Elementary Hittite 1

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Course ID:	3600-7-WS2-NJH2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Elementary Hittite 1
Name in Polish:	Nauka języka hetyckiego(L)
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Oriental Studies
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Student będzie uczestniczył w wykładzie Wiedza o języku hetyckim 1
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Learning the Hittite variant of cuneiform. Exercises in grammar. Reading and translating simple Hittite texts.
Full description:	Learning the Hittite variant of cuneiform. Exercises in grammar. Learning of basic hittitological tools (manuals, internet portals, dictionaries, signlists) Reading and translating simple Hittite texts, such as annals, descriptions of religious festivals, myths.
Bibliography:	H. Hoffner & C. Melchert, A Grammar of the Hittite Language, Winona Lake 2008 Th. van den Hout, The Elements of Hittite, Cambridge 2011 E. Rieken, Einführung in die hethitische Sprache und Schrift, Münster 2011 Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköi, Leipzig–Berlin 1916ff. Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi, Berlin 1921ff. http://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/HPM/index.php
Learning outcomes:	Alumnus: - has basic knowledge in the range of theory of humanities (literary studies or linguistics or history) necessary to understand chosen cultural aspects – K_W04 - can search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources – K_U01 - has the ability of substantive argumentation with the use of other authors’ views – K_U23 - understands the need to learn all one’s life – K_K01 - is prepared to make others aware of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional and historical roots and its significance for understanding modern world – K_K05 The student should: - have the knowledge of history of Akkadian language, - have the knowledge of the material (forms of noun, adjective, numeral, pronoun, 3-radical verb and read texts); - recognize the forms of nomen and 3-radical verb, - recognize about 100 cuneiform signs in neo-assyrian script, - analyse learned texts and individually read the texts prepared by lecturer; - understand the meaning of Akkadian language in study and comprehension of Ancient Near Eastern world.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment criteria: - attendance control (two absences allowed) - continuous assessment, - written tests, - final written assessments.

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