Teaching Latin Methodology I - 1st semester
Code
722160083
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria do Rosário Laureano Santos
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To explore the aims of teaching Latin language, linking it with the objectives of Secondary School teaching in the Portuguese educational system;
b) To find a balance between the methods of teaching to meet the needs of the Secondary School curriculum and the new technologies and the most recent pedagogical perspectives;
c) To engage with particular aspects of the teaching of Latin, especially with reference to the teaching of grammar and vocabulary, as well as the techniques of textual analysis and translation;
d) To prepare lesson plans within the discipline.
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
1. The curriculum of Latin in Secondary Education;
2. Problematics of the initiation to Latin language – teaching methods and techniques; motivation;
3. Teaching/learning of grammar;
4. Teaching/learning of vocabulary;
5. Problematics of reading and translating Latin texts;
6. The classroom planning and the evaluation of the teaching/learning process.
Bibliography
1. AA.VV., Il latino e il greco nella scuola oggi. Esigenze e strumenti per la didattica: Foggia: Atlântica Ed., 1985.
2. BULWER, John (ed.), Classics Teaching in Europe. Londres: Duckworth, 2006.
3.DEBUT, Janine, L´enseignement des langues classiques. Paris: P.U.F., 1974. 4. JABOUILLE, Vitor, Subsídios para uma bibliografia da Didáctica das Línguas Clássicas. Lisboa: Ed. Colibri, 1992.
5. PITTÀNO, Giuseppe, Didattica del Latino. Milão: Bruno Mondadori, 1983.
Teaching method
Each section of the programme will be presented by lecture. Learning will take place through research projects and written essays.
Evaluation method
Planning classes (final essay): 70 %;
Active participation in class: 20 %;
Organizing a file including main themes as well as student’s class and work materials: 10 %.