Universität Wien

420012 SE Professional skills for growing as a linguist (2022W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 42 - Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Doktoratsstudium
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 12.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 19.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 09.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 16.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 23.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 30.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 07.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 14.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 11.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 18.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 25.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Being a successful scholar requires us to coordinate many different abilities. Such 'skills' as preparing good talks, writing conference abstracts, writing convincing motivation letters, preparing one’s academic CV, writing reviews and reacting to reviews and editorial decisions, are sometimes called "professional", and may seem merely technical. In this class, we offer a different, and we think more fruitful, perspective: acquiring such abilities can be viewed as a part of the process of developing one’s scholarly persona; not as technical exercises, but as opportunities to reflect on one’s researcher identity, priorities and plans, and ultimately move towards greater intellectual independence, conscientious use of one’s (always limited) resources, and - experience tells - not infrequently greater satisfaction from one’s work. During the class, you will participate in peer-to-peer discussion and writing activities moderated by the instructors, accompanied with primers on different aspects of outward presentation of one’s scholarly identity as well as on the "inner work" on our research personae that every scholar undertakes.

Assessment and permitted materials

active participation in class, regular attendance (max. 2 absences)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

active discussion during class;
assignments involving bringing to class examples of different academic materials

Examination topics

learning more about the different aspects of professional activities integral to work in academia

Reading list

there is little literature that directly addresses professional skills in academic linguistics, but two good resources are:

D'Arcy & Salmons (2021), https://muse.jhu.edu/article/840968/pdf - a very good article based on a survey of linguistics journal editors that aims to demystify the peer review process

Kelsky (2015) "The professor is in" - a book dedicated to job-market skills across academic disciplines. It is written with the experience of the North American academic job market, so not everything is directly applicable to the *European* academic job market for *linguists*. But many ideas in the book are relevant, just take this resource with a bit of caution.

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Last modified: We 12.10.2022 14:10