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Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 24/25.P.1.00

Description Period: 2024./25 academic year pavasara semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Special Sports Terminology in a Foreign Language

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
LSPA_415
Branch of Science
Health sciences; Sport Pedagogy
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Iveta Boge
Structure Unit Manager
Anita Muižniece
Structural Unit
Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Contacts

LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006

About Study Course

Objective

To give students the opportunity to learn and improve the special terminology in a foreign language of the European Union according to their qualifications (sports teacher, senior coach of a sport, recreation specialist, manager in the field of sports).

Preliminary Knowledge

Completion of the study course "Special terminology and communication in a foreign language".

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Knows and will be able to use professional terminology.

Skills

1.Will be able to apply the use of a foreign language in oral and written form. Use of professional terminology.

Competences

1.Students will be competent to use special terminology in a foreign language in a discussion about the content and framework of the qualification.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
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Reading, translating and interpreting texts in English according to the specialty, preparing for tests and presentations, according to the content of the study course.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
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The total score is summative. Tests (written); Presentations; Various tasks during classes (discussions, essays, individual reading, etc.). For completing the study course, the student receives a differentiated assessment based on a 10-point scale. In order to receive a positive evaluation for the study course, the overall evaluation must correspond to at least 4 points. The student receives an evaluation in points by summing up the set number of points, evaluating knowledge, skills and competences in the performance of individual tasks, as well as attitude and individual dynamics.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Introduction

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  1. Work with texts according to the 1st qualification

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  1. Test

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  1. Work with texts according to the 2nd qualification

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  1. Test

EventType
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  1. Presentation on professional activity

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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
60 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Boge I., Rudzinska I. Special Sport Terminology in English. Riga, 2016.

2.

Sally Cook. How to Speak Football: From Ankle Breaker to Zebra: An Illustrated Guide to Gridiron Gab. Flatiron Books, 2016.

Other Information Sources

1.

Sports Terminology: Important Sports-Related Terminologies

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