LGER0110-1

Duration

15h Th, 30h Ex., 5d FT Tr. Pr.

Number of credits

	Master in modern languages and literatures : Germanics, research focus	10 crédits
	Master in modern languages and literatures : general, reasearch focus	10 crédits

Lecturer

Robert Möller, Claus Telge, Vera Viehöver

Coordinator

Vera Viehöver

Language(s) of instruction

German language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

In dem Kurs geht es um die verschiedenen Probleme der Forschung in den Bereichen Deutsche Literatur und Deutsche Linguistik. Dabei werden sowohl praktische Aspekte (Literaturrecherche, Methodik) beleuchtet als auch Fragen der inhaltlichen Konzeption. Der genauere Inhalt richtet sich nach den Interessen der eingeschriebenen Studierenden (und deren Wahl zwischen Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik).

Die Studierenden, die den Kurs belegen möchten, werden gebeten, sich zwecks Absprache der Termine und des Themas mit den Kursleitern in Verbindung zu setzen:

vera.viehover@uliege.be (Literatur)
claus.telge@uliege.be (Literatur)
r.moller@uliege.be (Linguistik)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

In diesem Kurs werden die Studierenden mit wesentlichen Methoden des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens vertraut gemacht.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

gute Deutschkenntnisse

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students will be required to carry out an individual research project, with regular discussion of progress and problems (in terms of design and implementation). The results will be presented in the form of a written paper following the model of a scientific article.

In addition to pursuing individual seminar work, students will take part in the following types of learning activities:

[1] Sessions about general topics related to conducting research, taught in French, for all students taking a research seminar course irrespective of the language chosen.

(a) General sessions:

1)     Open science

2)     Research integrity

3)     The process of publishing scientific work (submission, peer-review, revision)

4)     General introduction to research in literary studies, with a focus on literary studies in the digital age

5)     General introduction to qualitative and quantitative research methods in linguistics

6)     Disseminating science to the general public

Students will have to take part in three sessions in M1 and in the other three in M2. Students who follow the two research seminars in a single year need to take part in all general sessions.

(b) Hands-on sessions, preparing students for the student symposium (see [2]):

1)     Abstract writing (two sessions: theory + workshop)

2)     Designing visual aids (such as PowerPoint slide shows) for a presentation

3)     Oral presentation: finding and using your voice

Students will have to take part in all three hands-on sessions in M1, and they can come unprepared. In M2, by contrast, they only need to participate in the workshop session on abstract writing and in the session on visual aids. They will have to prepare an abstract for the workshop session and a PowerPoint presentation for the second, which will be discussed and evaluated during the respective sessions. Students who follow the two research seminars in a single year need to take part in all hands-on sessions, write two abstracts and prepare two presentations.

[2] Students from all languages and disciplines will have to present their research project at a student symposium, to which all staff and BA3 students of the Modern languages department will be invited as well.

Students will have to prepare an abstract in French and in the foreign language studied according to a specific template, which will be handed out to the audience, and will get 10 minutes to present their research, using visual aids. They can choose to present in French or in the foreign language studied. If they do not present in French, they should prepare the visual aids in French so as to help the audience understand their talk. After each talk, there will be a 5-minute Q&A. Students who follow the two research seminars in a single year need to present their two research projects.

The student symposium will be organized before the May-June exam session so students can incorporate the feedback they received into their research paper.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Further information:

The general sessions organized in the first term (see 1a above) may be taught in hybrid fashion so as to enable students who are on an Erasmus stay abroad to take part remotely.

All the other sessions will be taught face-to-face.

Additional information:

Course materials and recommended or required readings

keine

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Further information:

The collective transversal programme is worth 2 credits, i.e. 20% of the overall course grade. The remaining 8 credits (80%) will be awarded on the basis of the students' active participation in the language-specific seminar as well as their course paper. Both components will be evaluated by the teacher of the language-specific seminar.

For certain specific tasks, the use of artificial intelligence may be authorised after agreement with the teacher. Any other use is prohibited. The use of AI is strictly prohibited in examinations.

A declaration of authenticity must be attached to the written work.

Work placement(s)