F1OL2_cjv Professional Latin II

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Jeniš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Ševčíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Otychová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tereza Ševčíková
Language Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Tereza Ševčíková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
F1OL2_cjv/01: Tue 8:55–10:35 45-224, T. Ševčíková
F1OL2_cjv/02: Tue 10:50–12:30 45-224, T. Ševčíková
F1OL2_cjv/03: Tue 12:45–14:25 45-224, T. Ševčíková
F1OL2_cjv/04: Wed 8:40–10:20 45-224, L. Švanda
F1OL2_cjv/05: Wed 10:35–12:15 45-224, L. Švanda
F1OL2_cjv/06: Thu 8:00–9:40 45-224, T. Jeniš
F1OL2_cjv/07: Thu 9:55–11:35 45-224, T. Jeniš
F1OL2_cjv/08: Thu 11:50–13:30 45-224, T. Jeniš
F1OL2_cjv/09: Fri 7:55–9:35 45-224, T. Ševčíková
F1OL2_cjv/10: Fri 9:45–11:25 45-224, T. Ševčíková
F1OL2_cjv/11: Fri 11:30–13:10 45-224, T. Ševčíková
F1OL2_cjv/12: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
F1OL1_cjv Professional Latin I
Basic knowledge of Latin will facilitate the study of the subject and may be regarded as a useful component of the educational outfit of students when entering the faculty, though it is no obligatory prerequisite for the acquisition of the university subject matter in the introductory phase.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 112/175, only registered: 1/175
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Purpose of education. Obtaining the ability to use medical and pharmaceutical Latin-Greek terminology accurately and correctly in oral and written form and the basic orientation in general theoretic issues of medical and pharmaceutical terminology.
Content of education : Facilitating of Latin and Greek knowledge that enables the students to master quickly and effectively semantic side of terms, their grammatical form and structure of word formation.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: use Latin and Greek-Latin medical terminology and expressions correctly and understand them (see syllabus of the course); recognize and explain grammatical devices and rules relevant for acquisition of Greek-Latin medical terminology; explain syntactic structure of complex terms; recognize the semantic structure of selected anatomical, clinical and pharmaceutical one-word terms; form compound words applying the most used word-formation principles; translate selected expressions from anatomy and pre-clinical and clinical fields of study.
Syllabus
  • SEMINAR 1
    Revision (declension of Latin and Greek substantives of 1st, 2nd and 3rd declination, declension of adjectives of 1st, 2nd and 3rd declination, vocabulery)
    SEMINAR 2
    Comparison of adjectives (regular and irregular comparison, incomplete comparison)
    SEMINAR 3
    Adverbs (formation and comparison of adverbs, the most usuel adverbs in medical terminology)
    SEMINAR 4
    Substantives of 4th and 5th declination (declension) Prepositions (overview of Latin prepositions, prepositional phrases)
    SEMINAR 5
    Numerals (cardinal numerals - formation, declension, putting together with multiple object, ordinal, distributive, multiple numerals, numeral multiple adverbs)
    SEMINAR 6
    Verbs I (3rd person sg. and pl. of subjunctive of present tense, SEMINAR 7
    Verbs II present active participle, perfect passive participle, gerundive, frequently current verbs in medical terminology, borrowed Latin and Greek verbs in Czech).
    SEMINAR 8
    Prescription (grammatical and lexical side of the prescription, reading the recipe, the most important prescription terms and abbreviations)
    International Latin chemical nomenclature
    SEMINAR 9
    Word formation - Latin prefixes and suffixes (overview and meaning of important Latin prefixes and suffixes occurring in medical terminology)
    SEMINAR 10
    Word formation - Greek prefixes and suffixes (overview and meaning of important Greek prefixes and suffixes occurring in medical terminology)
    SEMINAR 11
    Word formation - Latin and Greek compound words, hybrid words (structure and meaning of Latin and Greek compound words, overview of important Greek word-forming components in medical terminology, structure of hybrid words). Borrowed Latin and Greek words in Czech, phone adaptation and orthography)
    SEMINAR 12
    Prescription issues I (fundamental vocabulery, idioms)
    SEMINAR 13
    Prescription issues II (Latin names of drug forms, medicanal plants and their compounds, important drug groups
    SEMINAR 14
    Revision
    Credit testing
Literature
    required literature
  • Šenkýřová, Radoslava. Latina pro farmaceuty. Brno, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7305-076-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Vejražka, Martin, Svobodová, Dana. Terminologiae medicae ianua. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-200-2017-8. info
  • Vokurka, Martin, Hugo, Jan. Velký lékařský slovník. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7345-058-6. info
  • Kábrt, Jan, Kábrt, Jan. Lexikon medicum. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7262-235-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, translation and grammar exercises, drills. Homework and self-preparation for the class work is required. Class test in the middle of the semester.
Assessment methods
Class test in the middle of the semester. Final written and oral exam in the end of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Requirements for gaining the credit: regular class attendance, active participation in class, preparation for classes, sitting a progress test and a credit test, oral exam. The basic limit for passing all tests is 70%. Passing the progress test, which is obligatory for all students, reduces the basic limit in the credit test by 5%. Only one unexcused absence will be tolerated; further absences must be properly excused (i.e. via the Study Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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