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Culture of Language for Managers
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_021 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inta Urbanoviča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | To speak Latvian fluently. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To supplement and strengthen student’s knowledge, skills and competences of Latvian standard language in spoken and written form. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Culture of language as a science. Style of business and administrative language. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Spoken and written form of language. Public speech. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Calques. Choice of vocabulary. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Topical issues of orthography. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Word formation in standard language practice. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Morphological norms of standard language. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Syntax of standard language. Punctuation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of written text. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Student is developing an individual work – text analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Accumulative evaluation: regular attendance, active participation in classes, the quality of answers during the classes (50%), qualitatively done individual work (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After a successful study course programme acquisition, the student will know: • levels of language and their units; • linguistic and extralingual factors affecting the communication process; • the most important theoretical literature in which to find explanations for different language mistakes. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On completion of the course, the students will be able to: • classify and analyse mistakes of language use; • explain errors according to to the theoretical literature; • establish oral and written texts in accordance to standard language norms; • assess the extralinguic factors that are relevant to the speech situation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After learning the course, the student will be able to create spoken or written texts in accordance to Latvian standard language, and will be able to assess linguistic and extralinguistic factors affecting the relevant speaking situation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Blinkena A. Latviešu interpunkcija. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2009. | ||||||||
| 2 | Freimane I. Valodas kultūra teorētiskā skatījumā. Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: Zvaigzne,1993. [Pieejams arī tiešsaistē]. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pareizrakstības un pareizrunas rokasgrāmata. [Aut. kol.]. Rīga: Avots, 2002. | ||||||||
| 4 | Paegle Dz., Kušķis J. Kā latvietis runā ... Praktiski ieteikumi valodas kultūrā. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1994. | ||||||||
| 5 | Rozenbergs J. Latviešu valodas stilistika. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1995. | ||||||||
| 6 | Urbanoviča I. Ietekmīga valoda. Rīga: AML/RSU, 2001. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ceplīte B., Ceplītis L. Latviešu valodas praktiskā gramatika. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997. | ||||||||
| 2 | Krūmiņa V., Skujiņa V. Normamtīvo aktu izstrādes rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Valsts Kanceleja, 2002 [pieejams tiešsaistē: http://petijumi.mk.gov.lv/ui/default.aspx]. | ||||||||
| 3 | Skujiņa V. Latviešu valoda lietišķajos rakstos. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1999. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.valoda.lv/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.ailab.lv/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.letonika.lv/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.tezaurs.lv/ | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.termini.lza.lv/ | ||||||||
