Reading and Interpretation of English Technical Texts for Geographers
Study Cycle: 1
Lectures: 0
Seminars: 0
Tutorials: 30
ECTS credit: 3
Lecturer(s): lekt. mag. Drašler Andreja
• the basic strategies for reading English technical texts (textbooks, professional and academic journals, and newspapers),
• the analysis of professional and academic texts,
• the use of dictionaries and electronic media,
• consolidation and expansion of specialised vocabulary,
• viewing and analysis of videos with geographical topics,
• independent collecting and analysis of data, designing and giving presentations,
• familiarisation with the use of online proofreading tools and machine translation.
Course topics relate to other courses in the study programme of geography.
- Mayhew, S. 2004. A dictionary of geography. Oxford: OUP. COBISS.SI-ID - 29470562
- Luján García, C. I. 2010. English for geographers. San Vicente : Club Universitario. (izbrana poglavja) COBISS.SI-ID - 37940739
- Kelly, K., 2009. Geography. Macmillan Vocabulary Practice Series with CD-ROM (izbrana poglavja). COBISS.SI-ID - 20214
- Izbor aktualnih člankov iz poljudnih in strokovnih revij ter z interneta po izbiri študentov / Selected updated articles from magazines, journals, newspapers, the internet of the students' choice
- Jakoš, Z. 2018. Topics in geography : (class materials for internal use) Ljubljana : University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies (izbrana poglavja). COBISS.SI-ID - 66900066
- Other current literature available in the e-classroom