Course code ValoP042
Credit points 2.25
Professional German II
Total Hours in Course60
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes24
Date of course confirmation14.12.2011
Responsible UnitLanguage Centre
Course developers
lect.
Oksana Mališeva
Mg. philol.
Diana Svika
Mg. paed.
Replaced courses
Valo2043 [GVAL2043] Professional German II
Valo2053 [GVAL2053] Professional German II
ValoP034 [GVALP034] Professional German in Agriculture I
ValoP076 [GVALP076] Professional German II
ValoP213 [GVALP213] Professional German II
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.Feldhoff St. Deutschlands letzte Paradiese. Das Handbuch aller deutschen Natur- und Nationalparks. 1. Aufl. Bruckmann Verlag, 2014. 496 S. ISBN:978-3-7654-6771-4.
2.Zerjatke E. Landschaftsarchitektur und ihre Außenpräsenz. Was ist Landschaft? Was ist Landschaftsarchitektur? 1. Aufl. Verlag VDM Verlag, 2008. 136 S. ISBN-10:3-8364-6990-1.
3.Wettstein B. Bautechnik in der Landschaftsarchitektur: gestalterische Anforderungen und der Faktor Zeit - Eine Untersuchung aktueller Landschaftsarchitektur zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Medium PDF. 2008. ISBN-10:3-8316-0775-3.
4.Brandl W., Schegk I. Baukonstruktionslehre für Landschaftsarchitekten. 1. Aufl. Ulmer Eugen Verlag, 2009. 608 S. ISBN-10:3-8001-4680-0.
Further reading
1.Mahlau, G. (2009): Marketing für Landschaftsarchitekten und Landschaftsgärtner. 1. Aufl. Verlag Ulmer Eugen Verlag. 214 Seiten. ISBN-10:3-8001-5699-7.
2.Übersetzt von Wiethuechter, A. (2007): Landschaftsarchitekten. Bd.4. Neue Entwürfe ausgewählter Landschaftsarchitekten. 1. Aufl. Verlag Nelte. 141 Seiten. ISBN-10:3-932509-08-0.
3.Ruby, S. (2013): Barockgarten Groβsedlitz. 1. Aufl. Verlag Edition Leipzig. 48 Seiten. ISBN:978-3-361-00689-8.
Periodicals and other sources
1.Stadt+Grün (Das Gartenamt). ISSN 0948-9770.
2.Garten+Landschaft [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 01.03.2016.]. Pieejams: https://www.garten-landschaft.de
3.Topos. ISSN: 0942-752X.