Research Clinics

About

Whether you are considering applying for a PhD or are on your way to a breakthrough in your field, it always helps to get some expert advice on your work. With the support of the staff in our department, we successfully offered research paper clinics for our conference attendees. This year, WICAL still hopes to offer young academics the opportunity to get valuable feedback from distinguished scholars. You may choose to apply for Paper Clinics and Research Clinics based on your work, but do bear in mind that the spaces are limited due to the academic staff's busy schedule.

Paper Clinics

Purpose

Paper Clinics aims to receive feedback on your work from a distinguished academic in your field with the aim of developing it into a full research paper. You will receive written feedback as well as attend a one-on-one online session where you will be able to discuss your work.

Potential participants will need to submit a short research paper beforehand. This work needs to demonstrate your main arguments and show the potential for the development of a full research paper.

How it Works 

1. Register for a 3-Day in-person ticket for WICAL 2025.

   • Registration link will be available soon but you may wish to apply for Research Clinic first.

   • All Three-Day ticket holders are eligible to register for a one-to-one Paper Clinic. Only participants with a 3-day ticket will be considered.
2. Register for the Paper Clinic by 12:00 noon (BST), 16th June, 2025.
   • You will need to send an email to wical2025@warwick.ac.uk, and Cc Nusrat.Gulzar@warwick.ac.uk or

     Xiu.Wang@warwick.ac.uk.

   • In the email, you will need to include your awareness and intention to purchase the 3-day in-person/offline ticket when the link is alive and a research paper you would like to get feedback on.
3. All applicants will be notified of the result of their application, in June (specific date TBC). 
   • Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. 
4. All successful applicants will be contacted to schedule a one-to-one online Research Paper Clinic in the weeks leading up to the Conference (mid- to late June 2025). 

Submission Guidelines 

Please, ensure that your research paper submission meets the following requirement:  

• It focuses on at least one of our Conference’s core topics: Discourse Analysis, Language Teaching and Learning, Intercultural Communication.
  • To ensure that applicants can fully benefit from the Paper Clinics, only research falling within the scope of our core topics and our Department’s research expertise will be considered. For more details, please, refer to the list of our Department’s staff running Research Paper Clinics (below).
• It outlines your main arguments and methods and shows the potential for the development into a full research paper.
• It is a maximum of 3500 words (excluding references and appendices).

• It is a Word (.doc) document, in Calibri or Arial font (size 12, line spacing 1.5). 

Additional Recommendations

For additional recommendations on what you could include in your research paper, please, refer to the APA style Journal Article Reporting Standards corresponding to your research methods type:

• Qualitative researchLink opens in a new window
• Quantitative researchLink opens in a new window
• Mixed methods researchLink opens in a new window

Research Consultancy

Purpose

Research Consultancy aims to offer you an opportunity to talk to distinguished scholars to clear their puzzlements about issues that concern you. You will attend a small group online session where you will be able to discuss your issues that concern and confuse you.

Potential participants will need to submit a short list of questions beforehand. Brief comments can be added to explain the context of your questions.

How it Works 

1. Register for a 3-Day in-person ticket for WICAL 2025.
   • All Three-Day ticket holders are eligible to register for a small group Research Consultancy. 
2. Register for the Research Consultancy b 12pm, 16 June 2025,.

   • You will need to send an email to wical2025@warwick.ac.uk, and Cc Nusrat.Gulzar@warwick.ac.uk or

     Xiu.Wang@warwick.ac.uk

     • In the email, you will need to include your awareness and intention to purchase the 3-day in-person/offline ticket when the link is alive and a research paper you would like to get feedback on.
3. All applicants will be notified of the result of their application in June. 
   • Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. 
4. All successful applicants will be contacted to schedule a small group Research Consultancy in the weeks leading up to the Conference (mid- to late June 2025). 

Submission Guidelines 

Please, ensure that your research paper submission meets the following requirement:  

• It is a list of concrete questions in a Word (.doc) document, in Calibri or Arial font (size 12, line spacing 1.5).
• The issues are restricted to the following three topics
  • Academic research in Applied Linguistics: Discourse Analysis, Language Teaching and Learning, Intercultural Communication.
    • To ensure that applicants can fully benefit from the Research Consultancy, only questions falling within the scope of our core topics and our department’s research expertise will be considered. Please, refer to the list of our department’s staff running Research Consultancy for more details (see below).
  • Academic career in Applied Linguistics: e.g., academic profile building in applied linguistics, academic position application.
  • Academic life in general: e.g., work-life balance, wellbeing in academia.

Our Academic Staff

Find out more about the research expertise of Warwick's Department of Applied Linguistics academic staff running the Paper Clinics and/or Research Consultanc

Ema UshiodaLink opens in a new window Professor University of Warwick Profile	Daniel DauberLink opens in a new window Associate Professor University of Warwick ProfileLink opens in a new window
Yanyan LiLink opens in a new window Early-career Fellow Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick Paper Clinics & Research Consultancy Profile	Dr Polina MesiniotiLink opens in a new window Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences University of York Profile	Dr Kathryn SidawayLink opens in a new window Teaching and Learning Research Fellow University of Bedfordshire Profile

Registration is now open. All applications should be sent via email.

 

For more information or any questions about Research Paper Clinics, please get in touch with our Paper Clinics Co-ordinators, Nusrat Gulzar, through the email wical2025@warwick.ac.uk, and Cc Nusrat.Gulzar@warwick.ac.uk &

Xiu.Wang@warwick.ac.uk

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