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CURSO: RESEARCH IN LITERATURE/LINGUISTICS
SIGLA: LET1367
CREDITOS: 10
MODULOS: 02
REQUISITOS: LET1335
TIPO: SEMINARIO
CALIFICACION: ESTANDAR
DISCIPLINA: LITERATURA / LINGUISTICA


I. DESCRIPTION

This course ?in a seminar mode- aims at providing different theoretical approaches and tools for the study and analysis of translation, literary, linguistic, discoursal and applied linguistic problem areas worth exploring and doing applied research on. The review of the most recently published literature in these areas will make the student aware of the nature of the problems in each field and will disclose in him/her possibilities of applied research according to his/her interests.


II. OBJECTIVES

Generals:

1. To acquire a general view of the most recently published literature in each English language discipline.

2. To evaluate the reviewed literature and discover relevant problem areas to plan applied research according to teacher/student interests.


Specifics:

1. To do bibliographical research in an English language discipline

2. To acquire and evaluate different theoretical approaches in each discipline for a better understanding of relevant problem areas.

3. To identify possible areas of research according to teacher/student interests.

4. To gather corpora for the analysis of identified problems worth doing research on.

5. To select a theoretical approach and apply it to the analysis and interpretation of a relevant problem identified in the corpus.

6. To produce a written research paper containing the theoretical framework used, the analysis and interpretation of the analyzed data and projections in the field of knowledge.


III. CONTENTS

1. The contents will correspond to the topic chosen as the object of study.


IV. METHODOLOGY

- Group work: discussions, opinions and contributions.
- Individual work.
- Oral presentation for the class.


V. EVALUATION

- One grade for regular progress reports and the resarch project at the end of the semester : 80%
- One grade for an oral group report : 20%


VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography will be established in each case according to the selected discipline of the Seminar and according to teacher/student research interest in the field.



PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
FACULTAD DE LETRAS / Julio 2016