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Professional English III

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Course abstract

The aim of the course is acquisition of knowledge and skills for academic purposes and professional activities to serve such purposes as the development of professional qualification, obtaining and exchange of information, and improving students' communication skills in the situations related to professional activities and/or academic purposes.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

• Knowledge – Terminology related to land survey, land management, real estate, ecology, environment; professional information in the English language; the knowledge of the language use in the professional area.
• Skills - Students are able to apply the knowledge and communicative skills, including reading, speaking, listening and writing skills, in their professional activities, participating in discussions, creating dialogues, making presentations. Students are able to use professional terminology in various communicative situations (telephone talks, job interviews, business correspondence, electronic documents, etc.). They are able to find necessary information in a foreign language on-line, work with dictionaries of terminology and industry.
• Competence – Students have improved the competence of professional foreign language in order to apply a foreign language creatively in spoken and written communication for professional activities, student mobility and in academic environment.

Compulsory reading

1.Cullen P. Vocabulary for IELTS. (2008) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 174 p.
2.Ibbotson M. Cambridge English for Engineering. (2008) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 112 p.
3.Ibbotson M. Engineering: Technical English for Professionals. (2009) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 144 p.
4.Kelly K. Geography. (2009) Oxford: Macmillan., 231 p.

Further reading

1. Cullen P. Vocabulary for IELTS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 178 p. ISBN-0521709768
2. Ince M. The Rough Guide to the Earth. [tiešsaiste]. London: Rough Guides, 2007. 315 p. [skatīts 04.12.2013.]. ISBN- 1843535890 Pieejams: http://www.scribd.com/doc/47257083/The-Rough-Guide-to-the-Earth-2007
3. McCarthy M., O’Dell F. English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 318 p. ISBN-0521689392

Periodicals and other sources

1. AMBIO: a journal of the human environment. Stockholm : Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. ISSN 0044-7447. Pieejams arī tiešsaistē LLU FB datubāzē EBSCO http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&jid=KNR&site=ehost-live.
2. GeoInformatics: magazine for Geo-IT professionals. Emmeloord: CMedia Productions BV. ISSN 1387-0858.
3. Landscape Research. Abingdon : Carfax, -1999- ISSN 0142-6397. Pieejams arī tiešsaistē EBSCO datubāzēs: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eih&jid=0V4&site=ehost-live