LAT.08 r4
LATIN
Linguistics 19 Syllabus
PURPOSE: To develop basic vocabulary and pronunciation skills.
MATERIAL ASSIGNED:
The Rosetta Stone Language Library: User’s Guide. Fairfield Language Technologies.
LL Call No.: PB/1/R73
The Rosetta Stone Language Library: Latin I.. CD-ROM course by Fairfield Language
Technologies. LL Code No.: LAT.08 (2 CD-ROM's).
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 4 units
METHOD OF STUDY:
Familiarize yourself with the operation of the course by reading the User's Guide, pages 13-38.
For each lesson, go through both the recognition/pronunciation steps and the learning to speak steps.
Recognition/Pronunciation:
1. Begin with Skill B exercise 1. Proceed through the entire lesson once, repeating back aloud the
foreign word, phrase or sentence before matching it to the correct picture.
2. Repeat Skill B exercise 1 until you are able to match each phrase to a picture with perfect accuracy.
Don't forget to repeat after the speaker.
Learning to Speak:
3. Go to Skill D preview exercise where you will see the picture without sound. Turn off the text by
clicking the text icon to the right of the pictures. Look at each picture and produce the word, phrase
or sentence that goes with that picture as you learned it Skill B. Check your pronunciation by pressing
the speaker icon on that picture.
4. Repeat Skill D preview exercise until you can produce the words that go with each picture with
perfect accuracy. When you are satisfied that you have mastered each phrase, go to the next lesson.
EXAMINATION:
During the examination, you will be shown picture sheets with pictures taken from anywhere in the lessons
you are responsible for knowing. The Supervisor will choose pictures at random from the sheets, and you
will be asked to produce the foreign words that go with that picture. You will also have a rough English
translation of the foreign phrase as a prompt. Scoring: You will be given a score of from 1 (poorest) to 5
(best) in each of 4 areas: recall time before speaking, pronunciation/fluidity, grammar, vocabulary. Your
overall score will be a weighted average of those scores with the highest weight given to recall time, second
highest to pronunciation/fluidity, third highest to grammar and fourth highest to vocabulary. Your grade will
be based on this overall score.
ASSIGNMENT:
Rosetta Stone Latin (RSL) CD-ROM course
Block 1: RSL Units 1 & 2
Block 3: RSL Units 5 & 6
Block 2: RSL Units 3 & 4
Block 4: RSL Units 7 & 8
2 Units
STUDY TIME= 6 hrs/wk
MIDTERM= Block 1
FINAL= Block 2
4 Units
STUDY TIME= 12 hrs/wk
MIDTERM= Blocks 1 & 2
FINAL= Blocks 3 & 4
Revised 09/01