Course teacher(s)
Philippe DE BRABANTER (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
english
Course content
The course focuses on what it means to do research in English linguistics.
- it familiarises students with the actual published literature (this year, in sociolinguistics).
- it familiarises students with scientific writing in linguistics.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
The two main goals are:
1. introducing students to the rich literature in sociolinguistic research
2. teaching students to write a linguistics paper, which will take the form of a review of the literature relevant to a research question in sociolinguistics. The end product will look every bit like a publishable paper.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and Corequired knowledge and skills
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GERM-B300 |
CEFRL |
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Oral production |
B2 |
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Written production |
B2 |
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Listening comprehension |
B2+ |
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Reading comprehension |
B2+ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages
Teaching methods and learning activities
Weekly lectures:1 credit
Exercises: 2 credits
Personal work (joint research paper): 2 credits
Contribution to the teaching profile
How to identify, make sense of and digest the scientific literature relevant to a particular research topic
How to write an academic paper
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Meyerhoff, M. (2018), Introducing Sociolinguistics, 3rd ed., Routledge.
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
MAIL : Philippe.De.Brabanter@ulb.be
OFFICE : AZ4.109
Office hours by appointment
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Oral examination
- Written report
Oral examination
Written report
Joint paper (groups of 2): literature review
Individual oral exam on M. Meyerhoff's book
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
The joint paper is worth 50% of the final mark.
The oral exam is worth 50% of the final mark.
Students who didn't obtain the credits for the course in June will have to redo in August all the parts of the evaluation for which they got less than 10.
Language(s) of evaluation
- english