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Professional English IV

Course developer

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 water management, ecology and 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 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. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 174 p. ISBN: 9780521709750
2. Kelly K. Geography. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2009. 223 p. ISBN 978-0-230-71976-7
3. Oxenden C., Latham-Koenig with Byrne T. New English File. Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 160 p. ISBN: 9780194518048
4. Wyatt R. Vocabulary for FCE. Essex: Pearson Education Ltd., 2007. 124 p. ISBN: 0582451752

Further reading

1. Grussendorf M. English for Presentations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. 178 p. ISBN: 0194579360, 9780194579360
2. Ince M. The Rough Guide to the Earth. [tiešsaiste]. London: Rough Guides, 2007. 315 p. ISBN 13: 9-781-84353-589-8 [skatīts 04.12.2013.]. 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. 315 p. ISBN 0-521-65397-5.

Periodicals and other sources

1. A Journal of the Human Environment ´Journal Ambio´ ISSN: 0044-7447.
2. Journal GEO Informatics [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 11.10.2011.]. Pieejams: http://www.geoinformatics.com
3. Journal The Ecologist [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 10.10.2011.]. Pieejams: http://www.theecologist.org/