Thursday, October 25, 2012

Need Extra Cash? CASL is looking for paid research participants!

Mandarin Chinese Study

Researchers from the University of Maryland are looking for native speakers of Mandarin Chinese for a paid language study. The study involves making judgments about the pronunciation of a set of Mandarin words produced by English speakers. Participants may also be asked to provide background information about themselves.

Payment is $10/hour for a 45-60 minute session. The experiment will take place at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) http://www.mnc.umd.edu/aboutus/directions right next to campus. All interested individuals will be asked about their language background before participation. Not all native Mandarin speakers may be eligible.

If you are interested in participating, please email Ryan Corbett at rcorbett@umd.edu

CASL Listening Research Study

The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is seeking participants who speak English as a native language for a language research study that will take place over several months.

Participants would be asked to participate in a research session (2 hours) where you will complete a listening comprehension test and a memory test.
Participants will receive $95 for their time.

Suitable participants must be highly proficient in American English and must have learned it as their first language and must be 18 to 19 years old.
For more information, please contact: The CASL Listening Research Team at listeningstudy@casl.umd.edu, 301-226-8999.