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Linguam Latinam Cognosco. I discover Latin. A Latin language textbook for children (early-primary stage).

YEAR: 2016

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Title of the resource

Linguam Latinam Cognosco. Poznaję język łaciński. Podręcznik do łaciny dla dzieci (etap wczesnoszkolny).

Title of the resource in english

Linguam Latinam Cognosco. I discover Latin. A Latin language textbook for children (early-primary stage).

Publisher

Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego

Original language

Polish, Latin

Target and Age Group

1st - 3rd grade of primary school/ 7-9 year olds

Contents & Purpose

The textbook is the first Latin course in Poland for children of the early grades of primary school applying American and British methods, such as drama, the Sherborne developmental movement or game-based learning. The author built upon her own experience of teaching Latin to primary students as extracurricular optional lessons. She aimed the course at bottom-up teaching of Latin while reinforcing the early stages of the educational process, including reading and writing in Polish;  the diversity of vocabulary and grammatical forms in the two languages is recognized, and the course also develops creative thinking and sensitivity to culture (as described by the author herself, p. 6)

The course comprises 10 sections, which are divided into the material to be used by the pupils and essential information for the teacher. The textbook includes exercises pages, cutouts or board games. There is also a glossary, a progress test, a course completion certificate, a grammatical, mythological and literary bonus, as well as lyrics to Latin songs or words of Latin prayers. As it happens with pioneering projects, some very minor errors escaped the eye of the author or the editor; hopefully, the following editions will eliminate them. It has also been suggested that the content of the course could be less grammar oriented, especially for the benefit of Primary 1 students still unfamiliar with grammatical terminology.

References to Antiquity are embedded into the short texts (e.g., about Hercules at the crossroads), games (e.g. the 12 labours of Hercules), dramatic scenes (e.g., The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse according to Aesop, the kidnapping of Proserpina), exercises (e.g., Ariadna’s labyrinth) and the cultural texts (e.g., about the Roman gods) as well as, at the back of the textbook, the mythological and literary bonus material mentioned above. Besides Antiquity, the texts also refer to modern literary characters more familiar to the students, such as Winnie the Pooh or Harry Potter. The short texts and drama activities are accompanied by Polish translations below or next to the original text.

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Title of the resource

Linguam Latinam Cognosco. I discover Latin. A Latin language textbook for children (early-primary stage).

Title of the resource in english

Linguam Latinam Cognosco. Poznaję język łaciński. Podręcznik do łaciny dla dzieci (etap wczesnoszkolny).

Publisher

Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego

Original language

Polish, Latin

Target and Age Group

1st - 3rd grade of primary school/ 7-9 year olds

Contents & Purpose

The textbook is the first Latin course in Poland for children of the early grades of primary school applying American and British methods, such as drama, the Sherborne developmental movement or game-based learning. The author built upon her own experience of teaching Latin to primary students as extracurricular optional lessons. She aimed the course at bottom-up teaching of Latin while reinforcing the early stages of the educational process, including reading and writing in Polish;  the diversity of vocabulary and grammatical forms in the two languages is recognized, and the course also develops creative thinking and sensitivity to culture (as described by the author herself, p. 6)

The course comprises 10 sections, which are divided into the material to be used by the pupils and essential information for the teacher. The textbook includes exercises pages, cutouts or board games. There is also a glossary, a progress test, a course completion certificate, a grammatical, mythological and literary bonus, as well as lyrics to Latin songs or words of Latin prayers. As it happens with pioneering projects, some very minor errors escaped the eye of the author or the editor; hopefully, the following editions will eliminate them. It has also been suggested that the content of the course could be less grammar oriented, especially for the benefit of Primary 1 students still unfamiliar with grammatical terminology.

References to Antiquity are embedded into the short texts (e.g., about Hercules at the crossroads), games (e.g. the 12 labours of Hercules), dramatic scenes (e.g., The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse according to Aesop, the kidnapping of Proserpina), exercises (e.g., Ariadna’s labyrinth) and the cultural texts (e.g., about the Roman gods) as well as, at the back of the textbook, the mythological and literary bonus material mentioned above. Besides Antiquity, the texts also refer to modern literary characters more familiar to the students, such as Winnie the Pooh or Harry Potter. The short texts and drama activities are accompanied by Polish translations below or next to the original text.