TEMATICA LICENTA LIMBI MODERNE APLICATE 2016 TOPICS for GRADUATION PAPERS for APPLIED MODERN LANGUAGES (English, French) 2016 Concentration topic nr. 1. LANGUAGE OF THE MEDIA Teaching staff team: Conf.univ.dr. Cristina Prelipceanu Lector dr. Viorela Dima Lector dr. Irina David Lector dr. Raluca Serban 1. 2. 3. 4. Global standardization vs. culture-sensitive adaptation in advertising Blogs and facebook as effective advertising tools The Internet as an effective advertising medium Emotional intelligence and the 21st c. advertising Concentration topic nr. 2. APPLIED LINGUISTICS GENERAL Teaching staff team : Prof.univ.dr. Mariana Nicolae Prof. univ. dr Laura Muresan Lector dr. Viorela Dima (+ CSIE/Informatica) Conf. dr Maia Bourbonnais Conf. dr Roxana Marinescu Conf. dr Antonia Enache Lector. dr Mihaela Arsene Lector dr. Marina Militaru Lector dr. Maria Enache Lector dr. Irina David Lector dr. Lucia Radulescu As. Dr. Dana Cocargeanu 1. Foreign language teaching & Second language acquisition 2. Self assessment and ELP 3. Market trends in language teaching (survey of language centers/ course providers/ MOOCS/ …) 4. Language and technology 5. Linguistics and informatics – trends in Romania and abroad a. Speech recognition b. Computational models of dialogue c. Computational psycholinguistics 6. IT tools – support for the translation industry 7. Language learning styles correlated with language testing tools 8. Multilingualism – development and implementation of national/ EU/ international policies 9. Language identity – centrality and marginality 10. Language policies – development and implementation in certain geographical areas (to be chosen by students and coordinating teacher) 11. The personal development industry 12. Personal development in psychology 13. Personal development in higher education 14. Personal development in the workplace 15. Cross-cultural issues in personal development 16. Types of courses/ activities & outcomes, 17. Financial issues – how profitable is the personal development industry? 18. Quality assurance issues regarding language service providers 19. Product quality, process quality, EU and international standards 20. Case study on Romanian LSPs 21. Applied linguistics in the advertising industry 22. Discourse analysis of slogans, flyers, product descriptions etc 23. Applied linguistics – a marketing tool 24. Discourse analysis of marketing related (printed/ recorded) documents: 25. Promotional media – outdoor advertising, point of sale etc. 26. Applied research in translation studies: 27. audiovisual translation studies 28. Postcolonial translation studies – the politics of language as ethical praxis 29. Advertising translation 30. Community interpreting 31. Multilingualism in translation studies 32. The impact of new technologies in translation studies 33. Quality assurance in translation studies 34. Research on translator/ interpreter education 35. Translation – support for language education Concentration topic 3 - ORGANISATIONAL DISCOURSE / LEADERSHIP Teaching staff team: Prof.univ.dr. Mariana Nicolae Prof. dr Georgeta Ghiga Conf dr. Roxana Marinescu 1. The language of today’s organizations and the challenges for finding jobs and for career management. Case study 2. Organizations – types of organizations and of organizational management. The importance of language and communication . Case study. 3. Verbal and non-verbal elements in organizational communication. Case study. 4. Communicational conflicts and their management in organizations. Case study. 5. The language of leaders and managers in organizations. Case study. 6. Organizational change - the dynamics and resistance to change. The language of change in organizations. Case study. 7. Ethics and etiquette. Correct and polite language and behaviours in organizations. Case study. 8. The professional image of Romanian employers and employees. Ethics and etiquette. Case study. Concentration topic 4 - FINANCIAL ENGLISH Teaching staff team: Prof. dr Georgeta Ghiga 1. Polysemy in Financial English 2. Synonymy in Financial English 3. Types of metaphors in Financial Texts Concentration topic 5 - ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION / COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / GENRE & CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS Teaching staff team: Prof. dr Laura Muresan Conf dr. Mirela Bardi Conf dr. Mihaela Arsene As. dr. Dana Cocargeanu Lector dr. Irina David Lector dr. Lucia Grosu 1. Reporting verbs in English for Academic Purposes in business and economics – a comparative analysis of student writing versus expert writing 2. Modal verbs in English for Academic Purposes in business and economics – a comparative analysis of novice and expert writing 3. Cohesive devices in EAP in business and economics – a genre and corpus-based analysis 4. Key-word analysis of project proposals – a corpus-based approach 5. Discourse features of text-messages : closer to