VCE Latin case studies
VCE Latin · Put your knowledge to work in context.
VCE Latin is a Victorian Certificate of Education study in the classical language, accredited by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority for the accreditation period beginning in 2022. It is designed for senior secondary students who want to read Latin authors in the original and to understand how the language works, rather than relying on translations. The VCE Latin case studies are 5 cases and about 2,176 words.
1Choosing the Right Lexical Sense in a Prescribed Passage
A student translates a sentence from a prescribed prose text: Caesar, ubi ea quae in consilio dixerat intellegi sensit, milites suos hortatus est ut in fide manerent. The student renders fides as 'faith' (religious sense) and consilio as 'council'.
463 words, about 2 min2Scansion and Elision in a Prescribed Verse Line
A student scans a hexameter line from a prescribed verse text: arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris . The student marks six feet but is unsure about the final foot and about whether -que elides before cano .
443 words, about 2 min3Handling a Subjunctive in an Indirect Question
In a prescribed prose passage, a student meets: Rogavit quid milites facerent si hostes appropinquarent. The student translates 'He asked what the soldiers were doing if the enemy were approaching' but is unsure whether facerent is imperfect or present subjunctive in sense, and whether appropinquarent is a condition or part of the indirect question.
402 words, about 2 min4Assessing a Translation Against the Latin for Examination Marking
A student produces a translation of a prescribed passage and asks a peer to mark it using examination criteria. with a subjunctive (correct), and non dubito quin rendered as 'I do not doubt that' (acceptable) versus a literal 'I do not doubt whether' (wrong).
445 words, about 2 min5Using Context to Resolve an Ambiguous Pronoun in a Prescribed Text
A student reads a prescribed verse passage in which ille appears three times in close succession, and is appears twice. The student translates all of them as 'he', producing an unclear English paragraph.
423 words, about 2 min