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Professional German I

Course developers

Course abstract

The study course is aimed at the acquisition of German 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 German 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: German 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 German professional terminology in various communicative situations (discussions, telephone talks, job interviews, business correspondence, electronic documents, etc.). They are able to find necessary information in German 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 German, intercultural competence and ICT competence

Compulsory reading

1. Böhm J. Werteerziehung in der Elementarpädagogik. 1. Aufl. GRIN Verlag. 2011. 22 S. ISBN-10:3-640-91162-8.
2. Neubauer J., Hofemann K. Sozialpolitik und soziale Lage in Deutschland 1. Grundlagen, Arbeit, Einkommen und Finanzierung. 5. Aufl. 2010. 622 S. ISBN-10: 3-531-17477-0.
3. Kornmeier M. Wissenschaftlich schreiben leicht gemacht: fuer Bachelor, Master und Dissertation. 4. Auflage. Verlag Utb GmbH. Stuttgart, 2010. 322 S. ISBN-10:3-8252-3154-2
4. Von Dziembowski B., von König D., Weilacher U. Neuland: Bildende Kunst und Landschaftsarchitektur. 1. Aufl. Verlag Birkhäuser GmbH. 2007. ISBN-10:3-7643-8619-3.

Further reading

1. Kurzhals H.-A. Kühlen und Gefrieren von Lebensmitteln. Lebensmitteltechnologie in der Praxis, Band 1. Behrs Verlag. 2007. 200 S., ISBN-10:3-89947-357-4. Nav liel. Latvijas b-kās.
2. Krämer J. Lebensmittel-Mikrobiologie. 5. Aufl. Verlag Utb GmbH. 2007. 406 S. ISBN-10:3-8252-1421-4.
3. Ebermann R. Lehrbuch Lebensmittelchemie und Ernährung. Springer-Verlaag KG. 2008. 600 S. ISBN-10:3-211-48649-6.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Soziale Systeme. ISSN: 0948-423X
2. Forschung. Published by John Wiley and Sons. ISSN (printed): 0172-1518. ISSN (electronic): 1522-2357
3. Deutschland Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer das vereinigte Deutschland. W. Bertelsmann Verlag. ISSN: 0012-1428.