BASIC LATIN WORKSHOP

The Basic Latin Workshop (or Beginners’ Latin) classes are intended for those students who have not studied Latin for A-levels (maturità), and wish to attain a level of proficiency suitable for passing the linguistic competence test which is needed to get a certificate of eligibility and access the BA level FT0435 Latin Language and Literature exam.
The Basic Latin Workshop takes place during the 1st semester for a total of 40 hours under the guidance of a lecturer and a tutor, and ends with a test session. Students successfully passing it will obtain a certificate of eligibility, which allows access to the BA level FT0435 Latin Language and Literature exam.
It is possible to take the linguistic competence test in different sessions during all periods of the academic year, by contacting the lecturer in charge of the Workshop to find out in advance the dates on which they will be held. However, it is highly recommended that you get tested as soon as possible, in order to have time to fill in your gaps.
Lecturer for the 2022-2023 academic year Basic Latin Workshop is prof. Antonio Pistellato (pistellato@unive.it).
Tutors for the 1st semester of the 2022-2023 academic year are Lorenzo Licata (887670@stud.unive.it) and Carlo Giovanni Calloni (carlo.calloni@unive.it).
Prof. Martina Venuti (martina.venuti@unive.it) is the general responsible for all activities of the Latin Workshops at the Department of Humanities (DSU).

Attendance of classes, active participation in learning activities and individual study will enable students to:
- KNOW the basic morphological structures and syntactic constructs of the Latin language, which allow a first approach to Latin texts;
- UNDERSTAND texts in Latin; the strategies that allow us to translate an ancient text into a modern language;
- ACQUIRE basic Latin vocabulary; critical judgement concerning the best translation choices; ability to evaluate one's work and learning progress; ability to discuss a text in a group; ability to explain clearly the grammar and structure of a language;
- LEARN how to take notes and use online resources; how to manage time and deadlines set each week; how to evaluate the level of difficulty of a text; how to answer grammatical and theoretical questions of increasing difficulty correctly.

Ability to analyze grammatically and logically a text in Italian.

The course calendar can be consulted on Moodle, as well as by clicking on the Timetable tab on the Basic Latin Workshop web page.

Any good grammar manual of the Latin language is fine. In particular, we recommend N. Flocchini, P. Bacci, A. Flocchini, "Latina Arbor", edito da Sansoni/Rizzoli (info: https://www.rizzolieducation.it/catalogo/latina-arbor-0061431/ ).
A vocabulary of the Latin language.
Any further bibliography will be indicated in class.

At the end of the course there will be a final written exam (specimen available on the Moodle page of the course), which will take place over 2 hours. It will consist in:
- the translation of a short text from Latin into Italian; dictionaries will be allowed but not grammars or other books. The text will be a piece of Latin prose about 10 lines in length; the authors from which the piece will be taken may be (e.g.) Caesar, Cornelius Nepos, Valerius Maxmus, Hyginus, Aulus Gellius;
- 3 or 4 short questions on morphology or syntax referring to the short text to be translated. Questions may be of the following type: “Identify the given element in the sentence", "Indicate the value of 'cum' in line x", "What kind of construct is the one underlined in line y", etc.
In order to assess students' progress in learning, during the course the lecturer will provide guided exercises in logical and grammatical analysis as well as in translating.

The course is conceived as highly interactive. Classes will consist in short presentations by the lecturer concerning topics of Latin grammar and syntax, followed by individual or group exercises through which the students will learn how to translate and consolidate their knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary (see above). Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis.

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Under normal conditions the test takes place in written mode, in class (see above).
In the event of a new health emergency from COVID-19, the exam will be converted from written to oral and will take place through zoom sessions. In this case, appropriate instructions will be provided in due time, either in class and through the Moodle platform of the Basic Latin Workshop.
Important notice: Students enrolled before the academic year 2020-2021 who have the Basic Latin Workshop FT0494 in their study plan are required to attend the Workshop lessons in order to get the credits needed to be registered in the electronic booklet, and are in any case requested to contact the lecturer in advance to report their position.

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