Corpus-based research
Studies learner language, multiword verbs, grammatical complexity, register variation, and disciplinary writing using corpus and text-linguistic methods.
Applied linguistics · Corpus linguistics · AI-assisted writing
Language, writing, and learning across contexts.
Febriana Grundy, Ph.D. (expected May 2026)
Associate Director, Experience-Related Neuroplasticity (ERN) Institute · Applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, second language development, and AI-assisted writing research.
Febriana Grundy’s research focuses on the use of corpus linguistics methods to study learner language, academic and disciplinary writing, and second language development.
Her work examines how linguistic experience, instructional context, and technology shape writing development across educational settings. She also investigates project-based language learning and the intersections of artificial intelligence, writing, and language learning, with attention to pedagogical applications, assessment, and research methodology.
Purposeful communicationHelping students become flexible, critical, and purposeful communicators.
Profile
A scholar-teacher working at the intersection of language, writing, and technology.
Her academic work brings together corpus-based analysis, second language writing, register variation, project-based learning, and emerging questions about generative AI in writing instruction and assessment.
Writing development
Focuses on academic writing, second language development, multilingual learners, and the communication demands students encounter across educational settings.
AI and pedagogy
Investigates the intersections of AI, writing, language learning, assessment, and research methodology.
Research
Featured publications include work in Applied Corpus Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, Register Studies, Language Assessment Quarterly, and Journal of Academic Writing.
Read moreTeaching
Her teaching emphasizes process-oriented writing, project-based learning, multimodal composition, ethical technology use, and explicit support for academic communication.
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