1639.1 In addition to the general and professional education requirements, for certification in foreign language (classical), coursework in the following representing thirty (30) semester hours shall be required:

1. (a) Skills to include the following:
2. (1) Reading Latin/Greek authors aloud with comprehension and appropriate rhythm and phrasing, heeding principles of audible linguistic change;
3. (2) Translating continuous paragraphs into idiomatic Latin/Greek using correct grammatical forms and some attention to style;
4. (3) Composing letters, speeches, or essays using Latin/Greek structures of case and mood;
5. (4) Applying the principles of language acquisition and learning theories, and principles of phonological, syntactic, and morphological systems to the teaching of Latin/Greek; and
6. (5) Applying the principles of proficiency-based instruction and to use electronic media in teaching Latin/Greek; and
7. (b) Content to include the following:
8. (1) The culture and civilization of the Roman and Greek peoples of antiquity, of the topography of related states of antiquity, of all areas of scholarship relating to Roman and Greek life, history, literature, art, architecture, and archaeology throughout the Roman Empire (nine (9) semester hours);
9. (2) Documented study-abroad experience of three (3) weeks or more in Italy or Greece or some other state of the Ancient Roman Empire can be used to satisfy a maximum of three (3) semester hours when done in a formal program or in an independent study program;
10. (3) Literature as acquired in the systematic study of major Roman/Greek authors and their writings, Roman and Greek mythology, or prose, satire, comedy, poetry, history (nine (9) semester hours);
11. (4) Language as acquired in advanced course work in grammar, syntax, composition, and reading comprehension (nine (9) semester hours); and
12. (5) Knowledge of the differences between the phonological syntactic, and morphological systems of Latin and those of English as acquired through studies in applied linguistics or descriptive linguistics (three (3) semester hours).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6921-22 (October 1, 1993).