Latin

Assessment

Year 1 Examination (two modules): Latin Language (1 hour 30 minutes) Translation from Latin into English, with the option of translating English into Latin OR answering comprehension questions on an unseen passage. There is a vocabulary list which will be learned over the course of the year. Latin Literature (1 hour 30 minutes) A study of 400 lines of prescribed verse and prose authors. For assessment in 2024-2025 these will be Cicero (Prose) and Virgil (Verse). Year 2 Examination (four modules): Unseen Translation (1 hour 45 minutes) Translation of one passage of unseen prose and one passage of unseen verse from Latin into English. Prose Composition or Comprehension (1 hour 15 minutes) Either a short translation, comprehension and grammar questions OR translate a passage of at least 100 word from English into Latin. Prose Literature (2 hours) Comprehension, translation and analysis questions on two set texts and an essay on one set text, drawing upon additional reading in English (Cicero, Tacitus or Livy). Verse Literature (2 hours) Comprehension, translation and analysis questions on two set texts and an essay on one set text, drawing upon additional reading in English (Virgil, Juvenal or Ovid). Teaching is in small tutorial groups, which include both group and individual work as well as tutor led activities. We invite students to attend academic lectures and university study days to widen their understanding of the Classical world.