Brush up your intermediate Latin
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
- Course Code: RL593
- Dates: 23/07/24 - 06/08/24
- Time: 12:30 - 14:30
- Taught: Tue, Daytime
- Duration: 3 sessions (over 3 weeks)
- Location: Online
- Tutor: Judith Rice
Course Code: RL593
Duration: 3 sessions (over 3 weeks)
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What is the course about?
The course aims to refresh your intermediate Latin by translating selected passages The Cambridge Latin Anthology.
This is a live online course. You will need:
- Internet connection. The classes work best with Chrome.
- A computer with microphone and camera is best (e.g. a PC/laptop/iMac/MacBook), or a tablet/iPad/smart phone/iPhone if you don't have a computer.
- Earphones/headphones/speakers.
We will contact you with joining instructions before your course starts.
What will we cover?
We will translate selected passages from The Cambridge Latin Anthology and will revise the main structures of the Latin language through grammar exercises. This book can be bought secondhand, or can be accessed online from this web page.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- translate prose and verse passages from Latin authors;
- analyse and understand the main structures of the Latin language.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
The course is suitable for students who have been studying Latin at City Lit for at least 3 years, or studied
Latin up to GCSE (or equivalent) at school and would like to refresh their "rusty" knowledge.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Whole class work. Translating original passages in Latin and doing grammar exercises, tutor posing questions and answering questions raised by the students. Students should – if possible – prepare a Latin passage (provided by the tutor) before each class.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
No other costs.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Ask the tutor for the most suitable class.
Judith has been teaching Classics (and other subjects) to both adults and children for over 10 years, and before that worked as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, as a journalist, and in charities. She has taught at the Open University, Royal Holloway, and Birkbeck and is currently Head of Classics at a school in North London, and finds the similarities and difference sbetween adult and school education both challenging and fascinating. Having returned to formal education as a mature student herself, to pursue postgraduate work in Greek cultural and intellectual history, she has a strong commitment to continuing education. She has degrees from Oxford University and Royal Holloway, University of London and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Judith's love of ancient language, literature, philosophy, and archaeology arises from an overridng interest in ideas, and in the ways that we can learn about how people have thought in different times and places.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.