Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor and Lecturer
Linda Cupples
Contact via Email
Australian Hearing Hub, 16UA, Level 3 North, Room 517
By appointment
Administration
Margaret Wood
Contact via 9850 8740
12 Second Way, Level 5
Tutor and Lecturer
Titia Benders
Contact via Email
Australian Hearing Hub, 16UA, Level 3 North, Room 435
By appointment
Lecturer
Maria Herke
Contact via Email
12 Second Way, Level 5
By appointment
Tutor
Deanna Wong
Contact via Email
12 Second Way, Level 5
By appointment
Tutor
Kelly Miles
Contact via Email
Australian Hearing Hub, 16UA, Level 1 Audiology Section
By appointment
Tutor
Jo Fitzgibbon
Contact via Email
By appointment
Tutor
Thembi Dube
Contact via Email
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above including 6cp from LING210 or LING217 or LING211 or LING218 or LING214 or PSY238 or LING216 or LING219 or LING220
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
6cp in LING or SPH units at 300 level
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit integrates material covered in previous units to help students understand, as they approach graduation, how their program of study fits together. We explore the use of different types of empirical linguistics data to investigate aspects of language as small as the phoneme or as large as whole texts. The unit is project-based, enabling students to prepare for postgraduate and research studies in linguistics or for a wide range of professions in which collection or analysis of language data is relevant. Also covered are topics relating to the research process more generally, including: critical evaluation of the literature; ethical issues in research; defining research questions; collecting, presenting, analysing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data; providing constructive peer feedback; and effective oral and written presentation skills.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Please note that assessments 2, 3, and 5 must be submitted electronically via the LING399 iLearn website by the time specified on the due date.
Although no mark is assigned for participation in this unit, attendance at tutorials is expected and class rolls will be taken. In addition, please note that tutorial attendance in weeks 6, 9 and 10 is essential for successful completion of assessment tasks 1, 3, and 4 (i.e., formal oral presentations and peer feedback).
There are several points to note in regard to late submission of assignments:
Academic honesty is an integral part of the core values and principles contained in the Macquarie University Ethics Statement. The Policy covering Academic Honesty is available on the web at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Plagiarism is an example of dishonest academic behaviour and is defined by the Policy on Academic honesty as: “Using the work or ideas of another person and presenting this as your own without clear acknowledgement of the source of the work or ideas”.
Plagiarism is a serious breach of the University's rules and carries significant penalties. The Academic honesty Procedure is available at http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/procedure.html
This procedure notes the following responsibilities for students:
The penalties which can be applied for academic dishonesty are outlined in the Academic Dishonesty – Schedule of Penalties which can be found at:http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/schedule_penalties.html
The penalties range from applying a fail grade for the assessment task or requiring the student to re-submit the assessment task for a mark no greater than 50 to applying a fail grade to the unit of study and referral to the University Discipline committee.
You must read the University's Policy and Procedure on Academic Honesty.
In summary, remember that you, as a good student, are responsible for ensuring academic integrity practices are followed at all times. Your first step is to read the University's Academic Honesty Policy, and make sure you know what constitutes good practice. Then make sure you know how to reference and cite correctly. There are other practices we need to consider, and one of these is the potential for collusion.
Informal study groups are encouraged as a good way to assist your learning, but please remember that all your independently assessed assignments must be totally independently completed. Unless you are doing a group project where each member contributes to producing one piece of work, for which you get the one mark, using part or all of someone else's work constitutes collusion and breaches the University's Academic Honesty policy.
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Academic Senate has a set of guidelines for the achievement of grades across the range from fail to high distinction. Your final result will include one of these grades plus a standardised numerical grade (SNG).
On occasion your raw mark for a unit (i.e., the total of your marks for each assessment item) may not be the same as the SNG which you receive.
