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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Inga Laizāne
Target audience:Nursing Science; Social Welfare and Social Work; Pharmacy; Medicine; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology; Public Health; Communication Science; Rehabilitation; Dentistry; Business Management; Juridical Science
Study course descriptionFull description
Branch of science:Linguistics

Objective

To acquire basics of Latvian in order to be able to communicate at basic level A1 (according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the English language. With preliminary knowledge of the Latvian.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the course, students will know: • the lexical minimum of conversational themes; • the simplest language rules; • the principles of question formation, including question words.

Skills

Upon 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 simple questions and to answer them.

Competence

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to use Latvian language at basic level in daily communication.