Master
2023/2024
Mentor's Seminar
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Linguistic Theory and Language Description)
Area of studies:
Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Linguistics
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Linguistic Theory and Language Description
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The aim of the course is the professional formation of MA students, preparing them for the prospective academic career. We discuss academic project design, individual projects led by invited speakers as well as by the students themselves, as well as different modes of presenting their research, including oral conference presentations, slides and posters. The general focus is on a wider coverage of research problems and methods of linguistic study, which means inviting experts from different areas of linguistics to talk about their research.
Learning Objectives
- to introduce the students to the methods of and issues in modern linguistic research
Expected Learning Outcomes
- acquiring skills in linguistic data collection, analysis and interpretation
- experience of ‘real life’ research, including problem setting, conformity to deadlines
- training skills of academic presentation and co-operation
- training skills of critical academic reading and communication
- understanding principles of approach to language studies in the domains determined by the selected fields
Assessment Elements
- Home assignmentsA student’s success in each segment of guest lectures is assessed basing on a written assignment which may be a mini-research, an essay or a test, to be determined by the instructor responsible for this segment and to be submitted / accomplished at the end of the segment.
- Test or essayA student’s success in each segment of guest lectures is assessed basing on a written assignment which may be a mini-research, an essay or a test, to be determined by the instructor responsible for this segment and to be submitted / accomplished at the end of the segment.
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.5 * Home assignments + 0.5 * Home assignments + 0.5 * Test or essay + 0.5 * Test or essay
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.5 * Home assignments + 0.5 * Home assignments + 0.5 * Test or essay + 0.5 * Test or essay
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Academic writing : a handbook for international students, Bailey, S., 2008
- Chelliah, S. L., & Reuse, W. J. de. (2011). Handbook of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork. Springer.
- Evans, V., & Green, M. (2006). Cognitive Linguistics : An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=163366
- Gáliková, S. (2016). Academic Writing : Selected Topics in Writing an Academic Paper. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1235840
- Pourcel, S., & Evans, V. (2009). New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=283987
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills, Swales, J. M., 2012