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English in Audiologopaedics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:29
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_048 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Sniedze Vilde | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | English of secondary school level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students’ understanding of the precise use of medical terminology in English in the specialty chosen and promote its practical use; to train communicative skills for academic and professional purposes. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductions - basic terminology. Human body: Respiratory system; digestive system; speech organs, auditory system. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Phonetics/Phonology: Basic terminology, Sound production, Comparison between Latvian and English sound systems and sound production, Writing transcriptions. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Diseases, symptoms, treatment of learning disabilities. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Diseases, symptoms, detections methods, treatment of speech disorders. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Sign languages. Speaking and hearing aids. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Audiologists and Speech therapists career, cooperation with related medical branches. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Methods of examination; writing a medical opinion, describing a patient. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Compiling a glossary that includes the terminology acquired during the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular attendance and active participation in practical classes. Exam: 1. Written exam (reflection of theoretical aspects covered; language use); 2. Presentation on speech disorder or learning disability of student's choice. (7 – 10 min.). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course the students will be able: • to recognize and interpret the use of medical terms; • to understand terminology and to analyze texts in medicine; • to express one’s point of view and justify it, using appropriate language structures and phrases. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of this study course the students will be able to: • skillfully use medical terminology for professional needs; • read/translate (if necessary) texts in speciality; • give instructions in English to clients on correction of speech defects; • prepare a report and present it in English. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon successful completion of this course the students will be able: • to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in the study process and in the professional field. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nav vienota tekstu un uzdevumu krājuma Audiologopēdijas kursa programmai, bet leksiskais materiāls ir izmantojams no sekojošiem izdevumiem: | ||||||||
| 2 | Chabner, D.-E. The Language of Medicine. W.B. Saunders Co, 2007 (terminu analīze, pamatelementi medicīnas terminoloģijas veidošanā, latīņu un grieķu valodas elementi, u.c.) | ||||||||
| 3 | Glendinning, E., Howard, R. (2007) Professional English in Use, Medicine. UK:Cambridge University Press, 2007 (uzdevumi terminoloģijas pārbaudēm) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Alison Pohl, Test your Professional English, Penguin English, 2003 (uzdevumi studējošo individuālajam darbam). | ||||||||
| 2 | The Alternative Advisor - The Complete Guide to Natural Therapies and Alternative Treatments, Alexandria, Virginia (tēmas: earache, hearing problems, etc.) | ||||||||
| 3 | Check your English Vocabulary for Medicine (3rd edition), A&C Black, London, 2009 | ||||||||
| 4 | Teksti, audio un video materiāli; http://kidshealth.org./kid/feeling (materiāli par runas un dzirdes defektiem; materiāli par runas un dzirdes aparāta anatomiju, utt.) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Studējošie materiālus referātu prezentācijām var izmantot no Interneta avotiem, vai profesionālo medicīnas asociāciju publikācijām. | ||||||||
