Abstract
The unseen translation - translation of a passage of Latin that the student has not seen before, under constraints of time and with limited access to resources - is a persistent element of Latin courses, especially at school level. It is present in A Level courses in England (for example, OCR 2017), in the Scottish Highers (SQA, 2017), in the New Zealand curriculum (NZQA, 2017), and in Australia (VCAA, 2004; Board of Studies, 2009), to name but a few examples. In Victoria, courses have undergone various changes in the last 30 years, but the unseen has remained a constant: there seems to be a consensus among teachers and examiners that the ability to translate a passage of Latin on the spot is a rigorous and enduring test of at least one aspect of a student's skills in Latin.
Highlights
The unseen translation - translation of a passage of Latin that the student has not seen before, under constraints of time and with limited access to resources is a persistent element of Latin courses, especially at school level
Oxford Cambridge and RSA (OCR) state that ‘this component is designed to enable learners to demonstrate their linguistic competence in Latin’ (OCR 2017, p. 7); in Victoria, this has been broken down into a series of skills (VCAA, 2004, p. 23): To achieve this outcome the student should demonstrate the knowledge and skills to
The feedback the program gives might be a link to a Khan Academy-style video tutorial explaining the difference, and another link to some targeted exercises done and marked online - that give the student practice in distinguishing between the tenses and translating correctly
Summary
The unseen translation - translation of a passage of Latin that the student has not seen before, under constraints of time and with limited access to resources is a persistent element of Latin courses, especially at school level. It is present in A Level courses in England (for example, OCR 2017), in the Scottish Highers (SQA, 2017), in the New Zealand curriculum (NZQA, 2017), and in Australia (VCAA, 2004; Board of Studies, 2009), to name but a few examples. This article will review the author’s own journey in approaching different ways of marking translations
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