Joyce Lim

Office: NW922G

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 204 4417

I am a Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

BA English Literature (University of California, San Diego)

MA English Education (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

PhD Education (University of Cambridge)

I am a language researcher with particular interests in second language education and corpus linguistics. My main research interests include using learner corpora to explore various language patterns and investigating the use of corpora in language classrooms. 

• 2023- present: Co-Director of the Aston Corpus Linguistics Research Group 
• 2023- present: LSS PGR Senior Tutor
• 2023- present: Employability Rep

Current PhD Students:

• Siya Zheng, (Main supervisor). Non-native English-speaking defendants’ comprehension of English-medium trials in Chinese Mainland
• Thi Thúy Nga Nguyễn, (Main supervisor). ChatGPT as a Self-Regulated Learning Tool in L2 Academic Writing
• Ghizlane Lafdi (Main supervisor). Representations of Muslims and Islam in the French Press
• Samuel Keeler (Associate supervisor). Ecostylistics and climate fiction

I would be interested in supervising doctoral research projects in the following areas:

• computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
• corpus-based discourse analysis
• corpora in applied linguistics
• learner language
• second language (L2) writing development

• 2024-2025: Co-Investigator, Study Smart 2: Staff and students harnessing GenAI for learning (£10,000), University of Northampton
• 2023-2026: Co-Investigator, Teachers of Future Europe (TEFE) A+ (€250,000), Erasmus +
• 2023-2024: Co-Investigator, Study Smart: Staff and student co-constructing AI literacy at UON (£10,000), University of Northampton

Current undergraduate modules:

• Learning English

Current postgraduate modules: 

• Language Awareness
• English Teaching Methods
• Applying English
• Researching English
• Corpus Linguistics

I have also taught the following modules at Aston:

• Research Methods in TESOL
• Course and Materials Design

I am Chair for the EuroCALL CorpusCALL SIG. I am a member of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL).