AJU5902 Master's Thesis Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Nicola Catherine Fořtová, B.A., M.A. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Simona Kalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Sedláčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Thomas Rankin, Dr. phil.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJU5901 Research design
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students individually consult their work with the thesis supervisor based on the needs of the student and with a view to the quality and completedness of the work. In this programme students write a thesis in the field of foreign language teaching according to the project of their diploma thesis.
Learning outcomes
The students are able to: • conduct and evaluate classroom research • appropriately present their research in written form • write several chapters of their theses, including theoretical part, review of literature, empirical part
Syllabus
  • This subject is organized individually. The supervisor typically addresses the following aspects of the emerging manuscript: • The appropriateness of data collection and analysis with regard to the selected tradition. • The appropriateness of the presentation of selected findings. • The structure of the theoretical part and of the review of literature, the appropriateness of the presentation of theoretical background. • The correctness and accuracy of references to other works. • Adherence to the APA style.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ECO, Umberto a Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7.
  • POKORNÝ, Jiří. Úspěšnost zaručena : jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004. 207 s. ISBN 807204348X.
  • Further literature for the diploma thesis seminar is assigned on an individual basis based on the topic of the thesis. | (in Czech) Literatura pro diplomový seminář je předepsána individuálně podle tématu práce.
  • Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research. Planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education.
  • Dörnyei, Z. (2007). Research methods in applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena a Dušan ŠIMEK. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce : jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007. 90 s. ISBN 9788024415895.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations, reading, individual work of the student.
Assessment methods
The supervisors award the credit on the basis of the requirements that they agreed on with the students at the beginning. Typically, students produce several chapters from the theoretical part, review of literature and empirical part of the thesis.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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