Department of Language Science and Technology
Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (several posts)
(Ref. 260601002)
[Appointment period: each for six to twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Autobiographical memory and personal narratives and their association in Mandarin-speaking elementary children and adolescents with and without Autism: a pilot study”, and work in the research team with other research personnel to also support studies investigating language processing in Cantonese- or Mandarin- speaking children with normal and atypical language development. The studies involve several experimental tasks to assess children’s cognitive and language abilities. They will be required to:
(a) assist in subject recruitment, data collection, transcription, and data coding/annotation and analysis;
(b) co-supervise student assistants in data collection and management tasks; and
(c) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) be a dedicated graduate holding an honours degree or an equivalent qualification in Linguistics, Speech Therapy, Psychology, or a related discipline, preferably a Master’s degree with a solid background in language acquisition and psycholinguistics;
(b) be a proficient speaker of Mandarin, and proficiency with Cantonese is preferred;
(c) preferably have experience in administering experimental studies to school-aged children; and
(d) ideally desire to pursue further study (e.g., PhD or MA/Master of Speech Therapy) and would like to accrue some related research experience prior to further studies. (PhD opportunity is available at the Department under the supervision of the project leader and his/her local and overseas collaborators from internationally leading research universities/institutes/centres.)
Extension of appointments are subject to performance and funding. Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Angel Chan via email at angel.ws.chan@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointment, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointment, the remuneration rate is HK$125 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 8 June 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 1 June 2026