Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Have a complete understanding. Analyse any communicative situation (real or depicted) in reference to the theoretical and methodological frameworks within various scientific approaches to language.
• Analyse and model a communicative situation (individually or collectively) by critically selecting isolated theories and suitable methodological approaches.
• Communicate effectively. Communicate and exchange information in a structured and adapted way to the intended purpose and relevant public.
• Present and structure data in a clear, precise, neutral, and non-oriented way.
• Present (orally and in writing) the results of an intervention (study, analysis, investigation, etc.) to adequately inform a target audience.
• Write a well-justified report about an intervention in a situation of linguistic nature.
• Adopt a scientific approach. Master the scientific approaches in language sciences.
• Master the different steps to carry out research in language sciences.
• Appropriately apply different scientific research methods.
• Construct a reference framework, formulate questions or hypotheses from the analysis of scientific literature.
• Collect data and thoroughly analyse it qualitatively and quantitatively.
• Adequately interpret results taking into account the reference framework within which the research was developed.
• Develop communication skills specific to the field of research (publication, proficiency in English or another language depending on the specific field of research).
• Present research results, orally and in writing, in their native language and in English or another language depending on the specific field of research.
• Speech Sciences : adopt a specialist approach. Master the concepts, techniques, methods, and devices specific to speech sciences so that they can be used in research practice.
• Master basic speech signal analysis techniques.
• Master research methodologies in speech sciences.
• Master the basic concepts of phonetics.
• Master the basic concepts of psycholinguistics.
• Master the relationships between phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, and general linguistics.
• Identify areas of research and current research in speech sciences.
• Justify the relevance of research in speech sciences given the current state of science.
• Assess the epistemic productivity of research in speech sciences.
• Assess the feasibility of research in speech sciences.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of the instruction, the students will be able to carry out a personal research projet in speech sciences :
(i) look for, critically read, and write a synthesis of the relevant scientific literature ;
(ii) propose an appropriate research question (and hypotheses) in relation with the literature ;
(iii) prepare a research paradigm in order to answer the question ;
(iv) analyse the collected data using the appropriate tools and analysis techniques ;
(v) discuss the results in relation with the literature and the hypotheses ;
(vi) present the whole process in a written paper as well as in an oral presentation to the other students ; (vii) participate in the discussion arising from the other students' oral presentation ;
(viii) carryout a metacognitive reasoning in order to put into perspective the personal project in relation with the feedback given by the teachers and the other students.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Bibliographical research and resources in speech sciences
Instrumentation, software and analysis tools in speech sciences
Research methodology
Scientific communication methodology
Specific contents related with each student's topics of research

Prior Experience

Not applicable