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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (07.07.2020)
The Cambridge Latin Course is the most popular and most successful Latin course in the UK. With over 4,000,000 copies sold, its methods are well established and highly effective. There are five Books in the Cambridge Latin Course which take students from beginner to Level 2/GCSE. The story-based Course provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilisation. The material progresses from simple stories written specially for the Course, through adaptations of Roman authors, to original texts. The texts are accompanied by explanations of key language points, and are supported by grammar practice exercises. CLC I: We're travelling back almost 2000 years to AD 79, a time when the Romans controlled much of Europe. The magnificent Italian city of Rome is the centre of the Roman Empire and 125 miles to the south of the capital are the beautiful Bay of Naples, the slumbering volcano Mount Vesuvius, and the prosperous Roman town of Pompeii. Let's explore Pompeii, meet some of its citizens and investigate the Roman world. CLC II: In Book II, we travel to two distant Roman provinces, both very different from each other. Exotic Egypt will be the final destination, but first, explore a Roman province on the very edge of the Empire where it is cold and wet. Welcome to Britannia! |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)
The students are familiar with Latin linguistic terminology, and they are able to read simple Latin texts on their own, as well as translating the texts with the detailed comprehension of the sentence structure and the grammar means used. The understand the use of declensions, the use of Latin present, imperfect and perfect tenses. |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)
Written test: - understanding and translation of an unknown Latin text (of the approppriate level) to English - incl. questions concentrating on the grammar studied. |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (02.09.2023)
Cambridge Latin Course Textbook I, II Shall the students need anything else, it will be provided at the lessons/sent via Moodle platform.
There are enough copies of the book in the library at the Institute for Greek and Latin Studies (Celetná), the book is also available online (the link provided in the Moodle course).
The course has its Moodle class here: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=11061 In the Moodle course, there are materials to each stage, homework and notes taken in the classes. |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (02.09.2023)
While reading and translating the texts, the students discover the grammarical rules and laws. We will discuss the Latin vocabulary to map the patterns and the system of loanwords to English and other languages. A substantial part of the learning process happens through obligatory homework (see https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=11061#section-0).
The course will run in a hybrid regime: classroom classes + online stream for 4EU+ students. |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)
We will cover the Cambridge Latin Course stages 1-18. The detailed sylabus follows: week 1 Latin as an Indoeuropean language, pronunciation, basic terminology, the terms "conjugation" and "declension". CLC stages 1+2+3 (VERB: present tense, 3 sg., NOUN: nom. and acc. sg.) homereading in English: Caecilius, Metella, Houses of Pompeii, Daily life, The town of Pompeii week 2 CLC stages 4+5 (VERB: present tense, 1+2 sg., 3. pl. NOUN: nom. pl.) homereading in English: The forum, The theatre et Pompeii week 3 CLC stages 6+7 (VERB: perfect and imperfect tense, 3 sg.+pl., 3. pl. NOUN: nom. pl.) homereading in English: Slaves and Freedmen, Roman beliefs about life after death week 4 CLC stages 8 (NOUN: acc. pl., ADJ: superlatives) homereading in English: Gladiators, Animal hunts,, The riot at Pompeii week 5 CLC stage 9 (VERB: 1+2 sg., NOUN: dative case, personal pronouns) homereading in English: The baths week 6 CLC stages 10+11 (VERB: complete present tense + esse /to be/, questions) homereading in English: Schools, Local government and elections week 7 CLC stage 12 (VERB: complete imperfect and perfect tenses) homereading in English: The destruction and excavation of Pompeii --- end of Book I --- week 8 CLC stage 13 (VERB: infinitive act., possum /can/, volo /want/, 3. pl. NOUN: nom. pl.) homereading in English: Britannia and its farms, The slaves, Salvius week 9 CLC stage 14 (ADJECTIVES – revision) homereading in English: The Romans in Britain week 10 CLC stage 15 (VERB: imperfect of possum, relative clause) homereading in English: Cogidubnus week 11 CLC stage 16 (VERB: pluperfect tense) homereading in English: The palace at Fishbourne week 12 CLC stage 17 (NOUN: genitive case) homereading in English: Alexandria week 13 CLC stage 18 (ADJECTIVES + NOUNS: revision) homereading in English: Glassmaking in Alexandria, Egypt |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)
This course is meant for complete beginners, the only requirement is a solid knowledge of English. |
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Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (07.07.2020)
Upon completing this course, you can continue with the Introductory Latin Course II. |