LING 5022 - Linguistics Research Seminar I

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016

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In this course students develop their knowledge and skills for carrying out research in Linguistics/Applied Linguistics. The course is set up to complement the core subjects for postgraduate coursework students. It is designed to function as a precursor to dissertation projects that many coursework students will enrol at the final stage of their program. Specific focus will be on extending the students' understanding on some of the important methods that are being used in the field. Students will be required to develop their research proposal with clear ideas on methodology. The course is to be run in conjunction with existing Linguistics graduate/Honours seminar series, in which research students present their work each week. The coursework students will have regular exposure to authentic research projects and familiarise themselves with research processes.

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Course Details

Course Code	LING 5022
Course	Linguistics Research Seminar I
Coordinating Unit	Linguistics
Term	Semester 1
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Restrictions	Available to GradCertAppLing, GradDipAppLing & MA(AppLing) students only
Assessment	2000 word research proposal (30%), research project presentation (30%), 2000 word topic review (20%), reading presentation (10%), participation and attendance (10%)

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Think critically and analyse perspicaciously language issues
2	Demonstrate knowledge of the importance of language for culture, identity and well-being
3	Participate in linguistic activities all over the globe
4	Demonstrate awareness of issues of traditional cultural expressions and Intellectual Property (IP) of owners and custodians of the language
5	Draw comparisons between various languages, identifying common features and points of difference
6	Write a coherent, logically-argued, scholarly, original and perspicacious essay, which demonstrates thinking and which involves linguistics, drawing on a range of perspectives and source material in answer to a question posed
7	Understand the newly-established trans-disciplinary field of enquiry ‘Revivalistics’.

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Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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