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Professional English I

Course developer

Course abstract

The study course is aimed at the acquisition of English with the purpose of extending students’ professional qualification and improving skills for communication with foreign students, educators and other specialists, and in the academic environment. The course envisages the mastering of the English language skills in various forms and levels, focusing on the terminology related to Home Environment, Pedagogy, Psychology and Information Technologies. The Content and Language Integrated Approach is used.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

After the course completion, the students will have:
• Knowledge: English terminology of Home Environment, Pedagogy, Psychology and Information Technologies, and systematic and conceptualized professional information.
• Skills: Students are able to apply their knowledge and communicative skills, including reading, speaking, listening and writing skills, in their professional activities, participating in discussions, creating dialogues and making presentations. Students are able to use English professional terminology in various communicative situations (discussions, telephone talks, job interviews, business correspondence, electronic documents, etc.). They are able to find necessary information in English on the Internet, books and magazines; to structure and classify the information, to work with the dictionaries of terminology and industries.
• Competence: Communicative competence of Professional English, intercultural competence and ICT competence

Compulsory reading

1. Aris P. Spanish Cooking. A Fiesta of Original Recipes. Quintet Publishing Ltd., 2002. 128 p. ISBN: 1-84092-256-7.
2. Brennan G. New Healthy Kitchen Starters. San Francisco: Bonnier Books, 2006. 143 p., ISBN: 978-1-905825-01-1.
3. Cooks Library: Vegetarian. Bath: Parragon, 2003. 176 p., ISBN: 0-75259-441-9.
4. Villegas M., Jones Ch., L. The Food of France. A Journey for Food Lovers. Whitecap Books, 2005. 296 p., ISBN: 978-1-55285-681-9.

Further reading

1. Humphries C. The Classic 1000 Chicken Recipes. Strathearn Publishing Ltd. 2001. 384 p. ISBN: 0-572-02646-3.
2. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Eighth edition Ir LLU FB grāmata ar šādu nosaukumu: Oxford dictionary of English /edited by Angus Stevenson. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2069 lpp.
3. Murphy R. English Grammar in Use with answers. A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 379 p. ISBN:0- 521- 53289 -2