Standard Vocabulary Test of 239 words derived from thirteen beginner books and Lodge's Caesar-Cicero-Vergil tabulation¶
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Description¶
A standardized 239-word Latin vocabulary test developed by V. A. C. Henmon for assessing high-school pupils' recognition of a common first-year Latin vocabulary.
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Claims¶
- Even fourth-year Latin pupils fall considerably short of a perfect score on the easy 239-word standard vocabulary test [+W]
- First-year Latin vocabulary scores vary widely across ten good high schools, from 90 percent correct to 42 percent correct on the Latin-English list [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- V. A. C. Henmon. (1917). The Measurement of Ability in Latin. Part I. Vocabulary. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Measurement+of+Ability+in+Latin%22+Henmon
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Standard Vocabulary Test of 239 words derived from thirteen beginner books and Lodge's Caesar-Cicero-Vergil tabulation |
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