15EM001 - Academic Writing Methodology

Course specification
Course title		Academic Writing Methodology
Acronym		15EM001
Study programme		English Language and Literature
Module
Type of study		second degree master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Zorica Đergović-Joksimović prof. dr Ivana Đurić Paunović prof. dr Maja Marković prof. dr Aleksandra Izgarjan prof. dr Sabina Halupka-Rešetar prof. dr Arijana Luburić-Cvijanović prof. dr Aleksandar Kavgić prof. dr Nataša Milivojević prof. dr Biljana Radić-Bojanić prof. dr Olga Panić Kavgić prof. dr Sonja Filipović prof. dr Radmila Bodrič prof. dr Borislava Eraković prof. dr Mirna Radin Sabadoš prof. dr Diana Prodanović-Stankić prof. dr Gordana Lalić-Krstin prof. dr Nataša Milićević prof. dr Danijela Prošić-Santovac prof. dr Jagoda Topalov prof. dr Viktorija Krombholc prof. dr Bojana Vujin prof. dr Ana Halas Popović prof. dr Vladislava Gordić Petković prof. dr Tvrtko Prćić prof. dr Zoran Paunović prof. dr Predrag Novakov
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		prof. dr Sabina Halupka-Rešetar prof. dr Biljana Radić-Bojanić
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status
Condition		no prerequsites	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		The objective of this course is to familiarize students with academic and scholarly research methods and writing practices at the postgraduate and doctoral levels.
The outcome		Students will become able to independently search for and gather relevant material, locate documentation and evidence, and write scholarly work at the postgraduate and doctoral levels.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Select and formulate topics for scholarly work. Conduct research in libraries and archives: research libraries and archival collections. Bibliographies: alphabetical (Latin and Cyrillic), chronological, by author, subject, description, element, selection, critical, personal, primary, secondary, reference lists, annotated. Library catalogs. Databases. General and specialized manuals. Selection and use of literature and other sources. Methods of collecting, organizing, and analyzing sources. Compiling bibliographies for a research project. Scholarly manuscripts. Outline and research plans for papers, and final drafts. Manuscript documentation for manuscripts: citations, footnotes, indexes, and appendices. Technical aspects of producing manuscripts. Transcription and transliteration. Thesis presentation and/or defense.
Contents of exercises		Formulate topics for scholarly work. Rationale for thesis and an outline. Compile chronological and alphabetical bibliographies. Research in an online library. Analysis and excerpts of materials from primary and secondary sources.
Literature
Blaxter, Loraine, et. al. How to Research. Buckingham: Open University Press. 2001. (Original title) Cohen, Louis, et. al. Research Methods in Education. London and New York: Routledge. 2007. (Original title) Kleut, Marija. 2008 Scholarly Work from Reserach to Print. Novi Sad: Akademska knjiga. Litosseliti, Lia. ed. Research Methods in Linguistics. London: Continuum. 2010. (Original title) Manning, Anthony, et. al. Transferable Academic Skills Kit. Reading: Garnet Education. 2007. (Original title) Šamić, Midhat. How to Create a Scholarly Work. Sarajevo: Svjetlost. 2003.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2
Methods of teaching		Lectures, corpus analysis, research, analysis of students' papers.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		20	Test paper	40
Practical lessons			Oral examination	30
Projects		10
Colloquia
Seminars

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