For more information please refer to the Macquarie University Handbook.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Literature search | 5% | No | Tutorials in wk 6 |
Reflections I and II | 20% | No | Friday 14/9 and 2/11 |
Oral Presentation | 25% | No | 2pm Friday Oct 5 |
Peer Feedback | 10% | No | Tutorials in weeks 9 and 10 |
Project Proposal | 40% | No | Friday Nov 9 (wk 13) |
Due: Tutorials in wk 6
Weighting: 5%
In-class presentation of the results of a database search related to your proposed individual research topic. The presentation should include: your draft research question or area, database name(s), search terms, ten (10) references (including journal articles, books, and/or book chapters) in APA format, with journal impact factors included where available. (NB: If you are absent in week 6, you will need to arrange an alternative presentation time with your tutor.)
Due: Friday 14/9 and 2/11
Weighting: 20%
Two (2) reflections, each worth 10% of the unit mark, will be submitted throughout semester. Each one is to be no more than 300 words in length (12 point font, double-spaced).
Reflection I relates to weeks 1-7 of the unit content. It is due at the end of week 7, on Friday 14th September. It should address the following questions. (1) Why is it essential to critically evaluate information encountered during everyday life, including via print, radio, television, online, and face-to-face, even when it comes from a credible source? (2) What have you learned about ethical conduct over the course of this unit; and how can you apply that knowledge in your future work and personal life? (3) If you were responsible for allocating funds and/or personnel to individual projects, where there were more projects proposed than funds available, which aspect(s) of the projects would have the greatest impact on your decisions and why?
Reflection II relates to weeks 8-12 of the unit and your program of study as a whole. It is due at the end of week 12, on Friday November 2nd. It should address the following questions. (1) How do you think you will use your knowledge of language structure and/or processing in your future work or personal life? (2) What do you see as the benefits and possible shortcomings of a peer review process? (In considering this question, reflect on the feedback you received from your peers on your project proposal throughout the semester - how did that feedback align with your own intuitions and how did you take it into account in attempting to produce a better proposal?) (3) What did you learn in this unit and your program as a whole about providing effective and constructive feedback to your peers? How did your own reactions to feedback from other people influence the feedback that you provided? How will you use this knowledge in your future work or personal life?
Due: 2pm Friday Oct 5
Weighting: 25%
Each student will deliver a 4-minute oral presentation with two (2) accompanying PowerPoint slides in their tutorial class of week 9 or week 10. Regardless of the week in which the oral presentation is delivered, all students must submit the final version of their PowerPoint slides via the iLearn website by 2pm on Friday October 5th (i.e., week 8). The oral presentation and PowerPoint slides should provide a summary of the essential aspects of the student's project proposal under the following headings.
Due: Tutorials in weeks 9 and 10
Weighting: 10%
Each student will provide (anonymous) peer feedback in the form of comments and/or questions on the oral presentations delivered by other students during tutorials in weeks 9 and 10. The comments will be submitted at the time of the presentations and passed on to each speaker by the tutor.
Note: Full marks for this assessment will be awarded to students who provide feedback to all other students in their tutorial group. Otherwise, a percentage of the nominated 10% will be allocated; for example, if feedback were provided for 20 out of 25 students, a mark of 8% would be awarded (i.e., 20/25 X 10%). If you miss one of your allocated tutorials in week 9 or 10 due to illness or unavoidable circumstance, and if special consideration is granted, your mark for this assessment will be based on feedback provided in the tutorial you attended. If you miss both weeks, your final mark for the unit will be based on all other assessment components (i.e., a mark out of 90 will be computed and then converted to a percentage).
Due: Friday Nov 9 (wk 13)
Weighting: 40%
Each student will prepare and submit a 2,000 word proposal (12 point font, double-spaced, with 2 cm margins) for an individualised research project that s/he has designed over the course of the unit. A complete reference list must be appended to the proposal, but will not be included in the 2,000 word limit. The proposal will be based loosely on that required for an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (ARC DP). It will cover the following aspects.
