Congratulations to our CReLLU PhD students
Posted on 20 January 2020
The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 17 January 2020. Her research topic focused on 'Processing and production of unique-to-L2 syntactic structures: The case of English articles and tense aspect'. Jelena was supervised by Dr Danijela Trenkic.
Recently defended PhD theses
Eman Alshammari successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 30 December 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Language teachers' perceptions of oral error correction: why do they correct in the way that they do?'. Eman was supervised by Professor Emma Marsden.
Moustafa Amrate successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 22 November 2019. His research topic focused on 'A mixed method approach to exploring the collaborative practice of prosody features in computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT): A case study of Algerian adult EFL students'. Moustafa was supervised by Dr Irena Kuzborska.
Saad Alzahrani successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 8 November 2019. His research topic focused on 'Effective vocabulary learning in multimedia CALL environments: Psychological evidence.'. Saad was supervised by Professor Leah Roberts.
Haoruo Zhang successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 25 October 2019. Her research topic focused on 'From No, she does to Yes, she does: On the conceptual changes in the processing of negative yes-no questions by Chinese-English bilinguals'. Haoruo was supervised by Dr Norbert Vanek and .
Micky Ross successfully defended his PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 13 September 2019. His research topic focused on 'Theories of Transformative Higher Education'. Micky was supervised by Dr Paul Roberts.
Noha Halabi successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 2 August 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Exploring Learner Autonomy in a Saudi Arabian EFL Context'. Noha was supervised by Dr Jan Hardman.
Satima Rotjanawongchai successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 9 August 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Teacher cognition of corrective feedback in the efl speaking classroom: a case study of thai university teachers'. Satima was supervised by Dr Zoe Handley.
Tasmima Aktar successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 20 June 2019 for. Her research topic focused on 'A holistic metacognitive approach to EFL listening and towards a model of a 'good' listener: a mixed-methods study'. Tasnima was supervised by Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh.
Qingyang Sun successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 25 June 2019 for. Her research topic focused on 'Chinese students’ experience of using sources and citations in their one-year taught Masters programmes in a UK university'. Qingyang was supervised by Dr Bill Soden.
Stephen Gow successfully defended his PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 24 May 2019. His research topic focused on 'Epistemological Obstacles to Academic Integrity: Mainland Chinese students’ perceptions of studying in the UK through the Habermasian Lens'. Stephen was supervised by Dr John Issitt.
Ping Wang successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 24 May 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Logic and Coherence in Academic Discourse: Cross Cultural and Linguistic Challenges for Mandarin Chinese Speakers'. Ping was supervised by Professor Leah Roberts.
Waad Alzahrani successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 22 May 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Investigating L1 Arabic EFL Learners' Interactional and Attentional Processes in Text and Voice Task-based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication'. Waad was supervised by Dr Zoe Handley.
Najihah Mahmud successfully defended her PhD theses and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 26 April 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Investigating the Washback Effect of the MUET as a University Entry Test on Students in Malaysia'. Najihah was supervised by Dr Khaled El Ebrary.
Veronica Garcia Castro successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 22 March 2019. Her research topic focused on 'Incidental Learning of Novel Words in Adult Spanish Learners of English as a Second Language: Measures of Lexical Configuration and Lexical Engagement and the Effects of Learners’ Individual Differences'. Veronica was supervised by .
Keita Takashima successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 22 March 2019. His research topic focused on 'Language Socialisation of Young Children: A Case of English Immersion Nursery School in Japan'. Keita was supervised by Dr Nadia Mifka-Profozic.
Mahmood Ali successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 8 March 2019. His research topic focused on 'Devolving decision-making to private schools of the Sultanate of Oman: a practical exploration of challenges and potentials'. Mahmood was supervised by Dr John Issitt.