CODE | 106947 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
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SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
Through an active and participatory approach, students will practise many didactic tools and develop an effective teaching strategy of Latin language and literature; they will also reflect on the meaning and the outcomes of the teaching of Classics.
Didactic tools and teaching strategies will be put into practice by planning didactic units and activities cooperatively; ICT will also be taken into account. The course will focus on Latin, but references and comparisons with Ancient Greek will be frequent.
Students will practise many didactic tools and develop an effective teaching strategy of Latin language and literature; they will also reflect on the meaning and the outcomes of the teaching of Classics.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
The issue about “how” and “why” Latin should be taught is closely related to “what” has to be taught. Therefore, a deep knowledge of Latin literature as well as full proficiency in Latin are mandatories.
Students with scarce skills in Latin are invited to attend the translation Workshop organized in the first semester.
The course will have an active and participatory approach (workshop). Didactic tools and teaching strategies will be put into practice by planning didactic units and activities cooperatively; ICT will also taken into account. The course will focus on Latin, but references and comparisons with Ancient Greek will be frequent.
Lectures will take place in-person; attendance is mandatory (at least 75%). Students are encouraged to sign up to the AulaWeb webpage of the course, where materials and information will be shared throughout the term.
- Latin: how and why? On the meaning of learning Classics
- From knowledge to skills: Classics teaching nowadays
- Latin and linguistic models
- Didactic translation procedures
- Approaches in teaching literature
- Theatre workshop as didactic tool
Didactics of Latin - Recommended textbook
Andrea Balbo, Insegnare latino. Sentieri di ricerca per una didattica ragionevole, UTET Università, 2007
L. Canfora, U. Cardinale (a cura di), Disegnare il futuro con intelligenza antica, L’insegnamento del latino e del greco antico in Italia e nel mondo, Bologna 2012
E. Andreoni Fontecedro, Il modello Tesnière-Sabatini e la sua applicazione al latino, «Atene & Roma» 31 (1986), pp. 49-60 [cf. M. Agosti, E. Andreoni Fontecedro, Guida alla decodifica del testo latino, http://forum.indire.it/repository/working/export/4714/pages/2-premessa-modello-descrizione4.html]
History of Latin literature - Recommended textbook
Gian Biagio Conte, Profilo storico della Letteratura Latina dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale, Le Monnier / Mondadori Education.
Latin grammar - Recommended textbook
Marco Fucecchi, Luca Graverini, La lingua latina. Fondamenti di morfologia e sintassi, Le Monnier / Mondadori Education.
Further bibliography on specific aspects of the myths and their reception will be provided during the semester
Office hours: Office hours will be held either in person or online, by appointment. Please e-mail the instructor to schedule an appointment.
ALICE BONANDINI (President)
LARA NICOLINI
BIAGIO SANTORELLI (Substitute)
15th February 2023.
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
Assessment will be based on ongoing participation in workshop activities and educational dialogue; in particular, each student will be required to design, share and discuss a learning unit, whose subject, setting, objectives and teaching methodologies will be selected independently under the guidance of the lecturer.
Minimum attendance threshold: at least 80%.
Assessment will be based on ongoing participation in workshop activities and educational dialogue; in particular, each student will be required to design, share and discuss a learning unit, whose subject, setting, objectives and teaching methodologies will be selected independently under the guidance of the lecturer.