FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING IN OPTIONAL STUDY COURSES AT LASE

Nowadays to be competitive in labor market foreign language knowledge and skills are essential. After graduation from LASE students start to work as coaches, sports managers or recreation specialists, and, speaking about their employability, in their jobs foreign language competence is very significant. The aim of the research is to determine the demand among students for optional foreign language study courses, which foreign languages are chosen and studied by the LASE students. In the research, optional foreign language study course examination protocols were analyzed for the last four years, which provide the best indicator of how many students not only chose but also actually completed optional foreign language study courses. The research shows that at LASE the optional study courses of foreign language learning are in great demand in sport science direction. LASE students are aware of advantages of foreign language knowledge and skills in labor market also in sport sector and show their wish to continue developing their foreign language competence while studying at LASE

Differences in Student Reading Competence at Different Age Periods

Development of modern technologies has affected peoples’ reading competence, as a reader today reads not only printed texts in books, magazines and newspapers, but more and more uses texts from the Internet or hypertexts which require new reading strategies. Considering this, we found out, how these changes have affected students’ reading competence at different age periods, in order to use the obtained information for further development of foreign language study courses.

Dictionary Search and Update by P Systems with String-Objects and Active Membranes

Membrane computing is a formal framework of distributed parallel computing. In this paper we implement working with the prefix tree by P systems with strings and active membranes

The Benefits and Limitations of Teaching English for Specific Purposes Online and Face-To-Face: Sport and Health Sciences Students’ Perspectives

The restrictions imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 resulted in the switch from in-person to online teaching, including the teaching of foreign languages in 2020-2022. This study uses the feedback of students who have studied English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in virtual and classroom settings. The aim is to investigate the benefits and limitations of each approach for language acquisition in ESP for sport and health sciences. A questionnaire to ascertain students’ experiences was distributed to 60 students in sport and health sciences who studied ESP at the Latvian Academy of Sport Education. It was found that online and face-to-face studies of ESP in sport and health sciences tended to facilitate the acquisition of different language skills. In the questionnaire, students reported consistent progress in the study of vocabulary and reading the texts related to their area of study during both online and face-to-face studies, but less improvement was reported in the areas of grammar and speaking skills. Overall, synchronous online live classes would facilitate the steady and continuous development of all language skills if supplemented by continuous support from the teaching personnel, regular offline meetings or classes, and access to specially designed online resources

Sporta leksika studentu sarunvalodā

Lai noskaidrotu, kādus žargonvārdus Sporta akadēmijas studenti lieto, tika veikta aptauja. Iegūtais materiāls tika salīdzināts ar Latviešu valodas slenga vārdnīcu un V.Ernstsones, L.Tidriķes vārdnīcu „Iz jauniešu mutes”. Tas ļauj secināt, ka lielākā studentu daļa žargonismus lieto, komunicējot neformālā gaisotnē ar saviem vienaudžiem, jo tā, pēc studentu domām, var īsāk, precīzāk, saprotamāk un arī interesantāk izteikties

Approaches to automated construction of graphical shells for computer algebra systems

The paper proposes a calculator model of the graphical shell to be used for computer algebra systems. The calculator shell model is described. Then the techniques of semi-automated construction of such shell are discussed. The motivation of the approach based on the domain model is given. We describe also two possible component assembly methods, static and dynamic, and our experience with them. We motivate the selection of dynamic component assembly