Universidad de Jaén

1. Types of acacemic work
   1. Course papers.
   2. Research: Master Thesis and Doctoral Thesis.
   3. Articles and reviews.
   4. Oral presentations at academic meetings (with video-projectos and handouts ).
2. Searching for information
   1. Phycsical and virtual resources at the UJA.
   2. Printed and electronic general reference works.
   3. Publishing houses and journals.
   4. Research into linguistics, literature and didactics: academic journals and library catalogues.
   5. Databases.
   6. Search engines.
   7. Websites.
3. Reference systems and stylesheets
   1. Bibliorgraphy and references: conventions and formats for different types of work, printed and electronic.
   2. Citing and referencings: conventions and stylesheets.
   3. Electronic bibliography managers, computer-based and online:  ProCite and  RefWorks.
4. Computer programmes
   1. Microsoft Word: i: automatic numbering of sections, headings, examples, tables, figuraes...
   2. Microsoft Word: ii:cross-referencing; special characters and fonts; macros and buttons;
   3. Microsoft Word: iii:creación de tablas de contenido e índices onomásticos y de materias;
   4. Microsoft Word: iv:incrusted fonts; conversion to pdf.
   5. Adobe Acrobat Profesional: headings and footers; page numbering; sections.
   6. Software for analysis of linguistic corpora:   Wordsmith Tools and  AntConc.
5.   Academic English
   
   1. Introduction: conventions
   2. Textual cohesion. Developing an argumentative line.
   3. Conventions and main features.
   4. Typography and punctuation, spelling checkers...
   5. Plagiarism, citing and referencing.

Explanation and presentation of course contents to the whole class in contact-classes (see section "Detailed contents"). Practice exercises.

Individualized attention to students, face-to-face or virtual (chat/email), to address queries and doubts, and to guide and follow up implementation of the written assignments.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

The individual written assignments are the following:

1) Compilation of a commented bibliography on a topic chosen by the students, according to his/her own academic interests.

2) Compilation of 15 different types of reference found through the bibliography manager RefWorks. Formal and format edition of this bibliography, according to one the standar referencing conventions for the Humanities.

3) Written essay showing a command of academic English and of the standard conventions for paper-writing and referencing (as explained in the face-to-face classes).