Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Easy Latin Texts LAT219 3. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Texts, ezercises
Course Coordinator
Instructors Fatma Gül ÖZAKTÜRK
Assistants
Goals To develelop Latin grammar using easy texts.
Course Content Easy texts, exercises
Learning Outcomes 1) Contribution to improving studens’knowledge of Latin and their ability to translate Latin texts into Turkish
2) Determines cases and construction of sentences and analyses them correctly
3) Contribution to improving students’ knowledge of vocabulary and ethymology of Latin words and furnishing the students with the basic knowledge to learn an European language originated from Latin or improve their knowledge of such a language if they have already started to learn

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week "Pandora's box" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories' Book Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week "The Tragic Story of Phaethon" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories book Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week "The adventures of Io" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Book Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
"The adventures of Io" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Book Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week "The Curse of Atreus" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week "Cleobis and Biton" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories book Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week "Laocoon and the Trojan Horse"from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week "Nisus and Euryalus" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week "Aurora and Tithonus" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Chapter 11 "Ulyssesand the Cyclops" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Chapter 12 "A Gift Bearing Greeks" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week "Echo and Handsome Narcissus" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week "Europa and the Bull" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Chapter 15 of Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories; "How the Aegean Got Its Name" Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week "The Warth of Achilles" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Wheelock's Latin Thirthy-Eight Latin Stories, Anne H. Groton, James M.May,Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, USA, 2007

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15535
PY25555
PY35555
PY45000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 7 2
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 7 3
1 2
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload