NANJING  UNIVERSITY

Professor KE, Ping

Department of English, School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Dadao, Nanjing, 210023, CHINA 22 Hankou Lu, Nanjing, 210093, CHINA

EMAIL: kepingATnju.edu.cn

Course Supporting Websites: http://nlp.nju.edu.cn/kep/TOC/RMRS.html;  http://keping.sprinterweb.net/TOC/RMRS.html http://dhost.info/pingke/TOC/RMRS.html

 

Thesis Research Seminar (TRS)

 

TRS: COURSE SYLLABUS. 1

Description. 1

Material 2

(1)  Main texts. 2

(2)  Course website. 2

(3)  Recommended reading. 2

Methods of Instruction. 3

Assessment 3

Weekly Schedule. 3

 

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TRS: COURSE SYLLABUS

(For graduate students of Translation Studies and Bilingual Lexicography)

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 (???), 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 ???. (2004). Applied linguistics: Research methods and thesis writing ????????????. Beijing ??: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press ??????????. iii+371 pp. [Required reading]

Ma, Guanghui ??? ??. (2003).?????????????????. ??????????????. 154 pp. [Optional reading]

StatSoft, Inc. (2004). Electronic Statistics Textbook. http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html.

 

(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).????????(???, et al., Trans.). ??????????.  145 pp.

Brown, James Dean. (2001). Understanding research in second language learning [?????????——????????]. ??????????????????: ????. xxxii+219 pp.

Chen, Yanbin, & Zhang, Mingxin ?????????.?2004?.?????????????????. ??????????.  382 pp.

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

Liu, Runqing ???. (1999).????????????. ?????????????. 235 pp.

Qiu, Renzong ???. (1984).???????????——?????????. ????????. 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 workcomponents:

       (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 ?   ? 1:    [????] ??	?   Formal proposal for the thesis project  4
Semester 2
Wks 1-2	?    Wen 1:       What is research? ?    Wen 2:       Fundamental concepts ?   Research techniques/strategies	?   Report on the progress in thesis research  1
Wks 3-4	?    Wen 3:       Developing research questions ?    Wen 4:       Reading the literature ?   Argument and evidence ?   The problem of logic  1 ?   Wen 9:    Basic statistics ?   ? 3:    ???? ?   ? 2:    SPSS?? ?   StatSoft:  ???????.	?   Report on the progress in thesis research  2
Wks 5-6	?    Wen 5:       Selecting research designs ?    Wen 6:       A survey study ?   The problem of logic  2 ?   Wen 10:    The analysis of quantitative data  1 ?   ? 4:    ??????? ?   StatSoft:  ??????.	?   Report on the progress in thesis research  3
Wks 7-8	?    Wen 7:       An experimental study ?   The problem of logic  3 ?   Wen 10:    The analysis of quantitative data  2 ?   ? 5:    ????? ?   StatSoft:  ANOVA/MANOVA.	?   Report on the progress in thesis research  4
Wks 9-10	?    Wen 8:       A case study ?   The typical structure of and the crediting of sources in a thesis 1 ?   ? 6:    ???????? ?   StatSoft:  ?????? {Title in TOC: “Linear regression”}.	?   Report on the progress in thesis research  5
Wks 11-12	?    Wen 11:     The analysis of qualitative data ?   The typical structure of and the crediting of sources in a thesis 2 ?   ? 7:    ????	?   Report on the progress in thesis research  6
Wks 13-14	?     W&C 10:     Assessing your research ?    Wen 12:     An overview of thesis writing ?   The typical structure of and the crediting of sources in a thesis 3 ?   ? 8:    ?????????	?   Report on the progress in thesis writing-up [put into writing; write in complete form (WordNet)]  1
Wks 15-16	?    Wen 13:     Writing up a thesis/dissertation ?   Assessing research results ?   Course wind-up ?   W&C 9:   Presenting your research orally ?   Wen 14:   Writing style ?   Mechanics of thesis writing-up	?   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) (finalized by the Department of English in June, 2008):

        (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.

 

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

Wen, Qiufang ???. (2004). Applied linguistics: Research methods and thesis writing ????????????. Beijing ??: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press ??????????. iii+371 pp. [??]

Ma, Guanghui ??? ??. (2003).?????????????????. ??????????????. 154 pp. [??]

StatSoft, Inc. (2004). Electronic Statistics Textbook. http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html.

 

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

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

 

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Bochenski, J. M. (1987).????????(???, et al., Trans.). ??????????. 145 pp.

Brown, James Dean. (2001). Understanding research in second language learning [?????????——????????]. ??????????????????: ????. xxxii+219 pp.

Chen, Yanbin, & Zhang, Mingxin ?????????.?2004?.?????????????????. ??????????. 382 pp.

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

Liu, Runqing ???. (1999).????????????. ?????????????. 235 pp.

Qiu, Renzong ???. (1984).???????????——?????????. ????????. 216 pp.

 

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