# Research Assistants (RA) Recruitment 

Three RAs are needed in my research projects to conduct surveys among university students and middle/primary schools. Main responsibilities include: contact target students/classes and administer surveys; assist with data entry and preprocessing; edit survey questions; conduct interviews if needed. Desirable: excellent Chinese communication skills, especially with some survey experience; those with convenient access to primary/middle schools/university students are encouraged to apply.  

Benefits: Research mentoring + SURF access/recommendation letter + compensation

If interested, please email me a short statement of your capability for the job, with a subject line "RA application".  

#PhD Recruitment 

I am open to PhD supervision on the topics of language learning and technology/AI, language learning dynamics modeling, and psycho/neuro-linguistics. Funding support is available for an excellent research proposal. 

Dawei Wei is an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Linguistics, XJTLU. Before joining XJTLU, he worked and carried out research in several universities and institutes in China and Spain, including the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), the Beijing Normal University State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning (https://brain.bnu.edu.cn), and the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) (https://www.bcbl.eu). Dr. Wei’s research lies at the intersection of psycholinguistics and applied linguistics. He is interested in how English and Chinese are acquired as foreign languages (EFL/CFL) and how Chinese literacy is acquired by native and non-native readers. He is experienced in using a range of research methods and techniques, such as Event-Related Potentials, Eye-tracking, and Behavioural and Survey designs and tests to uncover the psychological underpinnings of language learning and processing. His research output includes articles in high-impact SCI, SSCI, and CSSCI indexed journals.

As to teaching, Dr. Wei has taught and contributed to a range of different modules, including Introduction to Linguistics, Quantitative Linguistic Data Analysis, Brain and Language, and Psycholinguistics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At XJTLU, he teaches Research Methods, Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics and Introduction to English Studies, as well as contributing to other modules. Dr. Wei is highly committed to the practice of excellent and effective teaching and he enjoys interacting with students and motivating them to succeed.

Office: HS410, HSS Building, South Campus Email: dawei.wei@xjtlu.edu.cn

Applied linguistics (language learning dynamics modeling, motivation, SRL, achievement emotion)

Psycholinguistics

Dyslexia

Educational Neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language

LNG 002 Introduction to English Studies

LNG208 Psycholinguistics

LNG 310 Applied Linguistics

LNG 303 Final Year Project

LNG 406 Research Methods

LNG 407 Second Language Acquisition

Member of Key R D Plan Project Expert Committee, Cultivating Children’s Reading Habit: Data-driven Model Construction and Application, Gansu Province Science and Technology Department, 2022.

Honorary Lecturer, Department of English, University of Liverpool, 2021.

Yuan Ding Best Paper Prize, Gansu Province University Foreign Language Education and Research Association, 2021.

Universitas21 Early Career Researchers Workshop Winner, 2016.

Research Visit Fellowship, Basque Center of Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain, 2013.

Full PhD Scholarship, University of Nottingham, 2013.

Vice Chancellor Research Fellowship, University of Ulster, UK, 2013. (Declined)