Course teacher(s)
Emma Vanden Wyngaerd (Coordinator) and Philippe DE BRABANTERECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
english
Course content
Where Market Research meets Multilingualism research: methods in quantitative linguistics
The seminar requires students to read and discuss articles on multilingualism and to get acquainted with methods in quantitative linguistics.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
- learn how to use an online survey to conduct quantitative linguistic research
- be introduced to tools which can be used to collect and analyse survey data (R, LimeSurvey)
- write a research paper and deliver an oral presentation presenting your findings.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and Corequired knowledge and skills
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GERM-B555 |
CEFRL |
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Oral production |
C1 |
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Written production |
C1 |
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Listening comprehension |
C1 |
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Reading comprehension |
C1 |
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Teaching methods and learning activities
- Seminar: 2 credits
- Individual work: 2 credits
- Oral presentations: 1 credit
Contribution to the teaching profile
This course makes the following contributions:
1. Training students to think critically (by insisting on preciselfy defined concepts and rigorous analyses)
2. Developing students' command of English
3. Making students aware of the close connections between social factors and speakers' linguistic choices
4. Training students to adopt a scientific approach to language phenomena (cf. point 1)
4.1. They learn to formulate a research question
4.2. They learn to plan a research assignment
4.3. They learn to identify the relevant literature
4.4. They learn to write a scientific paper in English
4.5. They learn to think independently but also to cooperate with classmates
5. Helping students give a state-of-the-art oral presentation
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
See portfolio (articles and book chapters) on the UV
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
Emma Vanden Wyngaerd
AZ4.109
emma.vanden.wyngaerd@ulb.be
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Personal work
- Oral presentation
- Other
- Written report
Personal work
Oral presentation
Other
Written report
- Active classroom participation
- Hands-on engagement with quantitative methods
- A term paper: 3500-4500 words, with references and footnotes
- Oral presentation/defence of the paper
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
The final grade for the course will be determined by the following components
- Final paper (50%)
- Survey (15%)
- R-script (15%)
- Oral presentation (20%)
Students must get at least 10/20 on the paper in order to be allowed to give their oral presentation.
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