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Master's Dissertation

Code: 43022 ECTS Credits: 15
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
4313767 Spanish Language, Hispanic Literature and Spanish as a Foreign Language OB 0

Contact

Name:
Dolors Poch Olive
Email:
dolors.poch@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

Students must have demonstrated that they know the basic principles and methods of work in the fields of Spanish Language, Hispanic Literature and ELE.

 

 


Objectives and Contextualisation

The objective of this module is the realization of a work on a subject of one of the knowledge areas about the Spanish language or literature covered by the master.

The work will be submitted in writing and will be defended orally before a court and must show that students have acquired the set of general, transverse and specific skills of the master's degree that empower them to obtain the diploma.


Competences

  • Descriure l'estructura de la llengua espanyola.
  • Dissenyar i dur a terme un treball de recerca sobre qualsevol tema relacionat amb l'àmbit d'estudis del màster
  • Distingir els problemes conceptuals que planteja l'estudi de la llengua i la literatura espanyoles als parlants natius dels problemes que planteja l'estudi de la llengua i la literatura espanyoles als parlants estrangers.
  • Que els estudiants siguin capaços d'integrar coneixements i enfrontar-se a la complexitat de formular judicis a partir d'una informació que, tot i ser incompleta o limitada, inclogui reflexions sobre les responsabilitats socials i ètiques vinculades a l'aplicació dels seus coneixements i judicis.
  • Que els estudiants sàpiguen aplicar els coneixements adquirits i la seva capacitat de resolució de problemes en entorns nous o poc coneguts dins de contextos més amplis (o multidisciplinaris) relacionats amb la seva àrea d'estudi.
  • Que els estudiants tinguin les habilitats d'aprenentatge que els permetin continuar estudiant, en gran manera, amb treball autònom a autodirigit.
  • Realitzar una exposició oral sobre qualsevol tema relacionat amb l'àmbit d'estudis del màster.
  • Tenir coneixements que aportin la base o l'oportunitat de ser originals en el desenvolupament o l'aplicació d'idees, sovint en un context de recerca.
  • Tenir un domini d'especialista de la llengua normativa tant oral com escrita.
  • Utilitzar els recursos bibliogràfics i tecnològics propis de la recerca lingüística i literària.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Adaptar el contingut de l'exposició oral a les característiques de l'auditori i al temps del qual es disposa.
  2. Aplicar adequadament les estratègies de la comunicació no verbal.
  3. Aplicar la metodologia de recerca apresa a l'anàlisi de qualsevol tema relacionat amb l'àmbit del màster.
  4. Argumentar adequadament la hipòtesi pròpia en relació amb els fenòmens literaris estudiats en el mòdul.
  5. Argumentar la pertinència dels propis judicis i la no pertinència dels aliens en relació amb el tema d'estudi.
  6. Desenvolupar un pla d'acció sobre un problema determinat dissenyat en funció del temps que es disposa per fer-lo.
  7. Distingir els aspectes sistemàtics de l'espanyol dels aspectes normatius.
  8. Elaborar el guió d'una exposició oral en la qual es defensi adequadament la hipòtesi explicativa sobre alguns dels problemes estudiats en el mòdul.
  9. Elaborar el pla d'una exposició escrita clara i ordenada sobre els temes d'estudi del mòdul.
  10. Elaborar hipòtesis que permetin interpretar, en el seu context, els problemes literaris abordats en el mòdul.
  11. Elaborar hipòtesis que permetin relacionar els fenòmens literaris abordats en el mòdul amb fenòmens literaris semblants procedents d'altres tradicions culturals.
  12. Elaborar un esquema explicatiu que contingui la pròpia posició respecte a un dels temes de l'àmbit d'estudi del màster.
  13. Exposar oralment la pròpia hipòtesi adaptant el tipus d'exposició al caràcter del text literari estudiat.
  14. Identificar les dificultats d'interpretació que plantegen els textos literaris en espanyol per a un lector estranger.
  15. Integrar tant a l'exposició oral com a l'escrita la interpretació crítica de la bibliografia utilitzada en el problema objecte d'estudi
  16. Interpretar críticament la bibliografia relacionada amb els continguts estudiats en el mòdul.
  17. Interpretar críticament la bibliografia relacionada amb un dels temes d'estudi de l'àmbit del màster.
  18. Predir les conseqüències teòriques de l'adopció de diferents hipòtesis explicatives.
  19. Produir un text escrit (TFM) i una exposició oral (DEFENSA PÚBLICA) correctes, coherents, cohesionats i adequats a la funció comunicativa.
  20. Proposar una manera d'integrar les idees procedents d'altres disciplines sobre un determinat fenomen des d'una perspectiva lingüística o literària.
  21. Redactar un treball conforme a les normes de presentació acadèmiques.
  22. Seleccionar els mitjans audiovisuals de suport de manera que facilitin la comprensió i la retenció del missatge.
  23. Utilitzar de manera adequada la terminologia pròpia de l'àmbit d'estudis del mòdul.
  24. Utilitzar la terminologia pròpia dels estudis lingüístics i literaris per a l'elaboració del TFM.

Content

The Master's degree final project is an individual and autonomous work under the supervision of a teacher-tutor assigned from among the teachers of the master. No work done in groups may be submitted. The Master's Thesis consists of the presentation in writing and the oral defense of a topic referred to any of the Master's subjects or their interrelation.

