CLAS1561: INTERMEDIATE LATIN 1A
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Type | Open |
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Level | 1 |
Credits | 20 |
Availability | Available in 2024/2025 |
Module Cap | |
Location | Durham |
Department | Classics and Ancient History |
Prerequisites
- A-level Latin, or equivalent.
Corequisites
- For students taking Classics (Q801), Classical Civilisation (Q820), and Ancient History (V110): Intermediate Latin 1B.
Excluded Combinations of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To offer in-depth and intensive training in Latin accidence, grammar, and syntax.
Content
- Provides in-depth analysis of accidence, grammar, and syntax, which will enable students to have a good active and passive command of the Latin language.
- By the end of the course, students will be able to translate from English into Latin.
- Students will be trained in relevant linguistic, morphological, and philological areas in order to widen their understanding of how the Latin language works and how it developed over time.
- Students will be given the opportunity to research and discuss key aspects of the idiom and usage of the Latin language.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- A knowledge of Latin morphology and syntax to the level required for the independent reading and interpretation of continuous texts in the original language; a knowledge of a significant range of vocabulary items.
- Knowledge and understanding of Latin idiom and usage.
- Knowledge of key terms used in the analysis, discussion, and interpretation of Latin.
Subject-specific Skills:
- A comprehensive understanding of Latin accidence, grammar, and syntax and their usage.
- The ability to apply this knowledge of Latin accidence, grammar and syntax to the reading of texts by a range of authors.
Key Skills:
- An ability to move between one language and another, in relation to a limited range of texts and sources, with a significant degree of confidence.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Interactive and frequent language classes will be offered as the most appropriate and effective way of teaching.
- This will allow students the opportunity to discuss in detail key issues raised in language classes.
- Students will learn through regular preparation for the classes, and interaction with the teacher and each other in the process of learning.
- The course will be assessed through an exam paper, which will be designed to test the topics and questions addressed in the classes at a level appropriate to those in their first year of study.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total | Monitored |
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Language classes | 44 | 2 per week | 1 hour | 44 | |
Preparation and Reading | 156 | ||||
Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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Element | Length / Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
summative examination | 2 hours | 100 |
Formative Assessment
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