LELA31001 The Grammar of English Noun Phrases Level 3 Optional Assessment: exam (30%) + research project (70%) Contact hours: 30 (10 lectures, 10 seminars, 10 tutorials) + 45min individual feedback per project group

Scaling down and guiding a research project Student’s projectContact hoursFeedback MethodologyLearn to use one corpus4 one hour tutorials (weeks 2 to 5) Topic & Research questions Original or Choice from a listLectures-Submission in week 6 + individual feedback -Wait for my green light -Office hours Search query & Number of data Number of data can be smaller Exercises + homework in 3 tutorials (weeks 3 to 5) AnalysisIdem to my researchExercises + homework in 3 seminars (weeks 7 to 9) -Individual feedback session (30-45 min) -Presentation in week 10 (assessed 20%) + individual feedback -Office hours -Report in week 13 (50%) Discussion & Conclusions Idem to my research

Scaling down and guiding a research project Student’s projectContact hoursFeedback MethodologyLearn to use one corpus4 one hour tutorials (weeks 2 to 5) Topic & Research questions Original or Choice from a listLectures-Submission in week 6 + individual feedback -Wait for my green light -Office hours Search query & Number of data Number of data can be smaller Exercises + homework in 3 tutorials (weeks 3 to 5) AnalysisIdem to my researchExercises + homework in 3 seminars (weeks 7 to 9) -Individual feedback session (30-45 min) -Presentation in week 10 (assessed 20%) + individual feedback -Office hours -Report in week 13 (50%) Discussion & Conclusions Idem to my research

Challenges Every aspect of process is new to students Students’ anxiety about ‘big’ projects making up a large part of the final grade Balance in being available and protecting my time Balance in being motivating and critical

Pitfalls Student numbers Flexibility of timetable Topics with a lot of literature

Advantages Students can work at their own level and to their own strengths Students can get different amounts of guidance Teaching directly contributes to my research Students are involved in research and feel they can contribute Transfer research skills and enthusiasm to students (continue onto MA, PhD)

Success stories 3 student presentations included in a conference paper in 2013 Joint conference presentation + journal article (submitted) in 2014