Basics of Latin

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:7.00

Study Course Accepted:19.08.2024 14:26:01

Study Course Information
Course Code:		VC_026		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Linguistics		Target Audience:		Medical Services
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Vita Vīksne
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		0	Lecture Length (academic hours)		0	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		0
Classes (count)		16	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		32
Total Contact Hours								32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Latvian and English Alphabet.
Objective:
To acquire skills and knowledge of correct reading, writing, usage and explanation of anatomical terms, the usage of this knowledge in the professional work.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction to the course. Latin alphabet. Phonetics.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	Morphology of words. Syllabus, short and long syllable, accent. Structure of the anatomy terms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	Overview the noun, its’ declinations, N., G. sg. and pl. forms of the nouns.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Structure of the anatomy terms – depending genitive.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Formation of the anatomy terms with depending genitive.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Overview the Adjective. Comparative degrees of Adjectives. Anatomy terms with agreed qualifier, formation of such terms, their translation and analysis.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Structure of the anatomy terms – the agreed qualifier.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	Revision before the test.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
9	Online test on anatomy and general terminology.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Overview of the 1st declination of the nouns. Prepositions with the accusative and ablative case. Latin proverbs.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
11	Clinical terms, their structure and formation, analysis, explication. I declination nouns and their Greek synonyms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
12	Nouns, II declination masculine gender. Clinical terms. Latin-Greek synonyms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
13	Nouns, II declination neuter gender. Clinical terms. Latin-Greek synonyms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
14	Overview III declination nouns. The nouns of III declination masculine gender. Clinical terms, Latin-Greek synonyms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
15	The nouns of III declination feminine and neuter gender. Clinical terms, Latin-Greek synonyms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
16	Online test, clinical terms.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Learning vocabulary forms of the noun and adjectives; acquiring medical combining forms; fulfilling regular home assignments on the themes taken; checking performed exercises and doing similar tasks in the practical classes; work with dictionaries, additional materials and the internet to get the deeper comprehension of the medical terms.
Assessment Criteria:
Attendance, participation and quality of answers in practical classes, timely and high-quality independent work; successfully written 2 tests (the first test gives 50% and the second test gives 43% of the study course final assessment), in which the ability to form word matching is tested by identifying words and using correct endings; ability to correctly write, explain and classify terms. The rest 7% of the study course final assessment the students have from their Independent works (7 of them). The exam grade is cumulative.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		On completion of the course the student will know: • to define basic rules in reading and writing of medical terminology; • to name the Latin and Greek prefixes and word endings for new word formation; • to name and explain the Latin combining forms and their meanings; • to interpret rules for making, explaining and usage of anatomical and clinical terms.
Skills:		On completion of the study course the students will be able to: • read and write correctly the medical terms; • form new words and to identify them; • form and explain the anatomical and medical terms; • classify and compare the medical terms; • to interpret Latin expressions, understand their meaning.
Competencies:		On completion of the study course, the students will be able to write and use properly anatomical terminology in academic settings and in their speciality.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	V. Erte. „Mācību līdzeklis latīņu valodā”. Rīga, LMA, 1996. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1	K.Rudzītis. "Terminologia medica: latīņu-latviešu medicīnas terminu vārdnīca”. pārstr. un papildin. Izdevums. Rīga, Nacionālais apgāds, 2003.-2005.
2	A. Zilvestre. ”Latīņu-latviešu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām”. RSU, 2011 (e-studijas)
3	A. Zilvestre. ”Latviešu-latīņu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām”. RSU, 2013 (e-studijas)
4	V. Vīksne. Papildus materiāls mājas darbi/ Studiju programma_sabiedrības veselība
Other Information Sources
1	A.Kalme. „Per aspera ad astra”. Latīņu spārnotie teicieni, Zvaigzne ABC, 2008.
2	Latein für Biologen, Mediziner und Pharmazeuten. Quelle una Meyer Verlag Weibelsheim, 2009.
3	Internets:
4	http://www.tezaurs.lv/
5	http://www.latein.me/
6	http://www.navigium.de
7	http://en.pons.com
8	http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html
9	http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/wordsonline.html
10	http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Latin+name