Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Language Research (LASC11091)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course will develop understanding of the process of research, and equip students to make a research contribution in Linguistics and English Language.
Course description	The course focuses on understanding and evaluating existing research, principles of research design and hypothesis testing, and effective communication of research findings. Students will work through a representative research articles in different areas of linguistics in a supported way. Together we will consider how research goals are indicated, methods are outlined, data is presented, and results interpreted. There will be additional sessions on statistical literacy, designing a research question, data collection, applying for ethical approval, timeline of the dissertation and writing up.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: learn how to develop a research question of their own design an appropriate study to answer their question learn principles of statistical analysis learn effective ways of communicating research findings