Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
10 credits
240.0 h
Q1 or Q2
Teacher(s)
Hambye Philippe (coordinator);
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
During the placement, the student will specialise in one specific subject area. Before beginning the placement, he/she will increase his/her knowledge in this area by conducting personal research and by doing background reading.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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Over the course of a placement (lasting between 150 and 210 hours) in linguistics and its applications, to be completed in a company or a research centre, the student will acquire the following skills: - he/she will be in charge of or will directly contribute to the development of a project with a significant linguistic component (language teaching, language policy, language testing, pedagogical materials design, dictionary making, etc.); - he/she will put into practice the broad knowledge and varied skills acquired during the Master's programme, will learn the requirements of applied linguistics project development and will establish contact with professionals in business or research. The student will be supported by the local team (research unit, private or public company) and will work under the direct supervision of a placement supervisor appointed in the company or research centre. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Evaluation methods
The internship will be assessed based on a detailed internship report between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length (about 20 pages). This report will be written in one of the languages taught in the student’s programme and will be assessed both by a UCLouvain teacher identified by the academic coordinator for Master’s in Linguistics internships and by the internship supervisor; the latter’s assessment will take into account the quality of the work performed during the internship. The final grade is determined by the UCLouvain teacher. The report must include:
- a relevant and well-documented summary of the company or laboratory in which the internship was completed,
- a presentation of the internship’s objectives and the tasks completed by the intern,
- a critical examination of the difficulties encountered during the internship, the way in which the intern was able to put the knowledge and skills acquired during his/her course to good use in the internship, and what the student has learned from their internship experience.
Faculty or entity
LING
