CONFERENCEThe aim of the study module is to build knowledge, skills and competence in digital humanities in the fields related to Latvian and English studies in order to develop and improve the ability to solve complex linguistic problems related to language use, learning and research, using various language resources and digital tools of text analysis.
EU Institutional and Project Management Discourse (ValoB064)
Lecturers: assoc. professor, Dr.philol. Jana Kuzmina and lecturer, Mg.philol. Margarita Spirida
Course language: English
The aim of the study course is to provide students with the opportunity to understand the EU institutional discourse, project management discourse, as well as providing knowledge about document databases, digital tools for text analysis and organisation.
The course prepares students for the changing labour market situation and helps them develop digital competences, connect their learning to real-world problems and ultimately be proactive in their learning experience in the context of EU institutional and project management discourse.
The objectives of the course are:
- to develop a critical, interdisciplinary understanding of the EU as a multinational and multilingual union, by providing an insight into the development of the EU and its institutions;
- to reflect on the dynamic interaction of academic and professional discussions on how academic discussions on language policies and multilingualism coincide with practical terminology issues that arise in the process of information transfer in the EU context;
- to raise students' awareness of discourse and genre theories that underpin the use of digital toolkits for text analysis;
- to develop students' transversal digital competence: instrumental skill of using digital tools for text selection from databases, data visualisation, text organisation and analysis in institutional and professional context.
The acquired analytical skills will enable them to pursue careers in a variety of sectors (e.g. EU entities, European and international organizations, NGOs, public and private sector) and/or undertake further research in the field of applied linguistics and/or European studies.
Digital Opportunities for Language Acquisition and Research (ValoB125)
Lecturer: assistant professor, Dr.philol. Inta Urbanoviča
Course language: Latvian
The aim of the study course is to introduce students with the digital opportunities in linguistics in the digital humanities context. The information on the main fields of digital language technologies is analyzed as well as the national language resources (including language corpora) and platforms for their use and analysis are examined, strengthening students’ skills in the use of digital tools and resources for language learning and research.
The objectives of the study course are:
- to explain the key terms of the digital humanities;
- to introduce the most important fields of the development of digital language technology as well as Latvian institutions which are involved in the design of different digital language tools and resources;
- to improve the ability to use national language resources and their analysis platforms as well as language models and tools for automatic text analysis and synthesis;
- to strengthen the skills of digital information and content processing and managing for the research in linguistics.
Introduction to Applied Linguistics and Language Technologies (ValoB077)
Lecturers: assoc. professor, Dr.philol. J. Kuzmina, assoc. professor, Dr.philol. Z. Vinčela, professor, Dr.philol. Gunta Roziņa
Course language: English
The aim of the course is to form and develop students’ understanding of applied linguistics and language technologies; to facilitate students’ understanding of the interrelated disciplines and applied terminology, obtain theoretical knowledge and encourage its practical application.
The course emphasizes text perception skills and its content processing skills by proficient application of language technology digital tools for the automatic analysis of written and spoken texts. In addition, it is aimed at such systemic knowledge attainment which enables students to comprehend language use in various contexts.
Course objectives:
- to facilitate the synergy of applied linguistics and language technologies by forming students’ understanding of integrated theoretical, practical, and research skills;
- to emphasize the use of the obtained knowledge and established skills in professional contexts, thus encouraging students’ independent and critical thinking, analytical and research skill development.