Admission requirements
Successful completion of the course “Psycholinguistics”.
Description
Experimental Methods I: Design & Techniques and Experimental Methods II: Practicals & Projects together form one course. Over the entire two-semester course, students will receive a comprehensive and practical introduction to the research methods used in the LUCL Labs and have a chance to implement one of these techniques in an independent research project.
The course will link coherently to other elements of the BA “Taal & Cognitie” – for example, in Experimental Methods I (semester 1 of year two) the students learn how the theory they have already learned relates to experimental work in the labs; while in Experimental Methods II (semester 1 of year three) they will analyse their own data using skills gained in the course “Statistics for linguists” in semester 2 of year two.
Experimental Methods I consists of two learning units: “Experiment design & preparation” and “Software and hardware in the labs”. In these two units, students gain practical knowledge of the first steps in individually designing, carrying out, analysing, and presenting a psycholinguistic experiment.
Course objectives
Gaining a broad knowledge of psycholinguistic research methods and techniques, including lab hardware and software (Excel, Qualtrics and E-Prime)
Understanding the practical steps involved in conceptualising and preparing a psycholinguistic experiment
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Seminars; independent study and practical assignments.
Course Load
Total course load = 140 hours
Seminars: 28
Study of compulsory readings: 28
Assignments: 40
Preparation for assessments: 40
Exams: 4
Assessment method
To successfully finish the course students are required to upload six completed assignments on Blackboard (during the semester). For two assignments, students must also hand in a peer review.
Weighting
Each assignment counts for 15% of the final grade; each review counts for 5%.
Resit
Students may resit maximally one of the assessments, provided that they have adequately attended the seminars (>80%).
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used to inform students during the course and to offer study materials.
Reading list
Syllabus will be made available via Blackboard
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
lucl-labs@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Administrations Office: van Wijkplaats: osz-oa-wijkplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Coordinator of Studies: Else van Dijk
Remarks
Class attendance and active participation is required.