TRS:Syllabus

Time: 8:00-9:50, Every other Tuesday, fall and spring semesters. Venue: Nanjing University Xianlin Campus. Instructor: Prof. Ke Ping (kepingATnju.edu.cn). Office hours: By appointment. Office: Rm. 419, Qiaoyu Building (侨裕楼), Nanjing University Xianlin Campus, 163 Xianlin Dadao, Nanjing, China

Description

Thesis Research Seminar (TRS) is a two-semester required course for graduate students on the degree tracks of Translation Studies and Bilingual Lexicography. Its purpose is to expose students to the fundamentals of research and to structure and organize the research activities that will support and inform MA and Ph.D. thesis projects. Students will experience the standards of academic rigor required for academic research and learn to work on the platform of a seminar to develop significant research topics and ideas and to conduct meaningful and focused investigations. Innovative and interdisciplinary researches geared to the urgent needs of the professions of translation and lexicography and/or contributive to the advancement of linguistic and translational studies will be especially encouraged.

By the end of the first semester, students are to submit to course instructor(s) their finalized thesis proposal, using the template Thesis Proposal Form. Towards the end of the second semester, students are to submit to course instructor(s) the detailed outline or draft of their thesis, using the template Typical Thesis Structure.

Material

(1) Main texts

Williams, Jenny, & Chesterman, Andrew. (2002). The map. A beginner’s guide to doing research in translation studies. Manchester, UK: St. Jerome Publishing. 148 pp. [Required reading]

Wen, Qiufang 文秋芳. (2004). Applied linguistics: Research methods and thesis writing 应用语言学研究方法与写作. Beijing 北京: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 外语教学与研究出版社. iii+371 pp. [Required reading]

Ma, Guanghui 马广惠主编. (2003).《外国语言学及应用语言学统计方法》. 陕西杨凌：西北农林大学出版社. 154 pp. [Optional reading]

(2) Course website

http://nlp.nju.edu.cn/kep/TOC/RMRS.html

http://keping.sprinterweb.net/TOC/RMRS.html

(3) Recommended reading

Bochenski, J. M. (1987).《当代思维方法》(童世骏, et al., Trans.). 上海：上海人民出版社. 145 pp.

Brown, James Dean. (2001). Understanding research in second language learning [《外语教学研究方法——教育统计学导读》]. 北京：外语教学与研究，人民教育，剑桥: 剑桥大学. xxxii+219 pp.

Chen, Yanbin, & Zhang, Mingxin 陈延斌、张明新主编.（2004）.《高校文科科研训练与论文写作指导》. 北京：中央编译出版社. 382 pp.

Cryer, Pat. (2004). The Research Student's Guide to Success. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press. xii+276 pp.

Liu, Runqing 刘润清. (1999).《外语教学中的科研方法》. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社. 235 pp.

Qiu, Renzong 邱仁宗. (1984).《科学方法和科学动力学——现代科学哲学概述》. 上海：知识出版社. 216 pp.

Methods of Instruction

Weekly or biweekly class sessions will be held for discussions on research methodology (topics covered including the features of scientific research, the makings of a good researcher; the problem of logic; research topic selection; theoretical models; kinds of research; questions, claims, and hypotheses; relations between variables; the selection and analysis of data, etc.) and students’ proposed research topics, research designs, and thesis development. Students are requested to paste thesis proposals and reports on their ongoing thesis work onto an online forum for preview by other students before presenting them in class for discussion.

Assessment

Course marks will be awarded for ~~determined by~~ the following work~~components~~:

(1) coordinating individual seminar sessions (10%)

(2) attending each seminar session, raising and responding to questions；participating in classroom/online discussions and in exploratory research projects of the class, etc. (10%)

(3) seeking and sharing quality research resources or tools (10%)

(4) research methodology presentations (30%)

(5) thesis proposal and general progress made in the thesis project (40%)

