Department of Language Science and Technology
Part-time Research Associate / Project Associate (several posts)
(Ref. 260707011)
[Appointment period: each for six to twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Advancing the identification of developmental language disorder in Mandarin-Cantonese bilingual children: A reference standard and novel assessment measures”. 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;
(c) work in the research team with other research personnel to also support studies investigating language processing in Cantonese- or Putonghua-speaking children with normal and atypical language development; and
(d) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) be a dedicated graduate holding a master’s degree or an equivalent qualification in Linguistics, Speech Therapy, Psychology, or a related discipline, preferably with a solid background in language acquisition and psycholinguistics, or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience;
(b) be a native speaker of Cantonese, with proficiency in Putonghua 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 is 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
The remuneration rate is HK$181 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 14 July 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 7 July 2026