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Lesson 1
Lesson 1
Lesson 1
Lectures 15 hours
Practical classes 15 hours
Independent work 60 hours
Exam (written form)
Research Term paper (20 pages)
Lectures
Research in linguistics
General structure of a research paper
Literature review
Research questions
Methodology in linguistic research
Writing the research paper. Stylistic
requirements
Ethics in linguistic research/ Documenting
sources
Formating the paper
Practical Classes
Learning to read critically. Note taking. Active
reading.
Academic writing style. Writing tips.
Avoiding plagiarism: quoting, summarising,
paraphrasing.
Signposting sentences.
Writing a literature review.
Analysing the data.
Writing the introduction.
Writing the conclusion.
References
1. Eco, U. How to write a thesis.
Cambridge, Massachussets, London,
England: The MIT Press, 2015.
RESEARCH: an Overview
1. Defining research
2. Characteristic features
3. Types of research papers
4. Research stages
Defining research
Research is an organized and systematic
way of finding answers to questions.
ORGANIZED
SYSTEMATIC
FINDING ANSWERS
QUESTIONS
Characteristic features
Research stages
1. Choosing a topic;
2. Identifying academic sources;
3. Reading
- making card files;
formulating research questions;
writing a review of literature;
4. Doing research
collecting data for analysis;
processing the data;
analysing the data.
5. Writing the paper
Remember!
Becoming an experienced researcher and writer
in any field or discipline takes a great deal of
practice. There are few individuals for whom this
process comes naturally. Remember, even the
most seasoned academic veterans have had to
learn how to write a research paper at some
point in their career. Therefore, with diligence,
organization, practice, willingness to learn (and
to make mistakes!), and, perhaps most
important of all, patience, a student will find that
she can achieve great things through her
research and writing.