Weekly Schedule

Week	Presentation and Discussion on Research Methodology *	Report and Discussion on Thesis Research
Semester 1
Wks 1-2	☻ Course orientation ℞ W&C 1: Areas of Translation Studies 1 ☻ Basic modes of reality and basic approaches to the understanding of reality ☻ Typical features of scientific research 1	☺ Broad topic area exploration and tentative proposal for the thesis project 1
Wks 3-4	℞ W&C 1: Areas of Translation Studies 2 ☻ Typical features of scientific research 2	☺ Broad topic area exploration and tentative proposal for the thesis project 2
Wks 5-6	℞ W&C 2: From the initial idea to the plan ☻ The makings of a good researcher 1	☺ Broad topic area exploration and tentative proposal for the thesis project 3
Wks 7-8	℞ W&C 3: Theoretical models ☻ The makings of a good researcher 2	☺ Broad topic area exploration and tentative proposal for the thesis project 4
Wks 9-10	℞ W&C 4: Kinds of research ☻ Selecting research topics 1	☺ Formal proposal for the thesis project 1
Wks 11-12	℞ W&C 5: Questions, claims & hypotheses ☻ Selecting research topics 2	☺ Formal proposal for the thesis project 2
Wks 13-14	℞ W&C 6: Relations between variables ☻ Kinds of sources used in research	☺ Formal proposal for the thesis project 3
Wks 15-16	℞ W&C 7: Selecting and analyzing data ☻ Research types ▐ 马 1: [统计方法] 概述	☺ Formal proposal for the thesis project 4
Semester 2
Wks 1-2	ℝ Wen 1: What is research? ℝ Wen 2: Fundamental concepts ☻ Research techniques/strategies	☺ Report on the progress in thesis research 1
Wks 3-4	ℝ Wen 3: Developing research questions ℝ Wen 4: Reading the literature ☻ Argument and evidence ☻ The problem of logic 1 ℝ Wen 9: Basic statistics ▐ 马 3: 描述统计 ▐ 马 2: SPSS入门 ▐ StatSoft: 统计学基础概念.	☺ Report on the progress in thesis research 2
Wks 5-6	ℝ Wen 5: Selecting research designs ℝ Wen 6: A survey study ☻ The problem of logic 2 ℝ ▐ 马 4: 统计表和统计图 ▐ StatSoft: 基本统计分析.	☺ Report on the progress in thesis research 3
Wks 7-8	ℝ Wen 7: An experimental study ☻ The problem of logic 3 ℝ ▐ 马 5: 概率与分布 ▐ StatSoft: ANOVA/MANOVA.	☺ Report on the progress in thesis research 4
Wks 9-10	ℝ Wen 8: A case study ☻ The typical structure of and the crediting of sources in a thesis 1 ▐ 马 6: 差异的显著性检验 ▐ StatSoft: 多项回归分析 {Title in TOC: “Linear regression”}.	☺ Report on the progress in thesis research 5
Wks 11-12	ℝ Wen 11: The analysis of qualitative data ☻ The typical structure of and the crediting of sources in a thesis 2 ▐ 马 7: 相关分析	☺ Report on the progress in thesis research 6
Wks 13-14	℞ W&C 10: Assessing your research ℝ Wen 12: An overview of thesis writing ☻ The typical structure of and the crediting of sources in a thesis 3 ▐ 马 8: 回归分析和路径分析	☺ Report on the progress in thesis writing-up 1
Wks 15-16	ℝ Wen 13: Writing up a thesis/dissertation ☻ Assessing research results ☻ Course wind-up ℞ ℝ Wen 14: Writing style	☺ Report on the progress in thesis writing-up 2

* Depending on time available, a few topics listed here may be not covered in class in the current academic year.

PS. Suggested Deadlines for the Completion of the MA Thesis Project (To be met by MA students in the last academic year of their course of study) :

(June 20: Last report on progress in thesis writing-up submitted to the advisor.)

September 1-5: Draft version of the thesis submitted to the advisor.

October 6-10: “Blind review” version of the thesis signed by the advisor submitted to the Department of English.

November 1-5: Revised version of the thesis submitted to the advisor.

November 25: Final version of the thesis submitted to the advisor for signature and recommendation to the Department of English for oral examination.

