Accademia Vivarum Novum, summer 2015

We invite you to our Summer Latin Course. See the description in your language of choice: [EN]   [IT]   [FR]   [ES]   [DE]   [PT]

Watch some testimonials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Jc6BSXDmA

The classes provide for a total immersion in the Latin language. They are divided into two fundamental modules:

1. Latin I (June 22 – July 18; 15 ECTS): Dedicated to those who have little or no previous knowledge of the Latin language and teachers who would like to learn (by participating in education in action) techniques for teaching actively the fundamentals of morphology, syntax, and vocabulary in Latin. The students will confront morphology, syntax, and vocabulary (1,800 of the most frequent words) and will begin reading authentic Latin historical texts (the Gospels, Catullus, Martial, Phaedrus, Caesar): Duration: 156 hours.
2. Latin II (July 20 – August 15; 15 ECTS): dedicated to those students who have attended the first course; or who already even possess an active knowledge of the fundamental notions of Latin grammar and syntax, and who know at least the 1,600 most frequent Latin words as indicated in the lexicon of Besançon; and teachers interested in the teaching of Latin at a more advanced level. Participants are introduced to fluently reading authentic Latin authors/texts (Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Horace, Seneca, Petronius, Pliny the Younger, Eutropius, Ambrose, Augustine, Erasmus, and many others): Duration: 156 hours.

Additive optional afternoon classes:

1. Latin Pedagogy: (1.5 hours daily: 72 hours total): From 17.30 to 19.00 Monday to Saturday: This module, taught exclusively in Latin, is designed specifically for Latin teachers who wish to acquire instructional skills and strategies using the inductive method and to learn to explain in Latin the works of ancient, medieval, renaissance, and modern authors. With total immersion in the language and many hours of practice in daily conversation, lectures, and various activities over the course of the two modules, even a teacher who has never made active use of the language before is, after two months, able to speak, write, and teach in Latin with great ease and fluidity; these lessons are designed for teachers to, at the same time, master the most effective methods of language instruction, ancient and modern.
2. Elementary Ancient Greek: (1.5 hours daily: 72 hours total): From 15.30 to 17:00 Monday to Saturday: Within two months the class, held in Ancient Greek using methods similar to those used for the Latin courses, will lead students from no knowledge of the language to the acquisition of the alphabet; the definite article; the declensions of nouns and adjectives; the present tense indicative, participle, imperative, and infinitive forms of active and middle verbs in ω and contract verbs in α and ε; the present tense indicative, participle, imperfect and infinitive form of εἰμι; the personal, possessive, reflexive, indefinite, and interrogative pronouns; and the use of prepositions. Lessons also cover the acquisition of more than 700 basic vocabulary words and allow students to study the language in an active context – not only via reading fluently, but also via speaking and writing. The study of Greek and Latin together in so brief a period of time is EXTREMELY challenging. These lessons, therefore, are not recommended for those students who do not already possess the foundations of Latin and who would have to devote their time to learning the language of Rome from the first elements. Even for students with adequate preparation in Latin this course still requires intense dedication.

For further information please visit our website: https://vivariumnovum.net/en/summer-school