The mark
for the module will be derived from students’ acknowledgement of course
contents (20%), and a final assignment (80%):
(1) Acknowledgement of course contents (20%)
Students’
acknowledgement of course contents will be based on either students’ attendance
to lectures (for in-class students), or a
short assignment (for on-line
students).
On-line students
(and those that could not attend to at least 80% of in-class sessions) should
write a short theoretical essay dealing with the main contents of the course
(all the slides are available in the Aula
Virtual), in order to show that they have also followed all course
contents.
This short essay
should answer the following question:
“Which are the main
issues to take into account when writing a research project?”
You can summarize
the information included in the slides, but please note that you should do it
in a formal written prose (not in a schematic way, as the slides) and include, whenever necessary, your own point of view.
The length of this essay should be
between 2,500 to 4,000 words.
(2) Final assignment (80%)
Your final written
assignment will focus on critical evaluations of research papers, and you will
have to do the following tasks:
1. Exchange with one of your peers
a final paper you need to hand in for any of the MELACOM courses, and help your
peer by completing this Peer Review Checklist for an academic paper. If you cannot obtain a paper from one of your peers,
analyse one of the research papers you have already handed in.
2. Analyse these three papers (article
1, article 2 & article
3) dealing with the teaching of pronunciation and fill in a Checklist for the critical evaluation of a research paper.
You
will have to fill in the checklists, and write a brief paper (minimum 6,000
words) commenting on the results of your analyses, in a formal written
prose, and including introduction-body-conclusion (and appendices).
Deadline: 30th June 2010