(Page updated: June, 2007; August, 2010; June, 2012; September, 2014; September, 2015; July, 2016; January, 2017; March, 2017; September, 2021)

南京大学外国语学院英语系研究生 (翻译研究方向与双语词典学方向) 课程

“论文研讨课”课程教学大纲

课程时间：秋季与春季学期每双周二8:00-9:50 地点：南京大学仙林校区 教师：柯平教授 (EMAIL: kepingATnju.edu.cn) 办公时间：预约

课程编号

050201C03~~050201C~~02

课程目标要求

“论文研讨课”是为翻译研究方向和双语词典学方向硕士与博士研究生开设的一门专业必修课，旨在向学生介绍科学研究的基本知识与方法，并为硕士与博士论文的选题、课题设计与研究内容提供研讨平台，上课时间为第二学年一二两学期。通过课程学习，学生将掌握科学研究与高层次研修所必需的严格的学术规范，学会在集体研讨框架下寻找研究思路、确定有价值的研究课题及对课题进行有意义的深入探究的能力。教师将指导同学针对专业与社会的真实需求进行论文选题，并对有助于推进翻译学和语言学学科发展的创新型或学科交叉型论文研究提供鼓励与支持。

第一学期期末，学生须参照《学位论文开题报告表》（英文）完成自己论文的开题报告。第二学期课程结束前，学生须参照《学位论文典型结构》（英文）完成学位论文的详细大纲或初稿。

课程材料

(1) 教材

Williams, Jenny, & Chesterman, Andrew. (2002). The map. A beginner’s guide to doing research in translation studies. Manchester, UK: St. Jerome Publishing. 148 pp. [必读]

Wen, Qiufang 文秋芳. (2004). Applied linguistics: Research methods and thesis writing 应用语言学研究方法与写作. Beijing 北京: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 外语教学与研究出版社. iii+371 pp. [必读]

Ma, Guanghui 马广惠主编. (2003).《外国语言学及应用语言学统计方法》. 陕西杨凌：西北农林大学出版社. 154 pp. [选读]

(2) 课程网站

http://nlp.nju.edu.cn/kep/TOC/RMRS.html

http://keping.sprinterweb.net/TOC/RMRS.html

(3) 主要参考书

Bochenski, J. M. (1987).《当代思维方法》(童世骏, et al., Trans.). 上海：上海人民出版社. 145 pp.

Chen, Yanbin, & Zhang, Mingxin 陈延斌、张明新主编.（2004）.《高校文科科研训练与论文写作指导》. 北京：中央编译出版社. 382 pp.

Cryer, Pat. (2004). The Research Student’s Guide to Success. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press. xii+276 pp.

Liu, Runqing 刘润清. (1999).《外语教学中的科研方法》. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社. 235 pp.

Qiu, Renzong 邱仁宗. (1984).《科学方法和科学动力学——现代科学哲学概述》. 上海：知识出版社. 216 pp.

教学方式

本课程每周或每两周上课一次。课程内容包括研究方法讲授以及学生论文开题设计与研究进展情况研讨。学生在把自己的论文开题报告与研究进展情况报告提交课堂讨论前，须先将其粘贴在指定的网络论坛上，供其他同学先行阅读（评论）。

考核方式

决定课程总成绩的具体项目分别为：

(1) 组织协调研讨 (10%)

(2) 出席每次研讨，并提问与回答问题；参与课堂/网上讨论；参与班级探索性研究项目等 (10%)

(3) 探索并分享优质研究资源或工具 (10%)

(4) 研究方法报告 (30%)

(5) 论文开题报告与论文研究项目总体进展情况 (40%)

