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Latvian Language in Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_105 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 6.00 | ECTS: | 9.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dace Žibala | ||||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 24 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 48 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.3 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | No preliminary knowledge of the Latvian language is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire Latvian at the basic conversational level in order to be able to use it in daily communication and for academic purposes – to communicate with patients (at level A1/A2). | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The 1st semester. Introduction, greetings. The Latvian language, specific features. Alphabet, pronunciation. Present tense of the verb "būt/nebūt" (to be/no to be) . Personal pronouns. The gender, singular and plural of the noun. Demonstrative pronouns "tas, tā" (it/that), "šis, šī" (this), | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | My family. Possessive pronouns "mans, mana (my), tavs, tava (your), viņa (his), viņas (her), mūsu (our), jūsu (your), viņu (their). Cardinal numbers 1 – 20, question word "cik?"(how much/ how many?)Constructions "man, jums ... ir/nav/ patīk/nepatīk/garšo/negaršo/ sāp/nesāp" (I have/don`t have/like/don`t like/I have pain, you have). Linking words "tāpēc ka/jo" (because) to express the cause. Human body, pain. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Living place. Directions. The use of the Locative case (singular and plural). Question formation with the question word "kur?"(where?). The verbs of the 2nd conjugation "studēt (to study), strādāt (to work), dzīvot (to live)" etc. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Countries, nationalities, languages. The verb "runāt" (to speak, to talk). "No kurienes tu esi?" (Where are you from?). Use of the preposition "no" (from) in Genitive singular (in patterns). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Cardinal numbers 1 – 1000. Address, phone number, age. Question formation with "cik? (how much/many? how old?) | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Time. "Cik ir pulkstenis?" (What is the time?) " Cikos?"( What time?). The use of verbs "sākties" (to start), "beigties" (to finish, to be over) in the 3rd person. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Seasons of the year. Adverbs of time "šodien (today), tagad (now), vakar (yesterday), rīt (tomorrow)", etc. Question formation with the question word "kad?" (when?) Past and future tenses of the verb "būt" (to be). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | 2nd semester. Revision. Ordinal numbers, their use. Days, months, dates, years. The year of birth (When were you born?). Question formation with "kurš/kura/kurā stāvā" etc. (which? in/on which?) Gathering of patient`s case history (personal data). | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Mealtimes. Food. The use of Accusative case. Questions with "ko?" (What?). Verbs "ēst, dzert, gatavot" (to eat, to drink). Adverbs of frequency "vienmēr, parasti, bieži, dažreiz, reti, nekad" (always, usually, often, sometimes, rearly, never). Negation. How much does it cost? Phrases "Es gribētu..., es vēlos..., Dodiet man... Labu apetīti/ēstgribu! Lūdzu, rēķinu!" (I would like/love..., I wish..., Give me...., Enjoy your meal! The bill, please!) | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | My studies, healthy lifestyle, leisure time activities. Verbs of the 2nd and 3rd conjugation in Present, Past and Future tense. Reflexive verbs "skatīties"(to watch), "klausīties"(to listen), "mācīties"(to learn/study), their use in present in the 1st person. Questions "Cik ilgi?" (How long?), "Cik bieži?"(How often?). How to express duration and frequency. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Means of transport. Verbs "iet, braukt, nākt" (to go, to come) in Present, Past and Future tense. Prepositions "uz, ar" (to, by/with). Overwie on use of other prepositions with Accusative. The use of ordinal numbers in Accusative. Directions. How to ask the way. Phrases on giving simple instructions. Colloquium. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Human body, body parts, internal organs, bones. Vocabulary test. What is bothering you? What are your complains? Some most common symptoms (I). Overview on use of the Dative case. Asking questions with the question word "kam?" (whom?/who?) | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Doctors – specialists. Doctor`s consultation time. Overview on use of prepositions with the Dative case. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | 3rd semester. Patient`s case history/Anamnesis (systematisation of questions). The most common digestive disorders. Expressing of necessity, needs. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | The character of pain, how to describe the pain. Verbs "just" (to feel (what), "justies" (to feel (how))? | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | The most typical symptoms (II) and diseases (disorders of respiratory and cardio – vascular system). Instructions/phrases given by physician during the examination and further treatment. The use of Genitive case in medicine. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual and pair work – written task completion, online self-assessment tests, making up of dialogues, presentation about themselves, work with internet sources, systematization of questions for taking patient`s history. Students are requested to fill the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes. incl. remotely. • Written home assignments or independent work submitted in due time. • At the end of the 1st semester: final test (oral part – answering to 10 questions asked by the course instructor, written part – multiple choice-test (40 questions, 3 options) and vocabulary task (20 lexical units). • During the 2nd semester successfully written 1 colloquium (15%), 1 vocabulary task on human body (5%), 2 self-assessment tests (15%), presentation about themselves (15%). The evaluation of the 2nd semester tests make up 50% of the final evaluation of the course. • At the end of the course (the 3rd semester) – final exam consisting of a written and an oral part. To pass the written part in each task 55% of answers must be correct. The written part makes 30% of the final evaluation. The oral part includes doctor – patient dialogues (topics to choose: cardiovascular diseases, diseases of respiratory system, digestive disorders). Each student has to present 2 dialogues – performing as a doctor and as a patient. The dialogues make up 20% of the final evaluation. The dialogues are evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria provided in e-studies. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will: • know the lexical minimum of conversational themes; • know the simplest language rules; • know the principles of question formation, including question words; • be able to name the human body parts, bones and internal organs; • know the most common symptoms of diseases and disorders covered during the course. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • comprehend simple necessary information; • give information about oneself, family, studies, daily routine orally and in writing; • ask questions and to answer them; • use medical terminology in communication with a patient, to take patient`s history (main data); • give simple instructions to the patient during the examination. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to use Latvian at conversational level in daily communication and to use the acquired medical terminology in studies (to communicate with patients) (at A1 level). | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Svarinska Latviešu valoda. Mācību kurss 25 nodarbībām. Zvaigzne ABC, 2003 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | I.Auziņa, M.Berķe, A.Lazareva, A.Šalme. Laipa (A1). Latviešu valoda. Mācību grāmata, LVA, 2014 | ||||||||
| 2 | I.Auziņa, M.Berķe, A.Lazareva, A.Šalme. Laipa (A1). Latviešu valoda. Darba burtnīca, LVA, 2014 | ||||||||
| 3 | Complete Latvian. Teach Yourself. Tereze Svilane Bartholomew, 2011 | ||||||||
| 4 | Labdien. Lehrbuch der Lettischen Sprache. Band 1. Berthold Forssmann. Hempen Verlag, Bremen, 2008 | ||||||||
| 5 | I.Budviķe, B.Šiliņa. Palīgā! Mācībgrāmata un darba burtnīca pieaugušajiem. 1.,2.,3. līmenis, Zvaigzne ABC, 1998 | ||||||||
| 6 | D.Dumpe Latvian IN THREE MONTHS, ZVAIGZNE ABC, 2009 | ||||||||
| 7 | G.Pujāte, M.Sosāre. Latvian for Foreigners. Rīga, 1995 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://dictionary.site.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | https://maciunmacies.valoda.lv/speles/eapmaciba2/00/01.htm | ||||||||
| 3 | https://maciunmacies.valoda.lv/speles/Listening/multimedia/… | ||||||||
| 4 | https://maciunmacies.valoda.lv/speles/Clips/multimedia/Pama… | ||||||||
| 5 | http://maciunmacies.valoda.lv/eng | ||||||||
| 6 | www.letonika.lv (pieejamas vārdnīcas un latviešu valodas vārdu analīze) | ||||||||
