Admission requirements
Research Master students in Linguistics who are taking their pre-final or final semester. First-year ResMA students who want to take the course may only be admitted after permission by the study advisor.
Description
This course provides a training in three skills that every researcher needs:
Writing a successful conference abstract;
Preparing and performing an excellent presentation, both oral and poster;
Constructing a research proposal (e.g. to apply for a PhD position).
During the course, we analyze various types of abstracts, research proposals and presentations — both good and bad — and apply the insights thus gained to practical assignments and peer-reviews of each other’s work. Part of the credits are earned by attending and assessing actual lectures from lecture series at LUCL. The course will be taught by experienced, senior staff members. You will be asked to bring your own research topic to work on; for example, the topic of your thesis. There is an option for doing joint presentations and hence, those interested in this option should come prepared with a topic they can present jointly with someone else.
Course objectives
In this course, students learn to
Critically evaluate each other’s work as peer-reviewers
Write a coherent and convincing conference abstract and research proposal
Prepare and present a clear and attractive oral presentation about their research
Prepare and present a clear and attractive poster presentation about their research
Take into account the philosophy and ethics of linguistic research
Relate the results of their research to the existing literature
Formulate clear research questions, hypotheses and proposed analyses in correct academic English
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Research
Assessment method
Active Participation/coöperation in class/group
Essay, paper
Abstract, oral presentation.
Assessment
During the course, there are 5 assignments:
1. An Abstract & Peer reviews of abstracts
2. An Oral Presentation & Peer reviews of presentations
3. A Poster presentation & Peer reviews of presentations
4. A Research Proposal & Peer reviews of proposals
5. Presence at and assessment of 3 lectures from lecture series at LUCL
Weighing
The final grade of the course is established by determining the weighted average of 3 grades: Abstract (30%), Oral/poster presentation (35%), Research Proposal (35%), and a pass/fail for the lecture attendance and assessments.
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.
Resit
Only insufficient assignments can be sat again; maximally one of the assignments may be sat again (Dutch ‘herkanst’)
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
The following websites can be consulted before and during the course:
Ethics:
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/ling/63/2/html
Abstracts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6k9sqEHxp8
https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/media/sites/conferencewebsites/isoctal2015/abstractadvice.pdf
Presentations:
http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/goldenrules.html
http://matt.might.net/articles/academic-presentation-tips/
Posters:
https://www.lsadc.org/content.asp?contentid=354
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMSaFUrk-FA
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats
Remarks
None.