Using interactive learning activities at a medical university: Latin language training session experience

Abstract

The article is devoted to the organization of the educational process in the discipline «The Latin language» in Kemerovo State Medical University. The object of the study is a set of interactive methods used while studying Latin as a language of professional communication. The article aims to present a step-by-step plan for conducting a training session in the Latin language with the usage of interactive learning technologies. Research methods include analysis of scientific literature and modeling. The results of the study are presented with a detailed description of the interactive training session on the topic «Revision of Greek-Latin clinical terminology», indicating the roles performed by the educator and students in the framework of several interactive technologies (interactive mini-lecture (expert consulting), pair work, small group work, discussion); didactic materials on the topic of interactive training session, developed by the authors of the paper. As a result of the study, the authors come to the conclusion that the shift in the focus of activity from the educator to the students, carried out during the use of interactive techniques in Latin training sessions, contributes to the formation of the necessary linguistic and extralinguistic communicative competencies of future medical professionals.