Lector Intende, Laetaberis: A Research-Based Approach to Introductory Latin

Authors

Daniel Libatique, College of the Holy CrossFollow
Dominic Machado, College of the Holy CrossFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.52284/NECJ/48.1/article/libatiquemachado

Publication Date

5-14-2021

Abstract

In the 2019-20 academic year, we undertook a full redesign of our introductory Latin curriculum at the College of the Holy Cross in order to provide students with a more meaningful encounter with the Latin language. We primed our students to work with real, unedited Latin texts within their first year of study by highlighting Latin grammatical concepts that were frequent, complex, and unfamiliar to English speakers, which meant introducing topics like the passive voice, the subjunctive, third-declension adjectives, and indirect statement that are foundational to the Latin language much earlier than we had previously.

First Page

36

Last Page

53

Recommended Citation

Libatique, Daniel and Machado, Dominic (2021) "Lector Intende, Laetaberis: A Research-Based Approach to Introductory Latin," New England Classical Journal: Vol. 48 : Iss. 1 , 36-53.

https://doi.org/10.52284/NECJ/48.1/article/libatiquemachado

Keywords

Latin pedagogy; second language acquisition; Hyginus; corpus linguistic analysis; passive voice; subjunctive; third-declension adjectives; indirect statement.