Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SELECTIONS FROM LATIN TEXTS LAT224 4. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To develop students' grammar using easy Latin texts.
Course Content Easy Texts, Grammar exercises, translation
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 "The Myrmidons" from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin StoriesBook Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week "A Wedding Invitation" 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 Judgement of Paris" 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 Labors of Hercules" 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.)
5. Week "The Golden Age Returns" 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 "Cicero Reports His Victory over Catiline" 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.)
7. Week "Watching the Orator at Work" 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.)
8. Week "Caesar's camp Is Attacked by Belgians" 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.)
9. Week "The Character of Catiline's Folowers" from iWheelock'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.)
10. Week "The Virtues of the Orator" 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.)
11. Week "Two Love Poems by Catullus" 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.)
12. Week "Pliniy writes to his friend" 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.)
13. Week "Lucretia: Paragon of Virtue"from Wheelock's Latin Thirty-Eight Latin Stories Book Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning
Homework
14. Week "Vergil Praises the Rustic Life " 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.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
The Clarendon Latin Course , part 1, A.Clendon & J.H.Vince, Oxford
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
PY15000
PY25000
PY35534
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 2
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 2
1 1
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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