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GRADUATE INSTITUTE of SOCIAL SCIENCES / DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE
Applied Linguistics-Masters with Thesis
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GRADUATE INSTITUTE of SOCIAL SCIENCES / DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE / Applied Linguistics-Masters with Thesis
Katalog Ana Sayfa
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IDE5920CORPUS BASED APPLICATIONS3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
Lecturer--
Co-LecturerAsst.Prof,Dr. ALI SUKRU OZBAY
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
THE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONDUCT A RESEARCH STUDY ON THE TOPICS THEY ARE ASSIGNED BY FOLLOWING THE STANDARD RESEARCH PROCESSES BASED ON THE CRITERIA OUTLINED.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 :  gain familiarity with the terminology, methods, and literature of corpus linguistics
PO - 2 :  demonstrate familiarity with a range of English-language corpora
PO - 3 :  appropriate use of corpus linguistics for purposes of language research.
PO - 4 :  gain knowledge on the use corpus tools and methodologies to interpret the language patterns
PO - 5 :  knowledge on how to use computer tools for analyzing and handling corpus data;
PO - 6 :  knowledge on how to exploit corpora as a tool for continued language learning.
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
This course aims to produce research articles through the allocation of corpus-related research subjects to the each student and the whole time will be spent on developing your research article. The final evaluation will be the finished product, of course. One research topic, for instance, will be the comparison of adverbials in several different corpora in terms of frequency and prosodic awareness.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Research Topic Allocation
 Week 2 Determining the Boundaries
 Week 3Researching the subject matter from the relevant literature
 Week 4Researching the subject matter from the relevant literature
 Week 5Researching the subject matter from the relevant literature
 Week 6Introduction, Research Questions
 Week 7Deciding Corpus Methodology, Tools and other related data collection procedures
 Week 8Literature
 Week 9Literature
 Week 10Method and data analysis
 Week 11Data Analysis
 Week 12Data Analysis
 Week 13Discussion of the Findings
 Week 14Discussion of the Findings
 Week 15Discussion of the Findings
 Week 16Revision and Final Draft Submission
 
Textbook / Material
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 20/042016 2,00 25
Project 11 4/05/2016 100 25
End-of-term exam 15 24/05/2016 2,00 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Arasınav için hazırlık 12 7 84
Arasınav 2 1 2
Proje 10 1 10
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 10 7 70
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load210