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English for Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.07.2021 12:02:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_482 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ingūna Griškēviča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Rīga, Dzirciema iela 16, valodas rsu[pnkts]lv, valodasrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061586 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of English at the level of secondary school programme. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop communicative skills and competences in the English language for study and further work purposes in the chosen specialty and to promote the acquisition and practical use of specialised professional terminology. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Definition of ‘psychology’. Branches of psychology. Classification of psychology. 1.1. Course overview: objectives, tasks, learning outcomes, requirements, tests and examinations. 1.2. Words from general English with a special meaning in psychology. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Academic English 2.1. Use of English-English dictionaries and glossaries. Subtitle information: definitions, synonyms, antonyms, word combinations, expressions. 2.2. APA Dictionary of Psychology. 2.3. Dictionaries of psychological terms and definitions. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Use of terms in communication psychology. Concepts of verbal and non-verbal communication in English. Perception of verbal and non-verbal text in English. Creating a dictionary of professional terms. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Use of Internet tools in translating and writing psychological texts. Research text search, plagiarism checking and translation. Grammarly et al. use of virtual tools. Summary: key principles; thesis sentence and additional information. Editing summary. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Psychology in practice. 5.1. Psychological tests and questionnaires in English: testing of communication, personality, abilities. 5.2. Clinical psychology. Personality and its features. Personality disorders. Tests and interviews. 5.3. Differences in the terminology of psychological approaches. Names of mental disorders in English. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Notable scholars and directions in psychology and their terminology in English. 6.1. Psychoanalysis. Z. Freid and K.G. Jungs. Dreams and personality. 6.2. Developmental psychology L. Vygotsky and J. Piaget. 6.3. Cognitive psychology. R. Sternberg. Cognitive abilities. Intelligence testing. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Use of general psychology terms. Memory. Memory types. Short-term and long-term memory. Forgetting and remembering. Thinking. Perception. Information processing. Intelligence. Emotions. Interaction. Social phenomena. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Formal and informal reflection of vocational education and experience. CV sections. Filling in the Europass CV. Application letters. Frequently used phrases and expressions. Reflection of acquired education, relevant experience and positive personal qualities. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Mental health. Popular notions of mental illness. Trends: description of changes (line chart, bar chart, pie chart, table). Commonly used psychological terms to describe the change. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Principles of creating a scientific research text. APA standards in scientific text creation. Principles of introduction, problems, description of topicality. Description of the method part. Description of the conclusions part. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students prepare individual and group presentations on topics covered during the course, they do written vocabulary tasks, read authentic texts on topics covered during the course and finish comprehension tasks; work independently with English-English dictionaries and prepare professional terminology word lists. The students write letters, summaries and reports. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1) Active participation in classes; timely submitted written tasks of high quality; presentations made in accordance with the topics covered during the course; vocabulary tests – 25%; 2) End of 1st semester written test – 25%; 3) Written part of the examination consisting of tasks on the use of terminology, reading comprehension tasks and a written task – 25%; 4) Spoken part of the examination – individual presentation on one of the topics covered during the course – 25%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • recognise, translate and explain terminology related to psychology; • name the most commonly used equivalent terminology in English in the field of psychology and medicine; • find and reproduce main information from authentic texts both in spoken and written English; • determine and report the speaker’s point of view. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • use the relevant professional terminology both in spoken and written English; • prepare and give presentations on issues related to psychology; • express and defend their own opinion using the appropriate vocabulary; • prepare questions of different types to interview people; • write a summary, formal and informal letters, a profile, etc. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The students will be able to work as a team, express and defend their point of view both orally and in writing, using the professional terminology. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Jane Short. Series editor: Terry Phillips. English for Psychology in Higher Education Studies. Garnet Publishing Ltd. Reading, 2011. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ruth Gairns and Stuart Redman. Oxford Word Skills. OUP, 2009. | ||||||||
| 2 | Sjuart McKinlay, Bob Hastings. Success. Advanced Student’s Book. Pearson Education Limited, 2009. | ||||||||
| 3 | Lindsay White, Rod Fricker, Rosemary Nixon. Success. Advanced Workbook. Pearson Education Limited, 2009. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rod Fricker. Success. Advanced Teacher’s Support Book. Pearson Education Limited, 2009. | ||||||||
| 5 | Virginia Evans. Successful Writing. Proficiency. Express Publishing, 2000. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.macmillandictionary.com | ||||||||
| 2 | www.collinsdictionary.com | ||||||||
