Doctoral research (language and culture)

This page outlines both current and former doctoral students and topics in the School of Language and Culture.

Graduated doctoral students and research

Below is a selection of doctoral graduates from the School of Language and Culture and the research they undertook.

Doctoral student
Research title
Primary supervisor
Alwin Aguirre
Negotiating the Filipino in Cyberspace: New Zealand-based Filipinos' Identity Construction in Social Media
Professor Allan Bell
Dusadee Smith
Adjustment experiences of Non-Indigenous Language Learners Studying a Second Language in a Different Country: A Case Study of Chinese Non-Indigenous Thai Learners at Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Professor John Bitchener
Elizabeth Turner
What's Be Happen: the lyrical constitution of protest and social commentary in New Zealand
Associate Professor Sharon Harvey
Haoda Feng
A Corpus-Driven Study of Chinese Translators' Use of English Collocations in Commercial Chinese to English Translation
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee
Heather Meyer
Unilateral conversations: the role of marked sentence initial elements in academic writing
Professor John Bitchener
Idoko Ojabo
Black Ocean: An account of Christmas Preacher, a slave freed
Dr Paul Mountfort
Ineke Crezee
I understand it well but I cannot say it proper back: Language use among older Dutch immigrants in Auckland
Professor Allan Bell
Irmengard Wohlfart
German speakers' migration to New Zealand: Consequences across three generations
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee
Mark Frear
The effects of cognitive task complexity on writing
Professor John Bitchener
Nancy Tarawhiti
The effects of a strategies instructional approach on second language writing difficulties and quality text construction.
Professor John Bitchener
Philippa Smith
New Zealanders on the Net: Discourses of National Identities in Cyberspace
Professor Allan Bell
Qi Guo
The Extent to Which WCF (Written Corrective Feedback) Facilitates EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Students' Acquisition of Grammar.
Professor John Bitchener
Rod Fee
The Assault on Mount B: Understanding the role of story in self-delusion in our personal histories
Dr Paul Mountfort
Ruth Thomas
The Making of a Journalist: The New Zealand Way
Professor Allan Bell
Stephanie Rummel
Student and Teacher Beliefs about Written CF and the Effect those Beliefs have on Uptake: A Multiple Case Study of Laos and Kuwait
Professor John Bitchener
Saeed Roshan
Written Corrective Feedback, Individual Differences, and L2 acquisition of English passive voice
Professor John Bitchener
Su Li
Comprehensive Written Corrective Feedback, L2 Writing Accuracy and L2 Proficiency
Professor John Bitchener
Susan Zhao
Incidental focus on form in teacher-learner interaction and learner-learner interaction
Professor John Bitchener
Thanh Long Nguyen
Integrating Culture into Vietnamese University EFL Teaching: A Critical Ethnographic Study
Associate Professor Sharon Harvey
Thi Hang Nguyen
Vietnamese university EFL teachers' code-switching in classroom instruction
Professor Allan Bell
Thi Thu Trinh Vu
Developing EFL teacher training for public primary schools in Vietnam: A critical ethnography.
Associate Professor Sharon Harvey
Zana Bell
Hollows Left Behind: A Women's 'biography' of Zimbabwe/Rhodesia
Dr Paul Mountfort
Zhi Quan
Using Multi-annotated Corpora for teaching grammar to intermediate-level learners
Dr Lynn Grant

Current doctoral research in the School of Language and Culture

Doctoral student
Research title
Primary supervisor
Ahmed Junina
An investigation of the impact of undergraduate Arabic-speaking students' expectations and assumptions about academic writing on their English writing proficiency
Associate Professor Pat Strauss
Alena Shannaq
Learners' Perceptions of Academic Writing Genres During their First Year of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor Pat Strauss
Anh Dinh
Teacher Cognition and Learner Perception on Pronunciation Teaching Practice in Vietnam
Dr Graeme Couper
Aquilina Mawadza
Healthcare interpreting in a refugee context: A study of African refugees and immigrants in New Zealand
Professor Allan Bell
Thu Hien Nguyen
Foreign media and their impact on a country’s reputation: Vietnam – a case study
Dr Philippa Smith
Chien-Ju Ting
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Indigenous Language Revitalization Policies in Taiwan
Professor Allan Bell
Chongshun Bai
Intercultural Pragmatics of Chinese-to-English tourist text translation in Mainland China: Yunnan Province as a case
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee
Denise Cameron
An investigation into the dynamic nature of the willingness to communicate (WTC) of Iranian migrant learners of English in New Zealand
Professor John Bitchener
Forough Amin
An Investigation of Media Discourse on Iran's Nuclear Program: The Case of Opinion Articles in the International News Media
Professor Allan Bell
James George
Two Rivers
Dr Paul Mountfort
Jebunnesa Jeba
A study of academic, social, and cultural experiences of Indian postgraduate students studying in New Zealand
Associate Professor Pat Strauss
Leo Hitchcock
Learning Intercultural Competence: A study of the experiences of cultural immersion study abroad sojourners
Associate Professor Sharon Harvey
Maedeh Tadayyon
Comparing Iran's EFL and New Zealand ESL contexts with regard to Interactional Feedback
Professor John Bitchener
Maria Ahmad
Learning culture challenges faced by postgraduate Indian and Pakistani students in New Zealand universities
Associate Professor Pat Strauss
Md. Sorowar Chowdhury
How do school curricula and state education policies affect the learning outcomes for refugee students aged 10 to 17? The case of young Rohingya refugees in New Zealand and Australia
Associate Professor Sharon Harvey
Mohamadreza Jafary
Efficacy of Negotiated Feedback on Bilingual Students’ Postgraduate Academic Writing
Professor John Bitchener
Nanyue Xie
Assessing Health Literacy: A case study of Chinese English Bilingual Adults in New Zealand
Dr Lynn Grant and Associate Professor Ineke Crezee
Pramod Kumar Sah
An Ethnographic Investigation into the implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) policy in public schools in Nepal
Associate Professor Sharon Harvey
Rohan Willis
Cross-Cultural Experiences of Bilingual Bicultural ESOL Teachers: A Phenomenonological Investigation of Self-Identity
Dr Irmengard Wohlfart
Salma Felimban
Cultural Specific aspects in the English to Arabic Translation of Medical Texts
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee
Samira Yadollahi Kakh
Addressing the issue of plagiarism in academic writing among non-native postgraduate students
Professor John Bitchener
Sedigheh Abbasnasab
Investigating Non-native Graduate Students' Engagement with Supervisors' Written Corrective Feedback on Drafts of Thesis/Dissertation
Professor John Bitchener
Seyedeh Rafiei
The Role of Corrective Feedback in Different Social Contexts and its Effectiveness on L2 Development
Professor John Bitchener
Siobhan Harvey
The Pocket Atlas of Personal Belonging
Dr Paul Mountfort
Xiaoyun Bian
Focused on content: Effects of teacher feedback
Professor John Bitchener
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