English for Landscape Professionals

Agrarwissenschaften und Landschaftsarchitektur

Version 15.0 vom 14.11.2019

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English for Landscape Professionals

• Landschaftsbau (Bachelor) (B.Eng.)
• Landschaftsbau (Master) (M.Eng.)

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Due to globalisation and especially the development of the European Union, the landscaping industry is becoming ever more international. A landscaping professional is likely to be involved in international projects or at least have to communicate with peers from other countries. In such circumstances, English is the lingua franca.

ENGLISH FOR LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS is a subject-specific language course for landscape architecture students studying for a qualification in the landscaping industries.Working through a landscaping project from project inception to completion fulfilling all tasks associated with such project including site visits, design brief, planning, negotiating, meetings, design documentation, tendering, preparing contracts, implementation and completion. Emphasis is placed on communication and vocabulary learning.

Wissensverbreiterung
The students understand the contracting system in the United Kingdom and have the language tools necessary to fullfil the expectations of a landscaping professional
Wissensvertiefung
The students have the gramatical und lexical knowledge to participate in the industry. This includes the methods and topics of the landscaping industry.
Können - instrumentale Kompetenz
The students are able to extract information from a client about their desires for form and function of their garden and transfer these into realisable designs and implementation documentation. Essential standard competencies from Open Space Planning and Landscape Engineering are developed und used. Client communication, design principles, business communications, presentations, design specifications, bill of quantities, official acceptance.
Können - kommunikative Kompetenz
Compentent communication with clients, contractors, sub-contractors, consultants, local authorities in both formal and informal contexts.
Können - systemische Kompetenz
The ability for the students to practice their profession in an English-speaking country

Lectures, seminars, groupwork

B2 (erfolgreich abgeschlossenes B1 Niveau)

Fine, Jonathan

Fine, Jonathan

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English for Landscape ProfessionalsPatzer Verlag

• Projektbericht
• Mündliche Prüfung

1 Semester

Nur Wintersemester

Englisch