LATIN for Complete Beginners

The classes will focus on key language skills for newcomers, with an engaging narrative to help practise each topic; and you will read the words of ancient writers themselves. This course is suitable for students of both classical and medieval literatures. For details of post-beginner and intermediate courses go here.

10 x weekly 75-minute distance classes (via Zoom)

The course fee is £96 for the 10 weeks

Courses are now under way. Details of future courses will appear here.

For updates, contact [email protected]

Course fee

The first semester is 10 weeks of one 75-minute class each week, and the course fee is £96. You will also need to purchase the coursebook, although PDFs will be made available for the first two weeks.

Course teacher: George Sharpley

“I have worked in languages all my life, and Latin in particular. I am a former university teacher of Latin, and have produced different sorts of learning materials and course-books. I am especially hooked on the poetry, which I try to share where I can. It’s ironic in a way, that a language which has not exactly been on many people’s lips these past two thousand years should stand out for the beauty of its voice. One project is to share this extraordinary verbal music with a wider public. If you get the chance, come to a performance of The Song of Arms and a Man – a slimmed down version of Virgil’s Aeneid.“

Enrolment

To enrol, contact George ([email protected]). You will then be sent relevant bank details for payment of the fee (£96 for the 10 weeks). You will also need to purchase the coursebook (see below), although PDFs will be made available for the first two weeks.

Coursebook

Coursebook: Get Started in Latin (GDA Sharpley, Hodder & Stoughton 2014 ed.)

See more about the coursebook, and its online supports

Fresco above:  Io guarded by Argos, from the House of Melagros, Pompeii, in National Archaeological Museum, Naples