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The Center for the Advancement of Language Sciences, University of Science and Technology Beijing

北京科技大学 当代语言科学研究中心

北京科技大学“当代语言科学研究中心”依托我校专业特色，顺应国家“语言认知和语言信息加工”工程建设的战略需求，充分挖掘我校外语学科与信息技术学科交叉共融的发展潜力，运用跨学科的研究方法，利用高精尖的语言认知和神经探测的仪器设备，揭示语言认知现象、探讨语言学习机理、干预矫正语言功能障碍、提升全社会语言核心素养，并为国家的语言政策提供参考。

The establishment of the Center for the Advancement of Language Sciences (CALS) relies much on professional features of University of Science and Technology Beijing. Conforming to national strategic needs of language cognition and information processing, the Center is committed to promoting interdisciplinary studies in foreign language and information technology. Traditional behavioral methods (e.g., response times and eye tracking) as well as advanced neuroscience methodologies (e.g., ERP techniques, NIR Technology) techniques are employed to address to the questions of language cognition, language learning mechanisms, and intervention of language dysfunction. The findings have implications for improving language skills of language learners as well as suggestions for language policies.

当代语言科学研究中心隶属于北京科技大学，教学、科研、人事等运行事宜挂靠外国语学院进行管理。由学院领导兼任中心负责人，国内外著名专家担任顾问，海内外拔尖人才和院内科研骨干组成专兼职团队。目前研究中心主要成员包括主任薛锦教授，副主任任虎林教授和研究员张敬源教授。首席顾问包括Esther Geva 博士/教授(加拿大多伦多大学应用心理学和人类发展系 双语教育专家), John R. Kirby 博士/荣誉教授(加拿大女王大学教育学院/神经科学研究中心研究员),Liying Cheng 博士/教授(加拿大女王大学测试和评估中心主任)。

The CALS is subordinated to the University of Science and Technology Beijing and is administered by the School of Foreign Studies. The head of School is in charge of the Center, with world-renowned experts home and abroad as the consultants. The research team includes talents home and abroad, specifically some faculty members of the School. The key members in the center are Professor Jin XUE (the Director), Professor Hulin REN (the Deputy Director), and Professor Jingyuan Zhang (the researcher). The chief consultants are Professor Esther Geva (Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto), John R. Kirby (Faculty of Education, Queen's University) and Professor Liying Cheng (Assessment and Evaluation Group (AEG), at the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University).

本研究中心通过对语言科学文理兼容性问题的基础性探索和创新型应用，促进问题为导向、实证为基础、数据为依据、多元交叉的语言科学科研和教研工作深入发展，逐步形成语言科学国内一流、国际知名的学术品牌。

The CALS strives to conduct innovative and fundamental exploration in multi-disciplinary research and education with empirical data. It has endeavored to pursue “domestic top, internationally renowned” studies in language science.

本中心下设的实验室占地80m2,具备开展国际前沿语言科学研究的基本条件。实验室有国内外先进的语言认知行为量表、统计软件、语言心理行为编程软件，以及高精度的眼动(Eye-link 1000 plus)、脑电(Neuroscan 64 channel；eego™mylab，ANT Neuro)、近红外探测仪(NIRSport, NIRx Medical Technology LLC, Glen Head, NY, USA)，以及行为和心理测查工具。这些设备为语言神经科学和语言心理行为科学的实验和测量提供支撑。

The CALS is equipped with an independent language sciences laboratory with an area of 80 m2. It has an eye tracker (Eye-link 1000 plus) that can collect the visual signal of adults and children in real time, an event-related potential electroencephalograph (Neuroscan 64 channel), a portable eego™mylab (ANT Neuro), and a portable fNIRS (NIRSport, NIRx Medical Technology LLC, Glen Head, NY, USA), and 4 operation platforms for behavioral and psychological asssement. It has tentatively realized the breakthrough in the technology of collecting the hebavioral and neuronal activity simultaneously and endeavored to explore the possibility of collaboration in multi-platform.

在近五年内获得了若干基金项目，其中包括2项国家自然科学基金项目、7项国家社科基金、4项北京市哲学社科基金项目、2项教育部人文社科基金项目和1项全国教育科学规化办公室重点项目，获批项目经费数百万，致力于培养一批具有扎实的语言功底、高水平科研能力和求实创新精神的硕士、博士及青年教师。

In the past five years, the faculties in the CALS have been awarded a number of grants, including 2 grants from National Science Foundation, 7 grants from National Social Science Foundation, 4 grants from Social Science Foundation of Beijing, 2 grants from Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, and 1 key project from National Office for Education Sciences Planning, with millions of funds in total. Many postgraduates, doctorates and researchers benefit a lot from the work and study in the Center in the fields of language skills, research methods and innovation ability.

CALS Labs

当代语言科学研究中心实验室

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CALS Research Activities

当代语言科学研究中心主要研究

• Neurocognitive linguistics

认知神经语言学

• Experimental and applied psycholinguistics

实验与发展心理语言学

• Speech & language disorders

言语交流与障碍

• Information processing and language translation

语言翻译的信息处理科学

• Instructed second/foreign language acquisition

外语和二语习得的教与学

• Intervention studies for speech and language disorders

语言和言语障碍的干预研究

• Brain-like application via computational linguistics

类脑计算应用语言学

当代语言科学研究中心承担的项目

CALS Projects

• Establishment of the laboratory that hosts eye-tracking, neuroscan, fNIR, etc. language monitoring and simulating equipment is funded by the China Ministry of Education and the National Nature Science Foundation. CALS is now in its third funding cycle.

持续三年的教育部规划项目学科建设和双一流重点学科建设经费资助

Other projects