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  • Dr SZAKOS Jozsef (Dr. Phil., STL, STB)

    • Daily Used Post Title

      Associate Professor

    • Areas of Scholarship

      General Linguistics, Documentary Linguistics, 2nd Language Teaching/Learning, Austronesian Linguistics, Language and Technology

    • Education

      1994 Dr. Phil. Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelm-Universitaet Bonn, Germany.
      Major: General Linguistics, Minors: Sinology and Comparative Religion
      1982 STL PazmanyPeterCatholic University, Budapest, Hungary
      1980 STB PazmanyPeterCatholic University, Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology

    • Work Experience

      2007 August Full-time Associate Professor, CBS, Polyu, HK
      2007 June-July Part-time Associate Professor, CBS, Polyu, HK
      2006-2007 part-time associate professor, Department of Ethnology, National Cheng Chi University, Taipei.
      2005-2007 full-time associate professor, Department of Indigenous Languages and Communication
      Graduate Institute for Taiwan Ethno-Development
      2002-2004 part-time associate professor, Department of Indigenous Languages and
      Communication, College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong-Hua University, Hualian
      2005-2006 2005-2006 part-time associate professor, Graduate Program, Department of Applied Foreign
      languages. ChaoYang University of Technology, Taichung.
      1996-2007 1996-2007 part-time associate professor, Department and Graduate Institute of Law, College of\
      Law, National ChungCheng University, MinHsiung, Chiayi County
      1994-1996 part-time associate professor, Providence University, Taichung Extension Program
      1994-1999 part-time associate professor, Graduate Institute of Linguistics, and
      Graduate School of German, College of Foreign Languages and
      Literatures, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, Taipei County.
      1997- 2005 full-time associate professor, Department of English Language,
      Literature, and Linguistics, Providence University.
      1994-1997 full-time associate professor, Graduate School of Western Languages and Literature,
      Providence University, Shalu, Taichung County.
      1992-1994 Language Instructor (Hungarian), Rheinbach City University (for German diplomats)
      1992-1994 Language Instructor (Hungarian), Defense Language Institute of Germany, Huerth.
      1990-1993 Language Instructor (Hungarian), Bonn City University

    • Teaching

      Graduate School of Western Languages and Literature, Providence University
      Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Linguistic Typology, Dialectology, Lexicography, Corpus Linguistics, Computers in Literary Studies, Historical Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, History of Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, Clinical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics: Teaching Chinese as a second/foreign Language, Etymology,

      English Department, Providence University
      Introduction to English Language and Linguistics, Advanced Linguistics, Linguistic Analysis, English Phonetics and Phonology, English Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, History of English, Historical Linguistics, Etymology, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Intermediate English Conversation, Tourism English, Bible as Literature, Linguistics and Literature, Applied English courses for Natural Sciences(Chemistry, Food Science), Introduction to the Study of Translation

      Providence University Extension Courses
      Introduction to Linguistics, Translation, English courses

      CCU, Chiayi: Law Department
      German 1-2-3-4, Legal German

      FuJen Catholic University: Graduate School of Linguistics
      Linguistic Fieldwork, Linguistic Typology, Dialectology, Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography

      Graduate School of German
      Latin language I and II.

      College of Foreign Languages and Literatures
      Computers in Language Studies, Public Speaking

      ChaoYang University of Technology, MA Programme, Dept of Applied Linguistics
      Topics in Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis

      NCCU, MA Program, Dept of Ethnology
      Topics in Austronesian Languages and Linguistics

      NDHU Department of Indigenous Languages and Communication
      Introduction to Austronesian Languages and Linguistics, Indigenous Languages Research Methods, Phonetics of Formosan Languages, Indigenous Language Analysis, Grammar, Semantics, Corpus Linguistics, Study of English Documents Relating to Formosan Aborigines,

      Graduate Institute for Taiwan Ethno-Development
      Topics in Austronesian Peoples and Languages, Topics in Ethnic Issues

      POLYU:
      Methodology of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language I/II

    • Administrative Duties

      2007-present Programme Leader, MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (MATCFL)
      1994-2007 Service on diverse committees of the Graduate Schools (Review committee, Library representative, Department (Curriculum, Review, Finance, Examination Committee)s, Graduate Entrance Exams), College ( Humanities Journal Editor, Dean-search committee) and served on numerous M.A. oral exam Committees, all over Taiwan.
      2006-2007 2006-2007 Head of Department, Dept. of Indigenous Languages and Communication, Director, Graduate Institute for Taiwan Ethno-Development, National Dong Hua University, Hualian
      1994-1998 Founding director of the Chinese Language Education Center at the
      College of Liberal Arts, Providence University

    • Research Output

      1993-1994 The Dialect Atlas of Inner Mongolia. A research project conducted together with Prof. Michael Weiers at the University of Bonn and the University of Inner Mongolia, funded by the German Research Foundation and Volkswagen Foundation
      1995-1996 Phonetic Studies of Sa’arua. New professor’s research grant given by Providence University, Taichung
      1996-1997 NSC 86-2411-H-126-005. From Transparency to Opacity: A Study of Sa’arua Morphology in Comparison with Tsou
      1997-1998 NSC 87-2411-H-126-005 The Deictic System of the Sa’a rua Language on the background of Tsou
      1997-1998 The Language and Culture of the Kanakanavu (Southern Tsou) in Kaohsiung County on behalf of the Sanmin District Government in Kaohsiung County
      1998-1999. NSC 88-2411-H-126-004-M7 Tsou Semantics: The Analysis of the verbal ystem of the Tsou language.1/3
      Collaborative NSC research project with Professors of the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University.
      1999-2000 Southern Tsou, Sa’arua Language Documentation Project (Lexicon) on behalf of the Aboriginal Affairs Commission of Executive Yuan, Central Government of Republic of China
      1999-2000 NSC 89-2411-H-126-003-M7 Tsou Semantics: The Analysis of the verbal system of the Tsou language.2/3 Collaborative NSC research project with Professors of the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University
      2000-2001 NSC 90-2411-H-126-001- Tsou Semantics: The Analysis of the verbal system of the Tsou language.3/3 Collaborative NSC research project with Professors of the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University
      2001-2002. NSC-90-2411-H-126-011. Semantic and cognitive categorizations in the Saaroa and Kanakanavu languages.;
      2002-2003 NSC-91-2411-H-126-011. Verbs in View: The Tense and Aspectual Systems of Kanakanavu and Saaroa languages.
      2003-2004 Providence University Professor’s Grant: Research on the Morphology of Saaroa and Kanakanavu languages.
      2004-2005 NSC-93-2411-H-126-011 Research on Lexicalization and Focus in Saaroa and Kanakanavu languages
      2005-2006 Alphabetization and Mother Language Teaching in Schools of Indigenous Language Area. Collaborative Project with Prof. Huang TungChiu, supported by the Council of Indigenous Affairs, Taiwan
      2007-2009 Dictionary Project for the Kanakanavu (Southern Tsou) Language, supported by Council of Indigenous Affairs, Taiwan.

    • Consultancy Work

      • Various Taiwan Indigenous texbooks compilation committees
      • Various Taiwan Indigenous language revival projects advisor
      • Indigenous Education advisory board member in Taiwan
      • Bible translation committee (reviewer) for the Tsou tribe in Taiwan
      • 25 years of auxiliary priestly service in Hungary, Austria, Germany, England, Taiwan