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 115-020 Beginners Latin A

Note

Formerly available as 104-111/211/311. Students who have completed 104-111/211/311 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr G Jenkins

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial and a 1-hour computer laboratory class per week

Subject Description

This subject is an introduction to the grammar and reading of Latin. It covers grammatical concepts and paradigms, sentence formation and translation, and reading simple texts. Background information on Roman culture is woven into the subject matter throughout the semester. The aim is for students to acquire the elements of the grammar, syntax and vocabulary of Latin, and attain reading skills, sufficient to begin reading literary and dramatic texts.

Assessment

Written work which may comprise regular exercises and class tests totalling 2000 words, and 2 hours of examinations.

Prescribed Texts
  • A Grammar of Latin. CACL Latin Multimedia Project 1998.
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