Department of English and Communication
Part-time Research Assistant (two posts)
(Ref. 261112001)
[Appointment period: each for six months initially, with possibility of further appointment]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “Corpus-based oral English assessment: Evaluating PolyU students’ spoken English proficiency and communication competency and implications for AI-driven pedagogy”. They will be required to:
(a) recruit and coordinate participants for speech data collection activities;
(b) schedule and facilitate recording sessions for different speaking tasks;
(c) manage and maintain recordings and research data;
(d) generate transcripts using AI-assisted transcription tools;
(e) conduct quality assurance checks on transcripts proofread by other staff; and
(f) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegate(s).
Qualifications
Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree or above in Linguistics, English Language Studies, or a related discipline, or an equivalent qualification. A master’s degree or higher in a relevant discipline will be an advantage.
Preference will be given to those with the following qualifications and experience:
(a) proficiency in written and spoken English;
(b) experience in speech data collection and data management;
(c) experience in conducting interviews;
(d) experience in transcription and/or spoken language data processing;
(e) basic knowledge of corpus linguistics; and
(f) good organisational skills and attention to detail.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Joanna Chen and Dr Cai Shiyu via email at joanna.za.chen@polyu.edu.hk and shi-yu.cai@polyu.edu.hk respectively, for further information.
Conditions of Service
The remuneration rate is HK$125 per hour.
The closing date for application is 10 December 2026.
Posting date: 12 November 2026