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Professional English III

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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 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 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.Sustainable Landscapes [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 06.03.2016.]. Pieejams:: https://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/videos.html ISBN:
978-0-470-64007-4
2.Thompson J.W, Sorvig K. Sustainable Landscape Construction. A Guide to Green Building Outdoors. Washington DC: Island Press, 2008. 155 p. ISBN: 978-59726-1425l
3.Dines N. T., Brown K.D. Landscape Architect’s Portable Handbook. New York: Mc Graw Hill, 2001. 443 p. ISBN: 0-07-134422-5
4.Harris C. W., Dines N. T., Time–Saver Standards For Landscape Architecture: Design and Construction Data. New York: Mc Graw Hill, 1998. 927 p. ISBN: 0070170274

Further reading

1.Trowbridge P.J., Bassun N.L. Trees in the Urban Landscape. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004. 207 p. ISBN: 0471392464
2.Hudan J. Design for Garden. Portland: Timber Press, 2000. 217 p. ISSN: 1360-3671
3.Artful Landscapes [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 06.03.2016.]. Pieejams: http://www.thecoolist.com/landscape-architecture-designs-10-modern-masterpieces/

Periodicals and other sources

1. Journal of Ecology [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 11.12.2011.]. Pieejams: http://www.journalofecology.org ISSN: 1365-2745
2. Landscape Research Journal [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 11.12.2011.]. Pieejams: http://www.landscaperesearch.org ISSN: 0142-6397
3. National Geographic [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 11.12.2011.]. Pieejams: http://www.nationalgeographic.com ISSN 0027-9358