credits for ACE curriculum

[ida]

Our 15 year old son would like to start on Henle1. He has been to school in the Netherlands last year and got a year of formal Latin teaching. Now we are back in New Zealand he would like to continue. The Christian school he attends uses the ACE curriculum. We have to put a proposal together to apply for a Latin course. They need to know the following:
Duration of Course in hours (100-120 hrs = 1 credit and 60-80 hrs = 1/2 credit.
Method of testing: are there test keys/answer keys.
Is there a work book and a text book.

Hope you can answer these questions. Many thanks!

Kind regards,
Ida de Boer

[tanya]

Hello.

Henle I is a text book that has the lessons & exercises together. There isn't a separate workbook, but we do have study guides for units 1-5 that can help you schedule your days. They are really just an itinerary to help you continue to move forward at a consistent pace. They do not help with teaching the lessons.

On the other hand, I do have a new Latin program called First Form that has a separate workbook with 4-5 pages of exercises/lesson and scripted lesson plans for each lesson. This course was written with older beginning students in mind. You should take a look at it on our website because it would be an appropriate course for a 15 year old. If it is mostly review for your son, he could move through it quickly and join our beta-testing Second Form group. First Form covers all 5 noun declensions and 1st-2nd conjugation verbs in 6 tenses.

Henle I Units 1-5 is a 1-credit course for a high schooler. So is First Form. They would each take 100-120 hours to complete, so either course would work for your son.

Also, we have online classes for both courses, if you are interested in doing Latin with help. First Form has dvds in which each lesson is taught by a Latin instructor for additional help, but I don't have dvds for Henle.

Either course would be good for you, but my preference would be First Form because it would give your son more teaching help. Then, he could continue to Second Form and on from there to Third and Fourth Forms, which will complete his Latin grammar.

You are wise to continue with your Latin studies.

Regards,

Tanya

[ida]

Thanks very much for your help! We had a look at First Form and it seems to be a good start. Is translating Latin text covered in this course? You also mentioned Third Form, but I don't see this one on the website?

Kind regards,
ida

[tanya]

Good morning.

First Form does not have a lot of translation. It is a pure grammar course. It does include a syllabus for using our Lingua Angelica translation course of Latin hymns and prayers, though. The FF workbook has small phrases/sentences each week for the students to translate using the grammar forms they are working on, but there aren't large translation passages. Cheryl Lowe's method is that students need to master the grammar thoroughly before wasting time trying to translate material they aren't prepared for - kind of like trying to do upper level math without knowing your times tables. With each Form, there will be larger sentences - but they will be specifically written to reinforce grammar forms.

Second Form is now being beta-tested, so it isn't on our website. The link is:
http://memoriapress.com/descriptions/second-latin.html

Third Form will be beta-tested next year and Fourth Form the following year. If you send me your email address, I can email you the list of grammar forms that will be taught in those Forms. My email address is: tanya@memoriapress.com.

Let us know if we can help you further.

Cheers,

Tanya

[ida]

Thanks again Tanya, it is most helpful. I will email you for the forms.