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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:4 / 6
Course supervisor:Anna Jurčenko
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Psychology
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Linguistics

Objective

Develop the English language communication skills for study and further work purposes in the chosen specialty and promote the acquisition and practical use of specialised professional terminology.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English at the level of secondary school programme.

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;
• determine and report the speaker’s point of view;
• find and reproduce main information from authentic texts both in spoken and written English.

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;
• describe trends given in a graph.

Competence

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.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Psychology, PSbN1Bachelor’sRequiredAnna Jurčenko
Psychology, PSb1Bachelor’sRequiredAnna Jurčenko, Anna Cvetkova
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Psychology, PSbN2Bachelor’sRequiredAnna Jurčenko
Psychology, PSb2Bachelor’sRequiredAnna Jurčenko