{"id":2944,"date":"2020-03-16T18:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T18:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2944"},"modified":"2022-11-24T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T17:46:15","slug":"learning-latin-by-distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2944","title":{"rendered":"Beginners&#8217; Latin by Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>This course offers you an introduction to the Latin language and its highly logical grammar. The course aims to get you proficient at reading your first genuine Latin texts and along the way enjoy this beautiful language.<\/p>\n<p>We will be using as our text book <a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300194951\/learn-to-read-latin-second-edition\/\">&#8216;Andrew Keller&#8217;s and Stephanie Russell&#8217;s Learn to Read Latin&#8217;,<\/a> to which further exercises will be added.\u00a0 This course is slightly unusual in that it uses original Latin text from the start. (Before you buy this book, please contact me, as I may be able to point you towards some good 2nd hand copies)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching methods:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The course will be taught as a weekly Zoom session, where we explore aspects of the Latin language and practice sentences to translate, as well as review your homework. You will then be set a series of exercises to practice with over the next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong>: It would be useful if you had an English-Latin dictionary. This can, however, be found online at <a href=\"https:\/\/latinitium.com\/latin-dictionaries\/\">various locations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time slots\u00a0 currently available:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 11.00-12.00 GMT\/BST starting January 16th, 2023 (or\u00a0 for 1-1- tuition at a mutually convenient time).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For 1-1 course:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a315\/session<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">*<\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>For groups from 2-4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a311\/session<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">*<\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to the address below. If you would like to pay via BACS or Paypal please contact Birgitta Hoffmann for details.<br \/>\nBirgitta Hoffmann<br \/>\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\nemail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a> mobile:\u00a0 07377 791562<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann This course offers you an introduction to the Latin language and its highly logical grammar. The course aims to get you proficient at reading your first genuine Latin texts and along the way enjoy this beautiful language. We will be using as our text book &#8216;Andrew Keller&#8217;s and Stephanie Russell&#8217;s Learn to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2963,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2944","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4968,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944\/revisions\/4968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}