2 reading comprehension." | ||
| Sharon Marsden | address | 04 463 8709 |
| Regional phonological variation in NZE (PhD research) | ||
| Tatsuhiko Matsushita | address |
04 472 1000
ext 8029 |
| How do different types of vocabulary in Japanese affect the size and growth of second language learners vocabulary knowledge? (PhD research) | ||
| Jim McKinley | address | n.a |
| A study of University students in Japan: Learning and Application of Academic English Writing (PhD research) | ||
| Kazuyo Murata | address | n.a |
| A Contrastive Study of the Discourse of Business Meetings in New Zealand and in Japan (PhD research). | ||
| Tasuya Nakata | address |
04 472 1000
ext 8678 |
| Optimising second language vocabulary learning from flash cards | ||
| Anna Piasecki | address | 04 463 8999 |
| LexicalAccess in L2 Speakers (PhD research) | ||
| Betsy Quero | address | 04 463 8709 |
| The vocabulary load of academic texts | ||
| Anna Piasecki | address | 04 463 8999 |
| LexicalAccess in L2 Speakers (PhD research) | ||
| Katherine Quigley | address |
n.a |
| "Ministry-speak": the lexicon of public sector reform in New Zealand, 1984-1994 (PhD research) | ||
| Joseph Sorell | address | 04 463 5600 |
| Vocabulary frequency lists (PhD research) | ||
| Sun Dekun | address | 04 463 6463 |
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Developing My Way in Language Teaching
- Case studies of Teachers Personal Practical Knowledge (PhD research) |
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| Liza Tarasova | address |
04 472 1000
ext 7212 |
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Nominal compounding in English and Russian
(PhD research) |
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| Tran Yen Thi Ngoc | address |
04 472 1000
ext 8694 |
| Reading fluency and its development | ||
| Wei Zheng | address | 04 463 5600 |
| Word Roots in English: Learning English Words through Form and Meaning Similarity | ||
| Nick Wilson | address | 04 463 8947 |
| Playing with Language: the discursive construction of rugby as a workplace | ||