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Sorry, this course was heavily oversubscribed and cannot take any more students into this class. Please use the course enquiry form to be kept informed of future runs of this course or to join the waiting list.
| Type | Weekly Classes |
|---|---|
| Location | Oxford |
| Address | Ewert House Ewert Place Summertown Oxford |
| Dates | Tue 2 Oct 2012 to Tue 12 Mar 2013 Day: Tuesday Time of meeting: 10.30am-12.30pm Number of meetings: 20 |
| Subject area(s) | Classics |
| CATS points | 20 |
| Fees | From £295.00 |
| Application status | Course full |
| Course code | O12P788CLW |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
This is a course for learners who have intermediate knowledge of Latin and is suitable for those who have completed Latin 2. We will use sections 5 and 6 of Jones and Sidwell's 'Reading Latin'Description
This course builds on Latin 2 but is also suitable for people wishing to refresh their Latin. The group size will be kept small (typically between 10-15) to allow plenty of opportunity for exchange between tutor and students. We will be following the final chapters of Jones and Sidwell's lively textbook Reading Latin, using unadapted extracts from ancient authors. It is expected that students beginning the course will be familiar with all the main grammar of Latin and will be ready to practise constructions using the subjunctive and advanced syntax. Students will be expected to prepare work and study at home.Programme details
Week 1: 4G Revision - the subjunctiveWeek 2: 5A: purpose and result clauses
Week 3: 5A: revision
Week 4: 5B: more purpose clauses
Week 5: 5B: past participles
Week 6: 5C: jussive and potential subjunctives
Week 7: 5C: impersonal verbs
Week 8: 5C: future perfect tense
Week 9: 5D: gerundives
Week 10: Revision
Week 11: 5D: verbs of fearing
Week 12: 5E: revision of participles
Week 13: 5E: dum, antequam, priusquam
Week 14: 5F: perfect subjunctive
Week 15: 5F: indirect questions
Week 16: 5G: gerunds
Week 17: 6A Scansion
Week 18: 6B
Week 19: 6C
Week 20: 6D
Background Reading:
Text Book: Jones P.V. and Sidwell K., Reading Latin (2 vols.) (CUP, 1986)
Staff
Mrs Alison Samuels
Role: Tutor
Alison Samuels graduated in Classics from Cambridge in 1986. She has young children, and currently teaches part-time for Ewert House and the Open...more
Course aims
Course Aim:Students will become complete their understanding of Latin grammar and syntax and develop their understanding of Roman culture though original texts. They will gain a strong working vocabulary and be confident in tackling unadapted Latin. Latin scansion will be introduced.
Course Objectives:
1. To cover through translation and exercises the topics as outlined below, and to learn the vocabulary accompanying these sections of Reading Latin.
2. To develop understanding of the Roman cultural world through discussion of the texts and their context.
Assessment methods
Assignments for formal assessment will consist of a short passage of graduated translation (approx 70%) and a number of questions designed to test grammar which will usually include short sentences for translation into Latin. There will be four such assignments each termTeaching methods
We will combine a variety of styles, including round the class translation and discussion. Students will need to prepare work at homeTeaching outcomes
By the end of the course students will be expected to:1. Have the experience of reading short passages of unadapted Latin with confidence;
2. Understand simple texts, elicit information from texts in advance of their level, and produce very short texts using the vocabulary and grammar set, without recourse to a dictionary;
3. Have some knowledge of the cultural and literary world of Rome in the first centuries BC and AD
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Sorry, this course was heavily oversubscribed and cannot take any more students into this class. Please use the course enquiry form to be kept informed of future runs of this course or to join the waiting list.