Didactics of Ancient Languages, Reflections on School Programs and Scientific Communication [ LGLOR2540 ]

An in-depth knowledge of Latin and Greek.

This course takes into account the principal aspects of the teaching of ancient languages in the secondary school of today:

1. The focuses according to the levels;
2. Reading of authors;
3. Familiarisation with ancient cultures and civilisations;
4. Conception and execution of methods of evaluation adapted the aims in view;
5. Acritical view of the teaching possibilities offered by the multimedia;
6. An analysis of the programs within the framework of the "Missions" decree and within its extension to the different structures of "Final competences and required learning in Latin and Greek".

This course includes a reflection on the characteristics of a high-quality communication, and in particular its adaptation to the public to which it is destined (a critical analysis of the text-books designed for the teaching of ancient languages at the secondary level).

Au terme de cet enseignement, l'étudiant sera capable de concevoir, organiser et évaluer des activités d'enseignement et des situations d'apprentissage pour les cours de latin et de grec aux différents degrés du secondaire. Il sera à même de réaliser une préparation scientifique et méthodologique de leçons pratiques.

L'étudiant saura également percevoir le statut, les composantes et les enjeux des programmes à l'occasion de leur lecture critique. Il saura construire des séquences d'enseignement originales, adaptées au divers degrés du secondaire (développement des compétences terminales). Il aura aussi acquis une maîtrise suffisante des outils multimédias consacrés à l'enseignement des langues anciennes.

Les étudiants CLAS suivent entièrement ce cours, ceux du programme LAFR n'en suivent que 37,5 heures (partie latine).

Oral exam with written and multimedia elements.

Lectures with the involvement and active participation of the students placed in theoretical learning situations.

The student, by the end of this course should have learned to design, organise and evaluate teaching activities and learning situations for courses of Latin and Greek at different levels in secondary education. He will be capable of  preparing lessons in a scientific and methodical manner, such lessons as are to be given in the first stage of teaching.

The student will also have understood the status, the component parts, and the scope of the programs, which he will have read with a critical eye. He will have put together original teaching lessons, adapted to the different levels in the secondary system ( development final abilities in the pupils).

The student will also have an introduction, via the TIC, to the analysis of oral and written communication of a scientific subject, and especially to the critical reading of school textbooks.

To be distributed during the course and via the iCampus server.

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