Latin - Beginners

Overview

What you will study

Using the first two sections of Jones and Sidwell's textbook 'Reading Latin', we will meet major noun and adjective groups, several tenses of active verbs, and a number of pronouns. 

We will be working through the first two sections of Jones and Sidwell's lively textbook Reading Latin, using adapted extracts from comedies by Plautus, and providing an amusing introduction to the Roman comic tradition. The structure of the course means that we will be translating extended passages from the beginning - an essential way to get to grips with Latin in practice.

By the end of the Latin - Beginners course offered by University of Oxford we will have encountered all major noun and adjective groups, and be familiar with the future and present tenses of active and deponent verbs and the perfect form of active verbs, giving students the confidence to begin to navigate original Latin texts.

Course Objectives:

• To cover, through translation and exercises, the grammar topics as outlined in the programme details.

• To develop understanding of the Roman cultural world through discussion of the adapted texts and their context.

• To encourage students to pursue Latin at a higher level.