Mentor's Seminar

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа лингвистики

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Макарчук Илья Владимирович

Рыжова Дарья Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The aim of the course is the professional formation of MA students, preparing them for the prospective academic career. We discuss academic project design, individual projects led by invited speakers as well as by the students themselves, as well as different modes of presenting their research, including oral conference presentations, slides and posters. The general focus is on a wider coverage of research problems and methods of linguistic study, which means inviting experts from different areas of linguistics to talk about their research.

Learning Objectives

• to introduce the students to the methods of and issues in modern linguistic research

Expected Learning Outcomes

• acquiring skills in linguistic data collection, analysis and interpretation
• experience of ‘real life’ research, including problem setting, conformity to deadlines
• training skills of academic presentation and co-operation
• training skills of critical academic reading and communication
• understanding principles of approach to language studies in the domains determined by the selected fields

Course Contents

• Master-classes
• Discussions of students' research projects

Assessment Elements

• Test or essay
  A student’s success in each segment of guest lectures is assessed basing on a written assignment which may be a mini-research, an essay or a test, to be determined by the instructor responsible for this segment and to be submitted / accomplished at the end of the segment.
• Home assignments
  A student’s success in each segment of guest lectures is assessed basing on a written assignment which may be a mini-research, an essay or a test, to be determined by the instructor responsible for this segment and to be submitted / accomplished at the end of the segment.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.5 * Home assignments + 0.5 * Test or essay
• 2026/2027 3rd module
  0.5 * Home assignments + 0.5 * Test or essay

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Academic writing : a handbook for international students, Bailey, S., 2008
• Chelliah, S. L., & Reuse, W. J. de. (2011). Handbook of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork. Springer.
• Evans, V., & Green, M. (2006). Cognitive Linguistics : An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=163366
• Gáliková, S. (2016). Academic Writing : Selected Topics in Writing an Academic Paper. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1235840
• Pourcel, S., & Evans, V. (2009). New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=283987

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills, Swales, J. M., 2012

Authors

• DYACHKOVA ANNA EVGENEVNA
• RYZHOVA Daria ALEKSANDROVNA