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Introductory Latin Course II - ASZLJ3420
Title: Introductory Latin Course II
Guaranteed by: Language Centre - Latin (21-JCL)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:combined
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level: specialized
Is provided by: ALTV00120
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D.
Class: Exchange - 09.1 Modern EC Languages
Annotation
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)
This course covers morphology and syntax according to the Cambridge Latin Course Book II (stages 19+20) and Book III (stages 21-28).

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 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!

CLC III
Quintus' mission in Britain continues - to find Barbillus' son, Rufus. But the news from the province is not good: Cogidubnus, king of one of the British tribes, is seriously ill.

Prepare for a race against time as our hero, Quintus, gets involved in conspiracy, chases and deadly intrigue, as we journey to the legionary fortress of Chester, and first, to the spa-town of Bath.




Aim of the course
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)

The students are able to read and translate simple Latin texts on their own. They know complete 1st-3rd declensions, incl. adjectives and possessive pronouns, and understand the use of all the past tenses. As for the syntax, they know result, purpose, cum clauses, as well as indirect commands and indirect questions in the past.  

Course completion requirements
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)

Written test based on a translation of an unknown Latin text accompanied with morphosyntactic tasks. 

Literature
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)

Cambridge Latin Course Textbook II, III.

Shall the students need anything else, it will be provided at the lessons. 

 

There are enough copies of the book in the library at the Institute for Greek and Latin Studies (Celetná).

NB: In case of online teaching, the online versions of the books will be provided. 

 

The course has its Moodle class here: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=11061

In the Moodle class, there are materials to each stage, homework and notes taken in the classes. 

Teaching methods
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (02.12.2021)

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 form of the course depends on the restrictions:

- should the on-campus learning be allowed, the course would run in a hybrid regime: classroom classes that will be streamed online for those who can't be present + Moodle practices and reading at home. 

- should the on-campus learning is restricted, the course would be consist again of online classes on Zoom combined with Moodle practices and readings at home.

Syllabus
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)

We will cover the Cambridge Latin Course stages 19-28.

The detailed sylabus follows: 

Stage 19

the pronouns hic and ille

imperatives

vocative case

homereading in English: The worship of Isis 

Stage 20

present participles

the pronoun is, ea

homereading in English: Medicine and science

--- end of Book 2 ---

Stage 21

revision of nouns and adjectives

perfect passive participles

adverbs I

homereading in English: Aquae Sulis and it s baths

Stage 22

perfect active participles; deponent verbs - complete review of participles

adverbs II

homereading in English: Magic and curses

Stage 23

declining participles, neutre plural

homereading in English: Roman religion

Stage 24

revision of verbs: indicative present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect; imperative; participles

pluperfect subjunctive

imperfect subjunctive

cum historicum

homereading in English: Travel and communication

Stage 25

indirect questions

homereading in English: The legionary soldier

Stage 26

purpose clauses

gerundives

homereading in English: Officers in Roman army, Agricola

Stage 27

indirect commands

result clauses

homereading in English: The legionary fortress

Stage 28

complete review of 1st-3rd declensions

ablative case

prepositions

expressions of time

homereading in English: Interpreting the evidence: our knowledge of Roman Britain

REVIEW CLASS

TEST

Entry requirements
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)

The student can take this course if he successfully finished the Introductory Latin Course I or any comparable Latin Course (he has covered the books CLC I and II). The student should have a solid knowledge of English. 

 

I.E. the student should be familiar with the following grammar: 

  •     Nominative, accusative, genitive and dative cases, singular and plural, of 1st, 2nd and 3rd declension nouns
  •     Adjectives of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd declensions
  •     Present, imperfect, perfect and pluperfect tenses, all persons, of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th conjugation verbs
  •     Word order
  •     Personal, posessive and demostrative pronouns
  •     Intransitive verbs
  •     Irregular Verbs volo, nolo, possum, esse
  •     Comparatives and superlatives
  •     Questions
  •     Relative clauses
  •     Present infinitive, participle, imperative
  •     Longer sentences with postquam, simulac etc.
Other recommended courses
Last update: Mgr. Bc. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (26.05.2021)

Upon completing this course, you can continue with the Intermediate Latin Course I. 

 
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