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Professional English IV

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Course abstract

The course is aimed at the acquisition of knowledge and skills in professional foreign language with the express purpose of extending the students` professional qualification and improving the students` communication skills with foreign students and specialists (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, writing focusing on the terminology of wood processing and related fields.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

After completing the course the student will have:
• knowledge of wood processing terminology including the specialisms in wood science, timber and furniture production, environmentally friendly technologies; the knowledge of 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 on-line, structurize and classify it.
• competence - students have acquired 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. Eaton R.A., Hale M.D.C. Hale. Wood: Decay, pest and Protection. London; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993. 546 p.
2. Dinwoodie J.M. Timber: Its nature and behaviour. London: New York : Taylor & Francis, 2000 (2005), 257 p.
3. BowyerJ.L.,Shmulsky R., Haygreen J.G. Forest Products and Wood Science. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press, 2003. 554 p.
4. Hough R.B. The Woodbook. Köln: Taschen, 2002. 863 p.

Further reading

1. Mežtehnikas, mežsaimniecības un kokrūpniecības terminu vārdnīca. Rīga: Antēra, 1998. 671 p.
2. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking: tools, techniques, projects, picture framing ... London: Hermes House, 2009. 512 p.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Baltic Timber Journal. ISSN-1691-0494.
2. Forestry. An International Journal of Forest Research. ISSN 0015-752X.
3. International Wood Projects Journal. ISSN 2042-6445.