English for Thesis Work (1cr)
Code: LUV6007-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2020 - 31.10.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 11.01.2021 - 31.05.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Kielten ja viestinnän opetus (KVO)
- Campus
- Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 70
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Media
Evaluation scale
Approved/Rejected
Objective
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Content
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Location and time
Online on the Moodlerooms course and Theseus.
The course is completed during one semester. Deadlines have been set along the semester, but faster completion is possible too. The students can work at their own pace for the most part.
Materials
Moodlerooms course online and Theseus.
Teaching methods
This course helps students with writing about their thesis reports and abstracts in English. It is done online, in Moodlerooms, by completing learning assignments in a given order. The assignments cover Academic English: its register and style, typical grammar structures, features of formal written language in scientific reports and summaries (e.g. vocabulary and phrases), and writing as a process. The tasks also include reporting about the status, the aims, and the topic of a thesis, familiarising oneself with the language and structure of Abstracts, distinquishing between different types of abstracts, and analysing media abstracts.
The student can proceed either according to the deadlines or faster at his/her own pace. The course is aimed at students at the end of their studies, at the start or during the thesis process, but no thesis topic is required before starting the course.
Student workload
The principles of scientific writing, vocabulary, style and structures (independent work and possible online lessons and contact with the teacher) 10 h; Grammar (structures) material and independent study 7h ; Independent writing tasks and related feedback and answers 10h.
The course is done within one semester. The tasks include given deadlines but the student may also complete them in a faster pace. The student works primarily independently.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Passing the learning assignments. The student understands the style and register of final year thesis abstracts and scientific texts. The student is able to form a clear structure and an informative title in the Abstract and is able to use the central grammar structures and terminology of scientific English. The student becomes familiar with other final year thesis abstracts in media studies. The student also comprehends the process of writing the abstract.