The text of the TFM, together with its oral presentation, will allow to evaluate in a global and synthetic way the student's domain of the specific and transversal skills associated with the Master's degree. Students may select a topic related to Spanish language, Spanish literature, or ELE, taking into account the extensive list of topics offered by the degree.

Exceptionally, some topics that involve initiation in Spanish linguistic or literary research may be proposed.

 


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Theroretical Introduction 10 0.4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24
Type: Supervised      
Regular tutorial meetings 100 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Type: Autonomous      
Writing de TFM and oral presentation 265 10.6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

    1. The student and the tutor of the TFM will establish the working method and the timetable of the meetings that they must hold to carry it out properly.
    2. Students will send to the TFM coordinator a PDF THAT CONTAINS THEIR WORK IN WHICH IT SHOULD FIGURE, IN THE COVER, THE TUTOR’S APPROVAL on July 3, 2020.
    3. The tutor will send to the TFM coordinator an evaluation report of the tutored TFM, on the same date scheduled for the delivery by the students of the copies of their TFM. Students can see the items to which the tutor should respond in the form titled TUTOR REPORT. This report is confidential and will only be read by the members of the Tribunal that will judge the TFM.
    4. Students will publicly defend their TFM on July 13 and 14, 2020 according to the schedule that will be indicated well in advance. It will be attempted, however, that all TFMs can defend themselves on Monday, July 13.
    5. In exceptional cases, the TFMs may defend themselves in September according to the following calendar: The delivery of the work by the students to the TFM coordinator will be held on September 4 and the defenses will be held on September 10.
    The coordinator will provide the students with a list of the research lines identified by the teachers of the Department so that students must choose the theme of their TFM from that list.
  2. Students will complete the form entitled TFM THEME - DESIDERATA and they will send it to the coordinator before FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019. In this form, students must indicate three different topics and three different teachers in order of preference.
  3. The coordinator will analyze all the requests and will make public the assignment of topic and tutor on FRIDAY, November 29, 2019. Students who wish to have their assignment reviewed should contact the coordinator.
  4. Once the TFM student and tutor have accurately established the TFM theme and the work plan, the student must submit the TFM project to the coordinatoron January 31, 2020 (in the form entitled TFM PROJECT).

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Oral presentation 20 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Text of the TFM 80 0 0 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 

The TFM will consist of a written work that will be delivered to the master's coordination in order to distribute them to the members of the tribunals at the end of June (to be defended in July) and, exceptionally, at the end of July (to be defended in September, and always with the tutor's approval). The final version of the TFM will have an extension of 35 pages (2100 characters without spaces/page), not including appendices, and will need to conform to academic conventions. The TFM will be written in Spanish. 
										
											Throughout the first semester, the master's coordination will offer tutoring and research lines to students so that, individually, they can make three proposals for choosing tutors and topics for the TFM. The coordination will assign a tutor according to the choice made and the availability of the teaching staff. The final topic to be developed in the TFM will arise from an agreement between student and tutor, and the student will need to periodically inform the tutor of progress, with a minimum of two compulsory tutorials and two previous assignments, Students will have to deliver to the tutor a first complete version of the TFM on May 31 so that the teachers can correct the work during the month of June. For its part, the tutoring will have to guide, attend to, review the student's work and make a final report of the whole process.
										
											For the assessment, it is necessary to prepare a written work and present it publicly and in person (except in exceptional cases with justified reason and with the approval of the tutor and the coordination of the master's degree). The mandatory oral defense will take place before the July closing date (or, exceptionally, in September, before the course closes). The oral presentation of the TFM will last a maximum of 15 minutes (with a final value of 2 points). The evaluation of the written TFM and the oral presentation willbe reflected in a rubric that will be completed by a panel of three members. This commission will take into account the final tutoring report.

The evaluation rubrics must score the following aspects of the written TFM and the oral presentation:
										
											· Oral defense (2 points): Expository order and clarity; correctness, fluency and linguistic richness; actio and/or optimal use of support materials; adaptation of the speech to the contents of the TFM and to the established time (15 min. maximum); and adequate and pertinent response to the court's questions.
										
											· Written work (8 points): (1) Conception, research design and study (5 points); (2) Written execution of the speech (2 points); and (3) adaptation of the work to the academic style and format of the TFM (1 point).
										
											It will be considered that the TFM is not assessable if the student has not completed the minimum number of tutorials with the tutor or the required deliveries, if it is delivered outside the established deadline, if he/she does not have the tutor's approval of defense, if does not comply with the TFM format or if the oral defense does not take place. 
										
											The Honors Matriculation will be granted to the TFM that has obtained the highest mark, and at the proposal of the evaluating court. In the event that there are more candidates than distinctions, it will be the Master's Teaching Committee who will determine the Honors Matriculation from among the possible works.
										
											If the student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act (copying, plagiarism, undocumented use of AI...), this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted. In the event that several irregularities occur in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.

Bibliography

The TFM must be original and under no circumstances will the total or partial plagiarism of third-party materials published on any medium be admitted. Any submission of non-original material without properly indicating its origin will automatically result in a failure rating (0).

 

Tutors will provide students with the appropriate bibliography for their TFM topic.


Software

No es requereix programari específic


Language list

Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.