FF:AJU2902 Master's Thesis Seminar - Course Information

AJU2902 Master's Thesis Seminar

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Thomas Rankin, Dr. phil.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJU2901 Research design

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Abstract

Students individually consult on their work with the thesis supervisor based on the needs of the student and with a view to the quality and timely completion of the work. In this programme students write a thesis in the field of foreign language teaching according to the project of their diploma thesis.

Learning outcomes

The students are able to: • conduct and evaluate classroom research • appropriately present their research in written form • write several chapters of their theses, including theoretical part, review of literature, empirical part

Key topics

This subject is organized individually. The supervisor typically addresses the following aspects of the emerging manuscript: • The appropriateness of data collection and analysis with regard to the selected tradition. • The appropriateness of the presentation of selected findings. • The structure of the theoretical part and of the review of literature, the appropriateness of the presentation of theoretical background. • The correctness and accuracy of references to other works. • Adherence to the APA style.

Study resources and literature

recommended literature
• POKORNÝ, Jiří. Úspěšnost zaručena : jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004. 207 s. ISBN 807204348X.
• Dörnyei, Z. (2007). Research methods in applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Further literature for the diploma thesis seminar is assigned on an individual basis based on the topic of the thesis. | (in Czech) Literatura pro diplomový seminář je předepsána individuálně podle tématu práce.
• ECO, Umberto a Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7.
• Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research. Planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education.
• KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena a Dušan ŠIMEK. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce : jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007. 90 s. ISBN 9788024415895.
• BELL, Judith. Doing your research project : a guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005, xv, 267. ISBN 0335215041. info

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

The minimum of 2 individual consultations, reading, individual work of the student.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

The supervisors award the credit on the basis of the requirements that they agreed on with the students at the beginning. Typically, students meet their supervisor a minimum of 2 times and produce several chapters from the theoretical part, review of literature and empirical part of the thesis.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJU2903 Master’s Thesis
  AJU2902  

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