Release Date: July 11, 2002

MONMOUTH, Ill. - Two Monmouth College Classics majors, Jennifer Mitten and Michael Fanucce, recently attended the annual American Classical League Institute at the University of Wisconsin where their professor, Tom Sienkewicz, presented a workshop entitled "Using 'Forum Romanum' in the Classroom."

Based on an experimental course entitled "Understanding Spoken Latin" that Sienkewicz taught in the spring, the workshop used as its pedagogical focus a series of videotapes developed by the National Latin Exam. These "Forum Romanum" tapes present ancient Roman historical events in the format of a modern television newscast, with all of the dialogue in Latin.

At the workshop, Sienkewicz presented the goals, format and structure of the course, while Mitten and Fanucce each offered a student perspective and suggested how they could use this material in the future in their own Latin classes. They also led the 75-member audience through a sample class, including the use of oral Latin dictations.

Mitten, of Spring Grove, Ill., graduated in May with a degree in Latin, and Fanucce, of Oregon, Ill., is a junior.

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