This 10-week consolidation course is based on the syllabus of the previous two terms (most recently – Latin: Beginners - Part 2) and is primarily tailored to meet the needs of students who completed the weekly class, but new students who are at the appropriate level of proficiency are also welcome. Students who missed some live sessions during the previous two terms and wish to catch up for the next level in the next academic year are encouraged to join. It will comprise one weekly, one-hour pre-recorded lecture to be viewed by students in preparation for the weekly tutor-led live session at the advertised time. Students will be encouraged to prepare and study at home.
The course works from material uploaded to the course Canvas page each week: no textbook is required, but there is an additional recommended reading list intended to supplement the weekly material. Each lecture will revise, and expand upon, the basic principles of each weekly grammar topic. You will be invited to complete exercises on the separate handout. Each handout will have information and work for the week, including drills, translation exercises, and new vocabulary.
The course aims to consolidate familiar grammar and vocabulary but also to introduce new grammatical components and expand vocabulary. The live sessions will focus on the translation of unadapted Latin literature, introducing a range of different forms of Latin literature, and placing them within their literary, social and historical contexts.
By the end of the course, students will have developed a broader vocabulary; deepened their understanding of key grammatical and linguistic principles of Latin; translated a number of unadapted Latin literary works, and engaged with them on a range of critical levels.