Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Language Research (LASC11091)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Language Sciences |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course aims to provide you with some basic research skills essential for all postgraduate work, such as obtaining research materials through bibliographic databases, writing an academic essay, and referencing appropriately. These sessions, as well as preparation sessions for the dissertation, are delivered to students on the MSc in English Language and the MSc in Applied Linguistics. The second half of the course consists of a specialised set of research methods workshops for each MSc (quantitative and qualitative sociolinguistics for the MScAL, and corpus linguistics and dialectology for the MScEL). |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 11:10 - 13:00 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. 1.17 Dugald Stewart Building |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| To acquire the research skills essential to postgraduate work in the various subdisciplines of linguistics. |
Assessment Information
| Students will complete a 2000-word project set in these workshops as the assessment for this course. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Claire Cowie
Tel: (0131 6)50 8392
Email: claire.cowie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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