教学单元主题与周历 *

课次	研究方法研讨	学位论文研究情况报告与研讨
第一学期
1-2周	☻ 课程介绍 Arial ℞ W&C 1: Areas of Translation Studies 1 ☻ 现实的基本模态与认识现实的基本途径 ☻ 科学研究的特征 1	☺ 研究课题广域探索与学位论文开题尝试 1
3-4周	℞ W&C 1: Areas of Translation Studies 2 ☻ 科学研究的特征 2	☺ 研究课题广域探索与学位论文开题尝试 2
5-6周	℞ W&C 2: From the initial idea to the plan ☻ 研究者的素质 1	☺ 研究课题广域探索与学位论文开题尝试 3
7-8周	℞ W&C 3: Theoretical models ☻ 研究者的素质 2	☺ 研究课题广域探索与学位论文开题尝试 4
9-10周	℞ W&C 4: Kinds of research ☻ 研究课题的选择 1	☺ 学位论文正式开题 1
11-12周	℞ W&C 5: Questions, claims & hypotheses ☻ 研究课题的选择 2	☺ 学位论文正式开题 2
13-14周	℞ W&C 6: Relations between variables ☻ 研究材料（资料、文献源）的类别	☺ 学位论文正式开题 3
15-16周	℞ W&C 7: Selecting and analyzing data ☻ 研究类型 ▐ 马 1: [统计方法] 概述	☺ 学位论文正式开题 4
第二学期
1-2周	ℝ Wen 1: What is research? ℝ Wen 2: Fundamental concepts ☻ 研究手段 ▐ 马 2: SPSS入门	☺ 学位论文研究进展情况报告 1
3-4周	ℝ Wen 3: Developing research questions ℝ Wen 4: Reading the literature ☻ 论点与论据 ☻ 逻辑问题 1 ▲ Wen 9: Basic statistics ▐ 马 3: 描述统计 ▐ StatSoft: 统计学基础概念.	☺ 学位论文研究进展情况报告 2
5-6周	ℝ Wen 5: Selecting research designs ℝ Wen 6: A survey study ☻ 逻辑问题 2 ℝ ▐ 马 4: 统计表和统计图 ▐ StatSoft: 基本统计分析.	☺ 学位论文研究进展情况报告 3
7-8周	ℝ Wen 7: An experimental study ☻ 逻辑问题 3 ℝ ▐ 马 5: 概率与分布 ▐ StatSoft: ANOVA/MANOVA.	☺ 学位论文研究进展情况报告 4
9-10周	ℝ Wen 8: A case study ☻ 学位论文的典型结构与著录规范 1 ▐ 马 6: 差异的显著性检验 ▐ StatSoft: 多项回归分析 {Title in TOC: “Linear regression”}.	☺ 学位论文研究进展情况报告 5
11-12周	ℝ Wen 11: The analysis of qualitative data ☻ 学位论文的典型结构与著录规范 2 ▐ 马 7: 相关分析	☺ 学位论文研究进展情况报告 6
13-14周	℞ W&C 10: Assessing your research ℝ Wen 12: An overview of thesis writing ☻ 学位论文的典型结构与著录规范 3 ▐ 马 8: 回归分析和路径分析	☺ 学位论文撰写（完成）进展情况报告 1
15-16周	ℝ Wen 13: Writing up a thesis/dissertation ☻ 学位论文等科研成果的评估 ☻ 课程总结 ℞ ℝ Wen 14: Writing style	☺ 学位论文撰写（完成）进展情况报告 2

* 视本学年时间充足与否，以上所列专题中的个别专题可能不作为课内讲授或研讨内容。

附：英语系硕士生学位论文进度倒计时安排

为了督促2006级硕士研究生顺利完成硕士学位论文，英语系制订如下学位论文进度倒计时安排。各位研究生须严格按照进度分阶段完成相关任务，并提请导师签字确认完成情况。对不按进度安排提交的论文材料，导师有权决定拒绝在上面签字，研究生本人承担由此引发的后果。除了出差等特殊情况，导师须在接到论文材料后7-10个工作日内给予反馈指导。

6月20日：	向导师提交最新论文进度报告。	导师签字：	日期：
9月1-5日：	向导师提交论文初稿。	导师签字：	日期：
10月6-10日：	向英语系提交导师签字的论文盲审稿。	导师签字：	日期：
11月1-5日：	向导师提交论文修改稿。	导师签字：	日期：
11月25日：	提请导师写答辩推荐意见。向英语系提交导师签字的论文答辩稿。

说明：本表由研究生本人保管，每次导师签字后五日内到英语系秘书办公室登记签字日期，超过规定签字时间一周或者超过登记时间一周者，将延期到下一个学期再作处理。

研究生签字： ___________

英语系 2008年6月3日

课程学分

3学分