oral or to written communication Contextual factors influencing the discourse features of email messages – a corpusinformed analysis 6. Exploring genre hybridity in scientific blogs – textual and contextual analysisCommunicative functions and discourse features of author videos on publishers’ websites 7. What contributes to the attractiveness of article titles in The Economist ? Textual and contextual analysis 8. New trends in research communication : exploring the discourse features of ‘the article of the future’ 9. Self-evaluation processes and instruments for quality enhancement in higher education 10. Exploring ‘quality culture’ features in Higher Education – Do we do what we say we do ? – a mixed-methods approach 11. Value statements in Higher Education – a corpus-based analysis of mission statements on university websites 12. Quality related promises in the business world – textual and contextual analysis of company mission statements Concentration topic 6 - ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION/ PERCEPTION STUDIES Teaching staff team: Prof. dr Laura Muresan Conf. dr Mirela Bardi Lector dr Mihaela Arsene As. dr. Dana Cocargeanu 1. Interactive teaching in English Medium Instruction – perceptions of Romanian and overseas students 2. Analysis of academic discourse features in student essay writing 3. Critical thinking tools in academic study – perceptions and practice 4. Effective Language learning Strategies – a study of perceptions Concentration topic 7: COMMUNICATION THEORY AND PRACTICE Teaching staff team: Lector dr. Maria Darabant Lector dr. Irina David Lector dr, Lucia Grosu Lector dr. Viorela Dima Lector dr. Marina Militaru Lector dr. Maria Enache 1. 2. 3. 4. Communication and linguistic competence Socio-cultural aspects of communication based on Edward Hall’s theory Language dynamics – types of meaning, language evolution and modernity English as “lender of last resort”. The social and linguistic impact of English on Romanian 5. Challenges of oral discourse – presentation techniques Catégorie de sujets no. 8 : COMMUNICATION INTERCULTURELLE Équipe d’enseignants : Prof.dr. Ruxandra Constantinescu-Stefanel Conf.dr. Rodica Capotă-Stanciu Conf.dr. Maria Antoaneta Lorentz L’interculturel entre la vie privée et la vie professionnelle. Etudes de cas Compétences interculturelles – compétences professionnelles. Etudes de cas Perceptions subjectives de l’autrui. Etrangers en Roumanie Perceptions subjectives de l’autrui. Roumains en France / à l’étranger L’influence exercée par la langue et les références culturelles sur la perception que l’on a du monde et d’autrui. Etudes de cas 6. Conventions de communication verbale et non verbale en situation de références culturelles différentes. Etudes de cas 7. Diversité et identité européenne et apprentissage non-formel et informel. Etudes de cas 8. La Francophonie en Roumanie. Etudes de cas 9. Découvrir la Roumanie / la France autrement. Etude de cas : le couch surfing 10. Repères culturels francophones dans le monde arabe. Etude de cas 11. La langue française – vecteur de civilisation. Etude de cas 12. Le français dans l’Union Européenne : réalités et perspectives 13. La contribution de la France au développement de la culture et de la civilisation mondiale 14. Culture et civilisation d’un pays francophone au choix de l’étudiant. Etude de cas 15. L’humour à la française, l’humour à la roumaine 16. Les valeurs des employés roumains et français. Etudes des cas (dans des entreprises franco-roumaines) 17. La vie estudiantine en Roumanie et en France. Etude de cas : les Etudiants Erasmus 18. Culture d’entreprise. Etudes de cas – entreprises franco-roumaines 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Catégorie de sujets ÉCONOMIQUE Équipe d’enseignants : no. 9: LINGUISTIQUE APPLIQUÉE AU DISCOURS Conf.dr. Roxana Bârlea Conf.dr. Rodica Capotă-Stanciu Lector dr. Maria Ana Oprescu 1. Désambiguïsation, enrichissement et inférence dans la correspondance commerciale 2. Les mécanismes cognitifs (centraux) à l’origine de l’interprétation des énoncés dans la négociation d’affaires 3. De la linguistique à la pragmatique. Analyse de corpus enregistrés pendant le stage de pratique en entreprise 4. La communication indirecte et l’enrichissement pragmatique (dans des contextes économiques spécifiques – à définir) 5. L’acceptation et le refus – inférences, conventions sociales, etc. – dans l’entretien de vente 6. Les hypothèses contextuelles et la communication efficace en contexte économique (contextes spécifiques à définir) 7. Les maximes de Grice et le principe de pertinence (Sperber et Wilson). Etudes de cas – textes économiques 8. La langue française entre le marketing et la mercatique. Etude de cas 9. Le slogan publicitaire en français et en anglais 10. Peut-on parler d'une langue de la publicité? 11. Créativité lexico-sémantique en publicité 12. Expressions figées en roumain et en français. Une analyse des mentalités