Conversational Latin for Beginners

Conversational Latin for Beginners

*Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll.

Course Description: In this course, you will learn how to have simple conversations in Latin! Building up on the passive knowledge of the participants, we will, on the one hand, practice conversing in Latin on various topics, on the other hand, improving your listening comprehension and writing skills.

The focus will be on activating your passive vocabulary, learning to use synonyms, repeat and practice rules of grammatical constructions – all this we can achieve through various methods such as image descriptions, games, reading and explaining simple texts. The course will be very low-stress and modeled on the individual knowledge of the participants.

DETAILS

Level: Passive knowledge of Latin grammar and vocabulary. You don't need to have any speaking experience.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Tuesdays, 1:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

Marina Garanin

Salvete omnes, my name is Marina Garanin. Graduated from Heidelberg (Germany) and Oxford, I am currently working on my PhD on Latin translations from Greek at the University of Heidelberg. I have been teaching living Latin with Telepaideia and on different other occasions, such as, most recently, “Virgil and the Epic tradition” at “Living Latin in Rome” this year; also, I taught Latin metre and Latin verse composition. I have been practising spoken Latin since the beginning of my studies, and I have been taking part in different Latin (and Greek) speaking events. As I love acting, I also participated at “Thalia” in 2022 (Vicenza, Italy) and this year (Vilnius, Lituania), a Latin theater competition organized by the Schola Humanistica with two original tragedies, “Medeae Daemones” and “Agave”, written by Stefano Vittori, in which I played the parts of Medea and Agave. I write metrical poetry in Latin myself (some of the poems are published in the periodical “Vox Latina” from 2019 on). In my free time, besides of writing poetry and acting, I like drawing, singing and writing music; also, being a huge dog lover (not having one on my own though), I like studying dog behaviour and education. Also, I have a Latin YouTube channel (Musa Pedestris) where you can find poetry recitations, latin vlogs, livestreams, and other videos on Latin.