Tutor: Katie Wales
Latin may well be the most important and influential language ever spoken or written by human beings. It has been in use for some 2800 years. It was first spoken by the ancient Romans around the 8th century BCE and first written by them a few centuries later. It was then in continual use throughout Europe as a lingua franca for scholars, merchants, the clergy, and the upper classes generally, right through to the Middle Ages and beyond. Latin is also notable for having spawned the modern European Romance languages, including French, Italian, Spanish and a number of others.
Venue: 288 Edward St
Monday 9.30am - 10.45am. Classes start 12 October, finish 7 December.
Cost: $45 (prepaid), 9 weeks
Current Enrolments: 4 (maximum 7)
A pre-requisite for this course is to have completed the U3A's Latin beginner's course.
The course is based upon the Jones and Sidwell Reading Latin Books of which there are three, Text and Vocabulary, Grammar and Exercises and An Independent Study Guide to Reading Latin.
We learn together using a peer to peer model of learning under the tutelage of Katie Wales
Text: Reading Latin (Second Edition) by Peter Jones and Keith Sidwell.
We are up to Section 4 of this syllabus.
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