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Professional German I

Course developers

Replaced courses

Valo1035 [GVAL1035] Professional German I

Valo1036 [GVAL1036] Professional German

ValoP055 [GVALP055] Professional German I

ValoP270 [GVALP270] Professional German

ValoP273 [GVALP273] Professional German I

Course abstract

The course is aimed at the acquisition of knowledge and skills for academic purposes and professional activities to serve such purposes as the development of professional qualification, obtaining and exchanging of information, and improving students' communication skills (including work placement abroad, participation in guest lectures, work in joint venture companies, etc.). The study course envisages mastering of language skills in various forms and levels of communication – reading, speaking, listening and writing, focusing on the terminology of landscape architecture and planning.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

After completing the course the students will have:
• knowledge of the terminology of landscape architecture and planning as well as environmental issues; professional information in the German 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 communicative situations (telephone conversations, job interviews, business correspondence, etc.) and find the necessary information in foreign language on-line, structuring and analyzing it.
• competence - students have improved the competence of professional foreign language in order to apply it creatively in spoken and written communication for professional activities, student mobility and in academic environment.

Compulsory reading

1.Mertens E. Landschaftsarchitektur visualisieren. Funktionen, Konzepte, Strategien. 1. Aufl. Verlag Birkhäuser GmbH, 2009. 91 S. ISBN-10:3-7643-8788-2.
2.Waterman T. Landschaftsarchitektur. Das Wichtigste in Kürze. 1. Aufl. Verlag DVA, 2010. 192 S. ISBN-10:3-421-03774-4.
3.Wilk S. Zeichenlehre für Landschaftsarchitekten. Handbuch und Planungshilfe. 1. Aufl. Verlag DOM publishers, 2015. 356 S. ISBN:978-3-86922-258-5.
4.Petschek P. Geländemodellierung für Landschaftsarchitekten und Architekten. 1. Aufl. Verlag Birkhäuser GmbH, 2009. ISBN-10:3-7643-8501-4.

Further reading

1.Rudelph A. Moderne Architektur. Entdeckungen an der Ostseeküste. 1. Aufl. Hinstorff Verlag, 2015. 224 S. ISBN: 978-3-356-01980-3.
2.Ritz G., Radziewsky E. Über Landschaftsarchitektur. Zur Ausstellung im Architekturforum Zürich. 1. Aufl. Verlag Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2009. 255 Sn. ISBN-10:3-7757-2508-3.
3.Konecny F., Williams A.G., Meder I. Architekturplan Wien. Architektur und Landschaftsarchitektur von 1900 bis heute. Mit Register nach Epochen, Funktionen und PlanerInnen. 1. Aufl. Verlag Falter Verlag, 2009. 196 S. ISBN-10:3-85439-429-2.

Periodicals and other sources

1.Anthos [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 01.03.2016.]. Pieejams: http://www.anthos.ch
2.Landeskultur-Magazin. ISSN: 0044-300X.
3.Arch+ - Zeitschrift für Architektur und Städtebau ISSN: 0587-3452.