This course introduces students to the principles, process and key steps of designing and writing up for linguistic research through substantial reading, writing, analysis and presentation work. Students are expected to develop awareness of the gold standards in various sub-areas and approaches in linguistic research. Through lectures and hands-on learning activities, students gain first-hand experience in identifying relevant information in existing research literature, comparing and synthesizing previous research findings, motivating new research studies, and reporting their findings in a clear, organized and elegant manner.