Latin I
$650.00/year
Latin I
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About the course
Renaissance Christian authors often called Latin one of two “wings” that made the best of human culture fly (the other one being Greek). Latin, they said, civilized the West. Building on this positive vision of the place of Latin in Christian education, this is the first half of a course that will concentrate on a more natural mode of engaging Latin - that is, as a language conveying enjoyable meaning rather than a code to be wrestled with and broken. As an Honors Level offering, this course tends to be more rigorous in both scope and expectations, but the payoff, confidence in reading classical and Christian sources in the original language, will more than justify the added effort.
Course Objectives:
- Acquire and master about 700 of the most common words used in classical Latin
- Hone the ability to recognize many different forms of Latin nouns, verbs, and pronouns in a variety of contexts
- Learn common Latin grammatical constructions such as indirect discourse, dative of agent, and participle phrases
- Develop the ability to sight-read extensive passages of Latin in connected story arcs
Texts:
- Orberg, Hans. Lingua Latina I: Familia Romana (first half)
- Orberg, Colloquia Personarum
About the teacher
Timothy Enloe
Timothy Enloe lives in Nyssa, Oregon with his wife and six daughters. He holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from New St. Andrews College and an M.A. in Humanities from the University of Dallas. He has taught Latin, Greek, Bible, History, and Literature.