2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CLAS1910 Beginners Latin

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Bev Back
Email: b.back@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Module replaces

CLAS1901 Fast-Track Latin 1

This module is not approved as a discovery module

This module is approved as a skills discovery module

Module summary

The module involves using a textbook designed for ab initio learners of Latin, acquiring knowledge of the alphabet, vocabulary, grammar and some easier syntax, approaching a lower intermediate level by the end of the course. It will include grammar exercises, translation of easier sentences from Latin to English and English to Latin, and translation of easier passages from Latin to English. The module is worth 20 credits and consists of 2 classes per week, running through the whole year.

Objectives

This course introduces the Latin language from a complete beginners level. It is suitable for those with no prior knowledge of Latin, but also those with a little prior experience but no formal qualification. It will use an introductory textbook to teach grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and translation, and over the year will progress to a post-beginners / early lower intermediate level; this can be followed up with a second module if desired in the following year.

Learning outcomes
The course is designed to provide a solid basis in knowledge of beginners level Latin language - vocabulary, grammar, and syntax - so that students can translate and answer comprehension passages on passages of adapted, and some easier unadapted, Latin writing, as well as understanding and using grammar and syntax in translating simpler sentences from English into Latin. It will provide a foundation for those who wish to take the acquisition of the language further to an intermediate level.

Skills outcomes
A range of subject-specific skills including the ability to translate simpler passages of Latin, to recognise and apply correctly grammatical and syntactical rules in translating or analysing simpler sentences, and to conjugate and decline regular and some important irregular verbs, nouns, and adjectives.

Syllabus

Students completing this module will have acquired:
- A knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and easier syntactical constructions, as appropriate to a beginners level course
- An ability to conjugate regular and some important irregular verbs in the most commonly used tenses, voices, and moods, and to decline regular and some important irregular nouns and adjectives
- an ability to understand and translate into English adapted Latin passages and to tackle some simpler unadapted passages with the aid of vocabulary and grammar/syntax notes
- an ability to translate simple sentences from English into Latin
- an appreciation of the Latin roots of many English words

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Tutorial	42	1.00	42.00
Private study hours			158.00
Total Contact hours			42.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Day-to-day preparation, assigned homework, and learning of vocabulary grammar and syntax for each class, including formative in-class tests: 3 hours for each class = 126 hours.
Revising/consolidating knowledge for two in-class assessments (summative): 6 hours for each test = 14 hours.
Revising/consolidating knowledge for final exam: 18 hours.
Total: 158 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored:
- at an informal level, through contributions in class, regular formative tests of vocabulary and grammar, and written homework in the form of short grammar/syntax exercises or translations.
- at a formal level, through the two summative 1-hour in-class tests and the final 2-hour exam, spaced evenly through the year's course.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	1-hour in-class test	25.00
In-course Assessment	1-hour in-class test	25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 23/02/2017

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