Course code

EKE8007.HT

old course code

EKE8007

Course title in Estonian

Eesti teaduskeel ja terminoloogia

Course title in English

Academic Estonian and Terminology

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To generate skills of precise and clear presentation of argumentation in Estonian academic text, analysing language for specific purposes; to develop skills of using specialised dictionaries and terminology lists. To present an overview of main concepts and tendencies in terminology science.

Brief description of the course

Estonian academic language as a tool of cognition and thinking, academic text as a text type. Features of academic texts. Structure of Estonian academic text. Definitions of concepts and use of exact termstock, incl. equivalents of foreign terms. Presenting research methods, analysis of material and results by means of syntactically appropriate, coherent and smoothly readable Estonian text.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to produce smooth Estonian academic texts in his/her discipline and can critically handle sources of the terminology
- knows main principles of functional academic Estonian and is able to systematically use purposeful terms in academic texts within his/her discipline
- can describe main tendencies of terminological development and analyse meaningful use of the termstock; s/he is able to find answers in appropriate linguistic and terminological sources and can provide argumentation of his/her views

Teacher

Peep Nemvalts

Study programmes containing that course

Psychology (PSPSD/25.LT)
Linguistics (EKLND/25.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/25.LT)
Sociology (RASLD/25.YK)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/25.HT)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/25.FK)
History (AIAJD/25.HT)
Linguistics (EKLND/24.HT)
Sociology (RASLD/24.YK)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/24.FK)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/24.LT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/24.HT)
Psychology (PSPSD/24.LT)
Linguistics (EKLND/23.HT)
History (AIAJD/24.HT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/23.HR)
History (AIAJD/23.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/23.LT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/23.HT)
Sociology (RASLD/23.YK)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/23.DT)
Demography (DIDD/23.YK)
Psychology (PSPSD/23.LT)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/23.FK)
Demography (DIDD/22.YK)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/22.HR)
Sociology (RASLD/22.YK)
History (AIAJD/22.HT)
Linguistics (EKLND/22.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/22.HT)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/22.FK)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/22.DT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/21.HR)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/21.FK)
Linguistics (EKLND/21.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/21.HT)
Sociology (RASLD/21.YK)
Demography (DIDD/21.YK)
Psychology (PSPSD/21.LT)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/21.DT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/21.LT)
History (AIAJD/21.HT)
Demography (DIDD/20.YK)
Psychology (PSPSD/20.LT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/20.LT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/20.HR)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/20.FK)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/20.DT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/20.HT)
Linguistics (EKLND/20.HT)
Ecology (MLECD/20.LT)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/20.LT)
Sociology (RASLD/20.YK)
History (AIAJD/20.HT)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/19.DT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/19.HR)
Linguistics (EKLND/19.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/19.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/19.LT)
History (AIAJD/19.HT)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/19.LT)
Psychology (PSPSD/19.LT)
Sociology (RASLD/19.YK)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/19.FK)
Ecology (MLECD/19.LT)
Demography (DIDD/19.YK)
Demography (DIDD/18.YK)
Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies (BFMAD/18.FK)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/18.HR)
Psychology (PSPSD/18.LT)
Linguistics (EKLND/18.HT)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/18.LT)
Physics (MLFD/18.LT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/18.LT)
History (AIAJD/18.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/18.HT)
Sociology (RASLD/18.YK)
Ecology (MLECD/18.LT)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/18.DT)
Psychology (PSPSD/17.LT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/17.HR)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/17.LT)
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History (AIAJD/17.HT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/17.LT)
Demography (DIDD/17.YK)
Physics (MLFD/17.LT)
Sociology (RASLD/17.YK)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/17.HT)
Ecology (MLECD/17.LT)
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing (TSTD/16.LT)
Sociology (RASLD/16.YK)
Linguistics (EKLND/16.HT)
Physics (MLFD/16.LT)
Educational Sciences (KAKTD/16.HR)
Analytical Biochemistry (MLBKD/16.LT)
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History (AIAJD/16.HT)
Ecology (MLECD/16.LT)
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Demography (DIDD/16.YK)
Demography (DIDD/15.YK)
Government and Politics (RIRPD/15.YK)
Studies of Cultures (EKKUD/15.HT)
History (AIAJD/15.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/15.HT)
Government and Politics (RIRPD/14.YK)
Demography (DIDD/14.YK)
Studies of Cultures (GRKUD/14.HT)
Studies of Cultures (EKKUD/14.HT)
Information and Communication Science (ININD/14.DT)
Information and Communication Science (KOIND/14.FK)
History (AIAJD/14.HT)
Physics (MLFD/14.LT)
Studies of Cultures (SKKUD/14.HT)
Studies of Cultures (HIKUD/14.HT)
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Studies of Cultures (SKKUD/13.HT)
Information and Communication Science (ININD/13.DT)
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Demography (DIDD/13.YK)
Government and Politics (RIRPD/13.YK)
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Social Work (STSTD/12.YK)
Physics (MLFD/12.LT)
Government and Politics (RIRPD/12.YK)
Information and Communication Science (KOIND/12.FK)
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