Course Descriptions

LING 507: Thesis Writing


Instructor

Keith Walters

Course Number and Title

LING 507: Thesis Writing

Credits

Four

Course Description

This course covers the research writing elements that are typically found in Applied Linguistics/TESOL, including research writing, reviewing and responding to reviews. As part of the course, students will collect a small amount of data, analyze that data, and present the data as part of a written paper.

Final papers will include an abstract, a literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion and references in the APA style. Students will practice reviewing and giving feedback on papers, both in small groups and writing a formal anonymous review. Students will edit their papers based on this feedback and write a response to the reviews.

Prerequisites
LING 560 and LING 561
Major Assignments
    • Empirical research paper
    • Anonymous review of peer's paper
    • Response letter to peer's review of your paper

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition. (2001).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

( ISBN 13: 978-1-55798-791-4)

Other Relevant Information

Course Requirements & Weighting

  • Participation in class, on-line discussions 20%
  • Constructive, timely peer feedback (online & within groups) 15%
  • Anonymous review 15%
  • Final paper 50%


Timeline: This course will require fairly intense work on writing, with weekly deadlines for drafts and revisions. There will also be a weekly requirement to read and respond to your peers’ writing. You should come to class with a basic literature review, research question and methodology that can then be revised during the quarter.


Updated: 31-Aug-2009