Course: Student Linguistics Competition

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Course title Student Linguistics Competition
Course code KBH/VS14M
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bednaříková Božena, doc. PhDr. Dr.
Course content
The Student Linguistics Competition provides an opportunity to present the results of students' partial research conducted as part of preparing a bachelor's or master's thesis, a research paper, a seminar paper, or a student grant project (e.g., IGA). Students may also work in small research teams of a maximum of three members. Both bachelor's and master's degree students are eligible to apply. The competition conference is usually held at the beginning of May, and the best papers advance to the national round, which takes place as part of the International Meeting of Young Linguists in Olomouc in the second half of May.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The competition is open to students of the Bachelor's and Master's study programmes in Czech Philology. The task of each registered student is to submit a sample of their work of approximately 15 standard pages (approx. 27,000 characters) and to present the submitted work orally within 15 minutes on the day of the competition. The competition papers deal with language, linguistics, or related borderline disciplines (e.g., sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics), but are otherwise not thematically restricted.
Academic Argumentation: Critically reflect on one's own and others' scholarly texts, defend one's conclusions in academic discussion with well-founded arguments, and respond to questions from opponents or the audience. Academic Communication: Effectively and clearly present the results of one's own research activities to an expert audience within a given time limit. Autonomy and Self-Reflection: Independently design and execute a smaller research output (scholarly paper) and reflect on the level of one's own academic training.
Prerequisites
Completion of basic linguistics courses and the ability to present one's own academic text

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Requirements for the elaboration of the competition paper: a) The written version contains the requirements customary for academic papers (introduction, theoretical part, research part - description of the method, analysis of linguistic data, results, conclusion, list of references). b) The oral version accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation. c) Answers to the questions of the competition jury, discussion. Evaluation criteria: a) Ability to apply secondary literature. b) Written version: text structure, formulation of the aim and conclusion, material analysis, interpretation. c) Oral presentation: PowerPoint presentation. d) Discussion: response to questions.
Recommended literature
  • Podle tematického zaměření práce. Doporučí konzultant..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -