Methodology of Academic Research and Intellectual Property Fundamentals

Course: «Applied Linguistics (Translation Editing and Expert Linguistic Analysis)»

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Methodology of Academic Research and Intellectual Property Fundamentals
Code
ННД.01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. To assess individual academic and scientific-professional activity, to build and implement an effective strategy of self-development and professional self-improvement. PLO 3. To implement modern methods and techniques, in particular informational, in order to perform a successful and effective professional activity and guarantee the quality of research in an applied linguistics field. PLO 4. To assess and analyze critically the vital social, individual, and professional issues and to offer tactics of their solution, in difficult and unpredictable conditions, which requires the application of new approaches and forecasting. PLO 17. To plan, organize, perform, and present research and/or innovative developments in an applied linguistics field. PLO 18. To present the results of one’s research to the academic community in academic publications or presentations at conferences, round tables, seminars, etc.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know the main stages of the research process. To be able to collect and process information. To have elementary skills in scientific research.
Course content
The subject of the academic discipline is the modern methodology of science, a set of methodological tools of science, as well as the right of intellectual property and the commercialization of the results of intellectual activity. The discipline consists of two content modules. The module "Methodology of scientific research" forms an understanding of science as research, reveals the meaning of the concepts of "methodology", "methodology", and "research methods", and introduces the specific-scientific, general-scientific, and philosophical levels of methodology. The module "Fundamentals of intellectual property" reveals the role of intellectual property as intellectual capital in the socio-economic development of society and its place in humanitarian science, and introduces the main forms and mechanisms of commercialization of the results of intellectual activity. The module "Research Methods in linguistics" reviews the main methods of linguistic analysis and methodological aspects of writing a master's thesis.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Evans V., Green M. Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction. Routledge, 2006. Fulk, (2016) R.D. Philological methods / The Cambridge handbook of English historical linguistics / Edited by M.Kyto and P.Pahta. Cambridge University Press. Gauch, H.G. Jr. Scientific Method in Brief. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Lakoff G., Johnson M. Metaphors We Live By. University of Chicago Press, 2003. Lakoff G., Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind. University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning activities during the semester: • Lectures, discussions; • oral answers in practical classes; • additions, participation in the discussion; • modular test.
Assessment methods and criteria
The credit, maximum number of points during the semester – 100 points; Semester evaluation: Oral answer: LO 1.1–1.3, 2.1–2.3, 3.1, 4.1 - 46 points Additions, participation in the discussion: LO 1.1–1.3, 2.1–2.3, 3.1, 4.1 - 12 points Modular test: LO 4.2 - 42 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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