551.319 (20W) Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics
Overview
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- Lecturer
- Course title german Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics
- Type Workgroup (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Blended learning course
- Online proportion 50%
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 8.0
- Registrations 6 (20 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- Course begins on 13.10.2020
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should produce a first proposal for their planned MA thesis.
Students should be familiar with the academic writing process and its phases and entialed components and also reflect upon their own writing experiences.
Students should acquire concrete strategies to be able to come up with the first proposal for their planned MA thesis (including preliminary research question, data and method, overall structure and relevant literature).
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
- theoretical input regarding academic writing process, strategies etc.
- self-study and online-assignments regarding the various phases and applied strategies
- student presentations regarding their first ideas (depending on students' progress in their MA thesis writing phase)
Course content
- academic writing process and its phases
- norms and conventions of academic writing
- working with academic literature
- working on the research idea
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Literature
literature will be available on moodle
Examination information
Examination methodology
- regular assignments
- research journal
- research proposal
- presentation
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Master's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 812, Version: 18W.1)
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Subject: Linguistics
(Compulsory elective)
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2.7 Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (
0.0h AG / 8.0 ECTS)
- 551.319 Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h AG / 8.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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2.7 Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (
0.0h AG / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Linguistics
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 812, Version: 11W.1)
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Subject: Research Design in English & American Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Research Forum [focussing, amongst others, on issues in Gender Studies] (
0.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
- 551.319 Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h AG / 8.0 ECTS)
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Research Forum [focussing, amongst others, on issues in Gender Studies] (
0.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Research Design in English & American Studies
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Wintersemester 2023/24
- 551.319 AG Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2022/23
- 551.319 AG Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2021/22
- 551.319 AG Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2019/20
- 551.319 AG Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2019
- 551.322 SE Early Thesis Forum: Linguistics (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2017/18
- 551.319 SE Research Forum: Linguistics (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2015/16
- 551.319 SE Research Forum: Linguistics I (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2014/15
- 551.319 SE Research Forum: Linguistics I (2.0h / 8.0ECTS)