Intensive Short Course: Intermediate-Advanced Conversational Latin: Erasmus' Colloquia

Intensive Short Course: Intermediate-Advanced Conversational Latin: Erasmus' Colloquia

*N.B. This course is a short, two-week Intensive which meets Monday-Friday, June 17-28, 1:00p.m.-3:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.

Course Description: In this class participants will spend 20 hours reading 4 or 5 exceedingly entertaining Erasmus colloquia with intensive attention to the adagia used in the texts and the copia verborum fluency building equivalent expressions. Participants will also answer personalized colloquia or chit chat questions based on phrases from the text, with a view to internalizing as much as we can. If you are planning on attending one of the many July Latin immersion week events and want an adrenaline shot before you go, this class may be for you!

DETAILS

Level: Participants should have some experience speaking Latin.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

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

When
Monday through Friday, June 17-28, 1:00p.m.-3:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$650

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Instructor

David Ring

David Ring teaches Latin and Ancient Greek as living languages by using an eclectic mix of methods, ranging from the insights of Renaissance Humanist pedagogy (especially the advice of Erasmus) to the Direct or Nature method to (first and foremost) Teaching with Comprehensible Input. Be it a discussion in Latin or Greek about a beautiful painting, or personal life conversation, or solving riddles, or paraphrasing poets into simpler prose, or storyboarding Lucian's True Stories -- David and his students aim to get lost in the joy of what they are doing, such that they forget they are speaking Latin or Ancient Greek. He believes that the purpose of liberal education is to help young people grow in self-knowledge -- both individual and cultural --, to help them form sharp intellects, wise judgment, and greatness of soul. He believes this is best done via direct encounters with the greatest minds and greatest stories of the last 3,000 years.

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