Vol 86, No. 2 Fall 2012 - Monmouth College

NLE Guidelines for College Students
The use of the NLE is encouraged at the
college level. Various colleges and universities
have been offering the NLE to their
students for many years now and have
found that, not only does it boost the confidence
of the students taking Latin, but it
can also serve as an outcomes assessment
exam for those students. College instructors
should follow the standard application
and administrative procedures, with slight
variations. (See below.)
LEVELS:
• Do NOT administer the Introduction
to Latin Exam to college/university
students.
• Administer the NLE level I ONLY
to students who are taking their
first college/university semester of
elementary Latin in the spring of the
year. Please note that this is a rare
circumstance and may be questioned by
the Office of the NLE.
• Administer the NLE level II to those
who are taking their second semester of
elementary Latin in the spring.
• Administer the NLE level III to those
who are taking their first semester of
intermediate Latin in the spring.
• Administer the NLE level IV (either
poetry or prose) to those who are taking
their second semester of intermediate
Latin in the spring.
• Those students who are taking a first
and only semester of intensive elementary
Latin in the spring should take
level II if they started the semester in
January and level I if they started it after
January (likewise for intensive intermediate
Latin).
• Colleges and universities offering multiple
terms, rather than two semesters over
the usual autumn-spring academic year,
should calculate what their terms mean
in comparison to semesters and consult
with the Office of the NLE (1-888-378-
7721/ nle@umw.edu) concerning the
correct examination to administer.
• Administer the NLE Level V to those
who are taking their first semester of
advanced Latin in the spring.
• Administer the NLE Level VI to those
who are beyond their first semester of
advanced Latin.
If it is not possible for all students at all
levels at your institution to be examined
at the same time, then consult with the
Office of the NLE (1-888-378-7721/ nle@
umw.edu) for permission to have the different
classes take the NLE at different times.
The name of the Chair of the department
or of a dean, etc., may be used for the
block on the application form that asks for
the name of the principal. Since it is recommended
that the exam’s administrator
open the test packet when it arrives and
count the exams, a departmental secretary
may be a good choice for the administrator
of the exam. In a case where an institution
has received permission to have different
classes take the NLE at different times, the
administrator would oversee the overall
distribution of the exams to, and collection
from, those designated to administer
the NLE to the various classes. In any
event, the administrator must be someone
who is NOT teaching a class that is going
to take the NLE. Remember, no teacher
whose class is taking the NLE at any level
is allowed access to the exams until the
Tuesday after the last date the test can be
administered.
Awards, including certificates and
medals, as well as individual scores, the
national norms, and an answer key will be
sent to college instructors in the same way
that they are sent to high school instructors.
Students taking the exam in college,
however, are not eligible for the NLE
scholarships.
College students who earn certificates
and/or medals for their performance on
the NLE are eligible to have their names
listed in the Eta Sigma Phi Newsletter, the
NUNTIUS. To make sure that the editor
of the NUNTIUS receives the names of
your institution’s winners, please check
that the name of your institution includes
one of the following words or abbreviations
on the score sheets sent to you, “college,”
“coll.,” “col.,” “clg.,” “c.,” university,”
“univ.,” or “u.” If it does not, or if there is
any doubt, then consult directly with the
newsletter editor, Georgia Irby (glirby@
wm.edu).
Photos Wanted for
NUNTIUS
Do you want to see photos of
members of your chapter in
the next issue of NUNTIUS?
If so, please e-mail electronic
copies to the editor of NUN-
TIUS at glirby@wm.edu.
Press deadline for the next
issue is December 15.
Please be sure your photos
are high resolution!
To ensure high quality reproduction,
please set your
camera to a high resolution
or high quality setting. Use
a three megapixel camera or
better if possible.
If you use a photo from
the web, be aware it must be
two to three times as large
on screen as you expect it to
appear in print. Web photos
are typically 72 dpi, but print
reproduction requires at least
200 dpi, so photos must be
much larger to begin with.
On some websites you
can click on a photo for a
larger version. Otherwise
consider asking the subject
or webmaster if an original is
available.
If you scan a picture, set the
scanner at 300 dpi if available
and scan at about the size you
expect the picture to appear
in print.
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