Lectures: For this unit, students attend one 1-hour lecture per week from weeks 1 to 7, which is scheduled for Tuesdays from 10 am to 11 am in 23 Wally's Walk, T1 Theatre. The lecture programme is outlined in this guide.
Tutorials: There is one 2-hour tutorial per week for this unit. Tutorials begin in the second week of semester and run until week 13. Five optional tutorial times are offered as indicated below.
Note: Students will be able to access the recording of the lecture through iLearn, but no recordings will be available for the interactive and problem-based weekly tutorial classes. Students are, therefore, strongly encouraged to attend all tutorials during semester if at all possible.
Tutorial Options |
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Day |
Start Time |
Room |
Tutor |
Monday |
9 am |
25a Wally's Walk, 113 Tutorial Room |
Kelly Miles |
Monday |
11 am |
25a Wally's Walk, G08 Tutorial Room |
Jo Fitzgibbon |
Monday |
1 pm |
11 Wally's Walk, 120 Tutorial Room |
Thembi Dube |
Monday |
3 pm |
8 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Ave, 212 Tutorial Room |
Titia Benders |
Tuesday |
11 am |
25a Wally's Walk, G09 Tutorial Room |
Deanna Wong |
The recommended text for this unit is: Litosseliti, L. (Ed.) (2010). Research methods in linguistics. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury.
A secondary (recommended) text is: Wray, A., & Bloomer, A. (2013). Projects in linguistics and language studies (3rd Edition). New York, N.Y.: Routledge
See the unit website for details of other required readings for tutorials and assessment exercises.
The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au
Word processing is needed for completing assessments 1, 2, 3, and 5; internet access is needed for downloading lecture and tutorial materials and for uploading assignments.
No other technologies.
Week |
Beginning |
Lecture Topic |
Tutorial Activities |
1 | Jul 30 |
Introduction to LING399
(Linda Cupples) |
No Tutorials in week 1 |
2 | Aug 6 |
Critical Evaluation of Research (Linda Cupples) Reading: Peach, R. K. (2002). Treatment for phonological dyslexia targeting regularity effects. Aphasiology, 16, 779-789. Critique guidelines are available on iLearn. |
Welcome to the unit!
Group discussion of topics including:
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3 | Aug 13 |
Ethical issues in linguistic research (Linda Cupples) Note: There will be some suggested readings for this week. See the iLearn website for details. |
Group discussion of topics including:
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4 | Aug 20 |
Asking answerable research questions (Linda Cupples) |
Group discussion of topics including:
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5 | Aug 27 |
Research design I: Quantitative (Titia Benders) |
Searching the literature
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6 | Sept 3 |
Research design II: Qualitative (Maria Herke) |
Students' oral presentations, briefly summarising the results of their database search (see Assessment Task 1). Activities around presenting and interpreting quantitative data Continued group discussion of students' individual research questions (focusing on potential associated designs, especially quantitative) |
7 | Sep 10 |
Structuring a research proposal (Linda Cupples) |
Activities around presenting and interpreting qualitative data. Introduction to the structure of the oral presentation assessment (scheduled for weeks 9 and 10).
Continued group discussion of students' individual research questions (focusing on potential associated designs and proposed analysis, especially qualitative). |
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Mid-semester Break |
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8 | Oct 1 |
No Lecture |
No Tutorials in week 8 (Monday Public Holiday) |
9 | Oct 8 | No Lecture | Students' oral presentations |
10 | Oct 15 | No Lecture | Students' oral presentations |
11 | Oct 22 |
No Lecture |
Group and peer discussion of project proposals with a focus on aims, background, significance, and innovation (using expanded oral presentations as a stimulus for discussion). |
12 | Oct 29 | No Lecture |
Group and peer discussion of project proposals with a focus on design, methods, and national benefit (using expanded oral presentations as a stimulus for discussion). Preparing your curriculum vitae (CV) for job applications. |
13 | Nov 5 | No Lecture |
Wrap up!
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