1. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies Dissertations M.Phil. Introductory classes

2. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies Select the general topic area by the end of week 5 in Hilary term (13 Feb) – talk to potential supervisors before then (as many as you want) Supervision proper begins after that Detailed workplan and schedule (agreed with your supervisor): by 5 May (in 1 st year for part- time students)

3. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies Your supervisor will… Help you to focus your research, keep it within the bounds of what is feasible, and help you to structure the dissertation give you feedback on draft chapters – as far as possible! (NB: submission deadline is end of August, but lecturers attend conferences and take holidays during the summer vacation) NB: your supervisor is also your internal examiner

4. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies External examiners Linguistics: Dr T. Hoffman, U. Osnabrück Applied Linguistics: Prof. M. Bygate, U. Lancaster (emer.) Speech and Language Processing: Prof. D. House, KTH, Stockholm English Language Teaching: Prof. John Gray, U. London

5. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies Dissertations always have a literature review. This should not just describe things you’ve read, but organise your reading and identify themes, gaps, problems, etc. Dissertations usually also have an empirical study of some kind: qualitative, quantitative, corpus-based, lab-based… The literature review sets the theoretical context for the empirical study Dissertations are maximum 15,000 words in length

6. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies Research Ethics If your research involves human subjects, you must get approval from the Research Ethics Committee. See http://www.tcd.ie/slscs/research/ethics/

7. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies ‘The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences has set up a Research Ethics Committee (REC) to conduct an ethical review of all research projects in the School involving human subjects. Ethics approval will be required for all such research conducted either by staff members or students. Approval must be obtained prior to the commencement of data collection and cannot be applied for or granted retrospectively. Obtaining prior ethical approval for research involving human participants is an essential requirement for the acceptance of MPhil dissertations ’

8. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies ‘Application for ethics approval involves the applicant submitting a completed standard application form, along with supporting documents, to the Research Ethics Committee by the specified submission date. Six hard copies, as well as an electronic version, must be submitted by applicants.’

9. School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences Trinity College Dublin Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath Centre for Language and Communication Studies REC application deadlines – REC meeting dates Friday 16th JanHT Week 3, 27th Jan Tuesday 3rd FebHT Week 6, 17th Feb Friday 27th FebHT Week 9, 10th March Tuesday 14th AprilTT Week 4, 28th April Friday 12th June 2012TT Week 11, 24th June

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