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AHIS3101 – Latin D

2022 – Session 2, Online-scheduled-weekday

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Convenor, lecturer
Bronwen Neil
bronwen.neil@mq.edu.au
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Ian Plant
ian.plant@mq.edu.au
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Credit points Credit points
10
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Permission by special approval
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Unit description Unit description

This unit aims to help history students consolidate advanced skills in ancient languages, especially through the reading of original texts at D Level in Latin.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Identify and recall grammatical structures of relevant language at advanced level
  • ULO2: Recognise and memorise advanced vocabulary of relevant language
  • ULO3: Assess the grammar required for the translation of texts appropriate to level of study
  • ULO4: Explore and appraise relevant grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • ULO5: Employ linguistic technical terms
  • ULO6: Integrate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in reading and/or writing advanced texts
  • ULO7: Analyse the significance of languages for the study of relevant ancient cultures

General Assessment Information

Assessment 1: Participation Weighting 20%

Three (3) Participation Exercises. In this assessment task your participation is tested, not your accuracy, in translating an excerpt from a weekly reading that has been covered in class. You are asked to explain your translation of four lexical or grammatical or syntactic features of each excerpt. The excerpt will be released on Friday the week before the assessment is due.  A serious attempt will earn full marks. Please submit your answers in PDF via Turn-it-in in Weeks 4, 8 and 12. There is no word count for this assessment. 

Assessment 2: Prose Compositions Weighting 40%

Four (4) Prose Compositions. In this assessment task your control and accuracy are tested in translations from English to Greek/Latin. Each of the four proses is worth 10 raw marks.

Assessment 3: Comprehension Tests Weighting 40%

Two (2) Comprehension Tests. In this assessment task, your control over details of Latin usage in the unit readings is tested. Each of the two comprehension tests is worth 20 raw marks. There will be five extracts from the readings in each test and you will normally be asked to ‘explain the meaning, form, and function’ of two words/expressions in each extract. Each of your explanations is worth two (2) raw marks, one (1) mark for meaning and form and one (1) mark for function. In other words half the marks in these comprehension tests are awarded on the basis of your understanding of function (i.e. of how a word or expression is being used in its context; note that giving a translation of the context in which the word appears is not sufficient to indicate your understanding of function, though it may form part of your response).

Assessment Schedule with Dates

Weeks 1-3 None

Week 4 Prose composition 1 due Friday 19/8 at 23:55. Participatory task 1 due at same time.

Week 5 None

Week 6 None

Week 7 Comprehension test 1 in class Friday 9/9

2-week break

Week 8 Prose composition 2 due Friday 30/9 at 23:55. Participatory 2 task due at same time.

Week 9 None

Week 10  None 

Week 11 None

Week 12  Prose composition 3 due Friday 28/10 at 23:55. Participatory task 3 due at same time.

Week 13 Comprehension test 2 in class Friday 4/11. Prose composition 4 due Friday 4/11 at 23:55.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty  

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.    

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic. 

IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINAL MARKS: Grading decisions for each assessment task will be moderated against the set criteria and standards before task results are released. 3) Do not plagiarise: plagiarism will not be tolerated; see 'MQ Academic Honesty': http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Participation assessments 20% No Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8 and 12
Prose Compositions 40% No Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 13
Comprehension Tests 40% No Week 7 and Week 13 in class

Participation assessments

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8 and 12
Weighting: 20%

 

Three participation exercises

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Identify and recall grammatical structures of relevant language at advanced level
  • Recognise and memorise advanced vocabulary of relevant language
  • Assess the grammar required for the translation of texts appropriate to level of study
  • Explore and appraise relevant grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • Employ linguistic technical terms
  • Integrate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in reading and/or writing advanced texts
  • Analyse the significance of languages for the study of relevant ancient cultures

Prose Compositions

Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Friday, 23:55, of Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 13
Weighting: 40%

 

Four exercises in translation from English to Latin

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Identify and recall grammatical structures of relevant language at advanced level
  • Recognise and memorise advanced vocabulary of relevant language
  • Assess the grammar required for the translation of texts appropriate to level of study
  • Explore and appraise relevant grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • Employ linguistic technical terms
  • Integrate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in reading and/or writing advanced texts
  • Analyse the significance of languages for the study of relevant ancient cultures

Comprehension Tests

Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 7 and Week 13 in class
Weighting: 40%

 

Two comprehension Tests

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Identify and recall grammatical structures of relevant language at advanced level
  • Recognise and memorise advanced vocabulary of relevant language
  • Assess the grammar required for the translation of texts appropriate to level of study
  • Explore and appraise relevant grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • Employ linguistic technical terms
  • Integrate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in reading and/or writing advanced texts
  • Analyse the significance of languages for the study of relevant ancient cultures

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Readings and word-lists will be provided to help you with translations - see the Resources folder on the ILearn page. You may also use online resources such as:

Latin dictionary - Perseus Digital Library - Tufts University

The three parts of ILL by Trevor Evans and Genevieve Evans-Young are linked here for your reference, along with a fourth part relevant to LatinD.

Part I  ILL.1.FrontPagesFile  

Unit Schedule

Reading / translation schedule - please note, you are expected to bring a draft translation to class every week.

Week 1 Tacitus' Annales

Week 2 Tacitus' Annales 

Week 3 Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia 

Week 4 Bath curse tablets. 

Week 5 Two Fragments of a Letter attributed to Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi.

Week 6 Plin. Ep. 10.96 to Trajan

Week 7 Plin. Ep. 10.97 from Trajan 

2-week break

Week 8 Sulpicia Carmina 1-3. 

Week 9 Sulpicia Carmina 4-6; Terentia ILS 1046a 

Week 10  Plin. Ep. 6.4 to Calpurnia; Plin. Ep. 6.7 to Calpurnia 

Week 11  Plin. Ep. 3.16 to Nepos; Ep. 7.19 [1-7] to Priscus [continued into week 12]

Week 12  Plin. Ep. 7.20  to Tacitus. 

Week 13 Review.

 

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Results

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Changes from Previous Offering

Some readings have been changed; assessment schedule has been updated; new bibliography has been supplied with readings.

Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook