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Terminology in Latin and Greek
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_019 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aija Zilvestre | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[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) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Latvian and English Alphabet. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire skills and knowledge on correct reading, writing, usage and explanation of clinical terms, to integrate the knowledge of Latin in studying other subjects and professional settings. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Latin Alphabet. Phonetics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Word morphology. Syllable. Division into syllables. Short and long syllables. Accent. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The structure of the term, noun+noun structure. Overview of the noun, dictionary form of the noun, declensions (I-V) of the noun, formation of Nom. and Gen. (sg. and pl.). Formation of terms containing nouns. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Overview of the adjective. I and II group of the adjective. Agreement of the adjective with the noun; formation identification, explanation and translation of the terms, containing nouns and adjectives. Latin famous idioms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Clinical terms, their structure, formation and explanation. First declension noun combining forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Clinical terms, their structure, formation and explanation. Second declension noun combining forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Clinical terms, their structure, formation and explanation. Third declension noun combining forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Revision of clinical terminology before writing an on-line test. Students' song "Gaudeamus". | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Latin Alphabet. Phonetics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Word morphology. Syllable. Division into syllables. Short and long syllables. Accent. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The structure of the term, noun+noun structure. Overview of the noun, dictionary form of the noun, declensions (I-V) of the noun, formation of Nom. and Gen. (sg. and pl.). Formation of terms containing nouns. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Overview of the adjective. I and II group of the adjective. Agreement of the adjective with the noun; formation identification, explanation and translation of the terms, containing nouns and adjectives. Latin famous idioms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Clinical terms, their structure, formation and explanation. First declension noun combining forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Clinical terms, their structure, formation and explanation. Second declension noun combining forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Clinical terms, their structure, formation and explanation. Third declension noun combining forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Revision of clinical terminology before writing an on-line test. Students' song "Gaudeamus". | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | According to the thematic plan students acquire vocabulary forms of the noun and adjective, case endings, Latin-Greek equivalents; work with the dictionary, additional materials and the Internet sources for deeper comprehension of the language/terminology; do regular online home assignments resulting in at least 55% of work done, as well as online revision exercises before the test. For the online revision tasks assigned to evaluation being done before the test, students get from 55% to 100% which correspondingly equals to 1,65% to 3% of the test evaluation (in %). At the end of the course students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regularly completed online home assignments of 55%, as well as at least 55% online revision tasks assigned to evaluation till each online test-taking date. The performance of these requirements allows students to take the final online test/Testum finale. Sitting for the Testum finale students have to get at least 55% in order the test is passed. These 55% account for the correct answers together with online revision tasks assigned to evaluation from 1,65% to 3%. The test assesses skills to make agreement of words, identifying the words and correct endings; skills to write correctly, to explain and classify the terms. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • explain the basic rules in reading and writing medical terminology; • identify the Latin and Greek words; • explain the rules for making, explaining and using clinical terms. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • read and write the terms correctly; • form new words and identify them; • classify and compare clinical terms; • understand Latin famous idioms and explain their meaning. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to use clinical terms in academic and professional settings. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Zilvestre ,,Lingua Latīna pro cōnsiliāriīs sociālibus", Rīga, RSU, 2020. | ||||||||
| 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 | ,,Latīņu-latviešu-angļu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām" RSU, 2011., (e-studijās) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Kalme „Per aspera ad astra” - Latīņu spārnotie teicieni, Zvaigzne ABC, 2008. | ||||||||
| 2 | Interneta resursi: | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.tezaurs.lv/ | ||||||||
| 4 | https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latin | ||||||||
| 5 | http://en.pons.com | ||||||||
| 6 | http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html | ||||||||
| 7 | http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/wordsonline.html | ||||||||
| 8 | http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Latin+name | ||||||||
