Research Methods and Techniques

Code:

LLC108

Acronym:

MTP

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=1872
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	24	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	160	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/French	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-German	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-French	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	1	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	1	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

For students of Science of Language:
To train students’ methodology and critical reasoning as required by research in language sciences. To provide students with basic skills in the preparation and execution of research in this scientific domain. To get students familiar with procedures and terminology used in oral and written presentation of linguistic studies, as well as with basic equipment to collect and analyse data and results. To present students a wide array of knowledge about field and experimental work. To give students sufficient knowledge of statistic analysis applied to linguistics. To enhance students’ ability to read scientific papers in the domain of language sciences. All these purposes will be actively worked out during the semester by means of simulating a small research project whose results will be publicly debated in a colloquium organized by the end of the semester.

Program

For students of Science of Language:
1 – Research in language sciences. Preliminary remarks.
2 – Planning research in language sciences.
3 – Study development.
4 – Results.
5 – Different kinds of sources in research in language sciences.
6 – Specific methodologies in language sciences.
7 – Ethical and deontological rules.
8 – Oral presentations in language sciences.
9 – Written presentations in language sciences.
10 – Some applications of language sciences.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theorical-Pratical classes and Tutorial Classes

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Practical exercices	Teste	16,00		2012-02-11
Exam	Exame	2,00		2012-02-11
Exercices	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	40,00		2012-02-11
Study	Exame	48,00		2012-02-11
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

To be specified by the teacher

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.