| Course title | Methodology of Academic Research |
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| Course code | KAA/ASK2 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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The course begins with a series of general sessions focusing on the essential skills needed for academic research and writing. Topics include finding and working with academic sources, academic style and argumentation, citation conventions, plagiarism and the use of AI, as well as presenting research. Students will also be introduced to the requirements and organisation of the Final Research Project (ASK3), the process of selecting a supervisor and the research topics available in the department. The second half of the course is divided into two parts, focusing on linguistic research and literary research. Students will be introduced to different research approaches and methodologies, including experimental, corpus-based and theoretical approaches in linguistics, and various methods of literary research. These sessions will help students explore possible research areas, identify suitable topics and make an informed decision about the focus of their own Final Research Project.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
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| Learning outcomes |
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In the first part of the course, students will become familiar with the general methodological principles of academic writing. They will learn the basic principles of working with data and academic literature. In the second part, they will be introduced to research methodology in linguistics and literary studies. The aim of the course is to provide students with a foundation in academic research in linguistics and literary studies and help them decide which type of research they would like to pursue as part of their final research paper (ASK3). At the end of the course, students will prepare an abstract outlining their proposed project for the follow-up course ASK3. The abstract will be based on their own research proposal and will define the topic and focus of their future research paper.
The course is focused on acquiring competence in reading and academic writing. |
| Prerequisites |
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The course is intended for undergraduate students of English Philology. They choose it no later than two semesters before their planned research paper defense, i.e., typically in the spring semester of their second year of study or, at the latest, in the autumn semester of their third year. Prerequisites: KAA/ ASK1 and either ULOO (for literary research papers) or UJOO (linguistic papers).
KAA/UJOO ----- or ----- KAA/ULOO |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance, Dialog
Attendance, homework, active participation, independent work on one's own topic, submission of an annotation of the research project. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2026) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2025) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2025) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |