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🎉Congrats to Dr Lucas Peltonen on winning the PolyU PhD Thesis Award 2026 (Merit Award – Non-STEM)! 🎓
As the sole Non-STEM recipient this year, his research with Prof. Hu @guangwei_hu advances business English pedagogy.👏#PolyUResearch
@PhDForum @PostDocsForum @PhDVoice
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Join this live info webinar to learn about our dept's #PhD #Fellowship opportunity! 🤩Our students Bernard Ayine & Li Chuanqi Legend will share their study experiences & tips on the application. Registration👉polyu.hk/eYRDV @FindAPhD @PhDForum @ScholarshipfPhd #phdvoice
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How does everyday conversation change over time?
Join Prof. Tony McEnery for a #seminar on tracking 20 years of #SpokenEnglish shifts through quantitative analysis of the #BNC1994 & #BNC2014.
Register👉 polyu.hk/NWSlo #CorpusLinguistics #Linguistics #PolyU @OpenAppLing
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Congrats🥳to our #PostdoctoralFellow Dr Bao Jie and #PhD student Rahman Mohammad Mosiur for winning The Stephen Evans Awards 2025-26! Their outstanding research has established a remarkable benchmark for academic excellence! #PolyUstudent #PolyUresearch #PhDVoice @PhDForum
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🌟 Info Webinar: #MSc in #AI for #TESOL (#MScAITESOL)
Shape the future of #ELT with AI! Join our webinar to explore HK's pioneering AI + TESOL master's degree.
📅 30 Sept (Wed) | 7:30–8:15 PM HKT
📍 Zoom
🔗 Register NOW: polyu.hk/IRpMV
#PolyUENGL #PostGrad #AIinEducation
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How do individual voices impact automatic speaker recognition performance? Join Prof Hughes @uniofyork as he explores speaker variability & system reliability from the #PASR project. Register 👉 polyu.hk/gjmcx #SpeechScience #ForensicLinguistics #PolyU @OpenAppLing
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📣 Call for Papers: ISGS 2027 (14–16 Dec 2027, Hong Kong)! Explore "Futures for Gestures" across Theory, Practice, Technology & Ecology ⏳CfP Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
🔗 Details & Submissions: events.polyu.edu.hk/isgs2027… #ISGS2027 #GestureStudies @GestureHK @GestureSociety @OpenAppLing
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Congrats to Prof. Renia Lopez on receiving funding from the RGC HSSPFS for her project, which aims to investigate how video-mediated interaction affects the interactional competence of second-language speakers. Read more👉 polyu.hk/QSMue #PolyU #PolyUresearch #PolyUstaff
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🚀Join the New Frontiers in #CorpusLinguistics Symposium (16–17 Sep 2026)!
Explore #GenZ slang, #ChatbotAuthenticity & #GenAI #CorpusDesign with global experts.
📍#PolyU / Online (Hybrid)
🎟️ Register Now! polyu.hk/RstBb
ℹ️ Full Info & Abstracts: polyu.hk/ZtjDG
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New book @CambridgeUP by Dr Hyejeong Kim on exploring #Aviation #English as a Global Lingua Franca. A great discovery of why #Linguistic and domain-specific accommodation are essential to intercultural communication. Read more👉 bit.ly/4bSodmQ #PolyUResearch
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🎓 PhD Position Available (Early 2027)
Join us for a stipend-funded PhD in Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis, supervised by Prof. Paul Baker.
Focus: HK newspaper discourse on values (2022–26). Full Info 👉 polyu.hk/pRtFP
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New book edited by Prof. Louise Cummings & published by @RoutledgeBooks: #Communication & #SwallowingDisorders in #InfectiousDiseases. Examines how #pathogens impact #speech, #hearing & swallowing with #clinical insights. 👉bit.ly/4yDhlTU #PolyUresearch @Comm_in_Care
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Congrats to the following academic staff on their recent promotions:
1. Prof. William Feng to Professor
2. Prof. Lydia Catedral to Associate Professor
3. Dr Rickey Lu to Senior Lecturer
Let's extend our best wishes and congratulations to them!🎊
#PolyUstaff #PolyU #University
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🎉Congrats to our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr BAO Jie, who was awarded the RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme 2026/27 for her outstanding research in advancing professional doctoral education in Hong Kong! 👏✨#PolyU #Doctorates #PhDVoice @PhDForum @PolyURIO @OpenAcademics
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We joined the "Humanistic Dialogues in the Age of AI" conference from 5-7 June 2026 @Tsinghua_Uni, sharing research & forging global ties in #language, #culture & #communication.🌟#PolyUstaff #GenAI #AIinEducation
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👏🏻🥳Congrats to the awardees of our Department's Outstanding Alumni Award 2026. They have all made remarkable contributions to #PolyU, our Department, and society. Read more👉 polyu.hk/AFeud
#PolyUalumni #OutstandingPolyUAlumniAward #WeArePolyU
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New book by @EFriginal74729 & @JeniferWYHo (@routledgebooks) on effective #Podcasting and #VideoBased #LanguageTeaching Practices. A practical guide for #ESL / #EFL / #ELT educators integrating #GenAI tools. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4q4NNJg #PolyUResearch
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🌟We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Paul Baker to our Department, bringing world-leading expertise in #corpus linguistics and #discourse analysis! #PolyUstaff @OpenAppLing
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How do individual differences shape #languagelearning research and teaching? In this seminar, Prof. Mirosław Pawlak @UAM_Poznan will explain how individual differences can be incorporated into quasi-experimental research. Registration👉 polyu.hk/uJyBO @OpenAppLing
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🚨 #FinalCall #AIinLT2026 at #PolyU 🚨Don't miss the Registration Deadline (22 May)! Join global experts to explore the future of #pedagogy 🚀🔗polyu.hk/ZOhCo 📅 21–22 June: #Summit 📅 23–24 June: Workshops ✅ Free for all @EdTechTeacher21 #EdTech #AI #LanguageLearning
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