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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Tatjana Zakutajeva
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Rehabilitation
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Languages and Literature

Objective

To develop students’ communication skills for use in academic and professional settings and to facilitate the acquisition of professional terminology for productive use.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the English language at secondary school level.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: recognise professional terminology in different types of texts; recall professional terminology related to the field of occupational therapy; describe different phenomena in the field of occupational therapy, using professional terminology in English.

Skills

1.Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to: select and use appropriate terminology in English for oral communication (presentations, discussions) and written communication (doctor's records, letters of referral, medical article annotations) in the the field of occupational therapy;
use appropriate language devices to communicate their ideas both in written and spoken language; summarise the information from any kind of source in written and spoken language using relevant terminology in English; retell the general idea and specific information in different kinds of texts from varied types of sources.

Competence

1.Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to practically apply the acquired terminology in varied interaction settings.