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Basics of Terminology in Latin
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:21.07.2023 08:44:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_221 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dagnija Deimante | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
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| 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: | Alphabet of the Latvian and English language. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquire knowledge and skills in reading, writing, formation and explanation on the usage of terminology in anatomy and clinical terminology; apply the knowledge in professional field. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Alphabet of the Latin language. Phonetics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Morphology. Syllable. Long and short syllable. Stress. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Structure of anatomical terms. Noun. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Noun cases – N., G. sg and pl. Anatomical terms with unmatching adjective. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Adjective (comparative degrees). Formation of the adjective. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Anatomical terms with matching adjectives, their formation, translation, and analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Anatomical terms with matching and unmatching adjectives, analysis and interpretation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Test on anatomical terminology. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Clinical terms, their structure and formation, analysis, interpretation. Noun. 1st declension. Prefixes. Latin and Greek terms. Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Clinical terms. Noun 2nd declension. Latin and Greek terms. Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Clinical terms. Noun 2nd declension. Latin and Greek terms. Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Clinical terms. Noun 3rd declension. Latin and Greek terms. Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Clinical terms. Noun 3rd declension. Latin and Greek terms. Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Clinical terms. Noun 3rd declension. Latin and Greek terms. Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Revision of clinical terminology. Information about "Gaudeamus". | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Test on clinical terminology and Latin phrases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students acquire the study course according to the thematic plan; do homework on each theme; work with the dictionary, additional materials and the Internet resources to understand the terminology better. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance (80 – 100%,) which leads to 5% of the grade, participation and appropriate answers during classes (10%), papers of good quality submitted in time (5%), 2 passed tests (80% correct answers), which test the ability to form phrases identifying words and using correct endings; skills to write, explain and classify terms. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After a successful completion of the study course students will be able to: • define the spelling and pronunciation rules in medical terminology; • identify elements of Greek origin in clinical terminology and explain their meaning; • name and interpret rules on formation, explanation and usage of anatomical and clinical terminology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After a successful completion of the study course students will be able to: • read and write medical terms correctly; • identify and classify anatomical and clinical terminology; • form and explain anatomical and clinical terminology; • classify and compare medical terms; • interpret and use Latin phrases. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After successful completion of the study course students will be able to use anatomical ans clinical terms in the learning and professional environment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | V. Erte. „Mācību līdzeklis latīņu valodā”. Rīga: LMA, 1996 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | K. Rudzītis. „Terminologia medica: latīņu-latviešu medicīnas terminu vārdnīca”, pārstrādāts un papildināts izdevums. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2003.-2005. | ||||||||
| 2 | A. Zilvestre. ”Latīņu-latviešu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām”. RSU, 2016, (e-studijās) | ||||||||
| 3 | A. Zilvestre. ”Latviešu-latīņu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām”. RSU, 2016, (e-studijās) | ||||||||
| 4 | "Latīņu-latviešu-angļu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām". RSU, 2011, (e-studijās) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | A. Kalme. „Per aspera ad astra” - Latīņu spārnotie teicieni. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2008 | ||||||||
| 2 | Interneta resursi: | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.tezaurs.lv/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.latein.me/ | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.navigium.de | ||||||||
| 6 | http://en.pons.com | ||||||||
| 7 | http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html | ||||||||
| 8 | http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/wordsonline.html | ||||||||
| 9 | http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Latin+name | ||||||||
