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What Skills Do Students Need for Upper-Division Latin?
- Source :
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TAPA . Autumn2023, Vol. 153 Issue 2, p561-587. 27p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This article explores the language-proficiency levels required in traditional upper-division university courses in Latin. It introduces a research framework to Classics called "domain analysis" and analyzes upper-division Latin at one university to determine the target functional outcomes for students in lower-division courses. The article finds that traditional upper-division Latin requires philological skills that are not described under widely used descriptions of language proficiency, but that these courses also require a reading proficiency corresponding to "advanced high" in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines , as well as a limited degree of listening and pronunciation ability. A lower-division curriculum that integrates active Latin techniques with those drawn from multiliteracies and grammar-translation pedagogies may be best suited to achieving these proficiencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25757180
- Volume :
- 153
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- TAPA
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174269454
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/apa.2023.a913473