Jye Smallwood

Jye is currently a PhD student in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (DTAL) at the University of Cambridge.

Biography

Jye joined the DTAL psycholinguistics lab after completing an MSc in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching at the University of Oxford. His research is motivated by his experience in teaching English as a Second Language in Saudi Arabia, Germany, Colombia, Macedonia, Poland, the US, and the UK. Jye is currently under the supervision of Dr Dora Alexopolou, who was recently appointed a Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. His doctoral project involves understanding how grammatical properties in first language impact second language acquisition.

University of Cambridge: PhD Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, 2022-
University of Oxford: MSc Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching, 2019-2021
University of Newcastle: MA Applied Policy Research (Education), 2009-2010
Northumbria University: BA (Hons) English, 2007-2008

Research

Thesis: The Role of L1 Typology and L2 Proficiency in Predicting Null Subject Transfer

Teaching and Supervisions

Teaching:

Teacher Leadership, Teaching Receptive Skills, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), English for Specific Purposes (ESP; Military, Diplomacy, Public Policy)

Other Professional Activities

General Secretary for Girton College MCR (Postgraduate Students' Union)
Member of the Cambridge Linguistics Society

PhD Student

General Secretary for Girton College MCR

Departments and institutes:

Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Contact Details

Cambridge

Email address:

jps207@cam.ac.uk

Personal Site

ResearchGate

Affiliations

Classifications:

Graduate Students

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