This course will include the reading of a novel, plays, short stories, and poetry. 717 - FrIVHon . This course includes extensive audio-aural practice and emphasis on vocabulary expansion, composition, dictation, grammar review, and advanced grammar study. 710 - LatI . The main objective in the first year of Latin is to establish a thorough foundation in the basic elements of vocabulary and grammar.
Significant time is spent on the derivation of English words from presented Latin vocabulary.
Students learn to read Latin aloud comfortably. The text provides prose passages on historical, cultural and mythological topics of increasing difficulty to enrich the students appreciation of ancient cultures as well as to drill them on correct usage of forms and vocabulary. 711 - LatII . The second year of Latin begins with a concentrated review of first year work followed by the study and mastery of more complicated constructions including the subjunctive mood, uses of the informative and wide application of participial forms. Selected translations from the text, The Labors of Hercules , and The Voyage of Ulysses , introduce the student to new grammar topics.