Advanced Latin Self-Help Group (LAT 06)

  • Day and time: Wednesday 13:55 - 14:55
    Weekly
  • Length of course: 3 terms. Autumn (10 Weeks), Spring (10 Weeks), Summer (10 Weeks)
  • Number of places: 8
  • Start date: 07 October 2020
  • Description:

    This is a continuation of the Advanced Latin course which ran in 2019-20. We are a group of keen Latin students building our expertise in Latin in a sociable way through mutual self-help. A typical class involves reading aloud and translating selected, annotated extracts from Classical authors and working through grammar topics and exercises. 1-2 hours of home study is required each week, depending on previous learning and desired progress. Key textbooks will be P Ruth Taylor Briggs (2000), Via Plana, Graduated Readings in Advanced Latin (Bristol Classical Press), and Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2nd Edition, 2001, Harper Collins. Access to a dictionary such as Cassell's Latin-English/English-Latin and a grammar such as Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer is recommended. We also use freely available Internet resources including online dictionaries. For further information and guidance about the course, texts and other resources, please contact Mike Fay.


  • Format: Self-taught course or activity
  • Level: Level: Roughly A Level equivalent and upwards.

  • Coordinator: Mike Fay
  • I am a former teacher and translator of French and Spanish and have been building on my O level Latin at U3AC since 2014.


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