Full Time Latin (including beginners)

Latin (including beginners)

Why choose Latin (including beginners)?
Latin gives students the key to a rich and influential literature and to a range of modern languages. Historical context and Roman ideas and values are studied as part of the background to literature and language. Latin may be started from scratch by students with no previous knowledge of the language. Latin A and AS Level are now offered by few state schools and colleges: it is a relatively rare qualification valued by universities and employers alike.
You will learn to think logically and analytically about language and literature and you will develop a critical approach to ideas of Roman society and compare them with those current today. There are also opportunities for developing research and presentation skills.

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Key Features of Latin (including beginners) at Hills Road:
· Flexible, high quality teaching geared to the needs of individuals.
· Parallel development of understanding of English and language structure.
· Purpose-built accommodation including shared project/resources room.
· Trips to conferences and plays and, in some years, to Rome.
· The opportunity to take an informal Greek class at lunchtime.

Course Outline - (Awarding body: OCR) AS Level Units
Unit 1: Latin language 50%.
Unit 2: Latin verse and prose literature 50%.
There is no coursework.

Advanced (A2) Level Units
Unit 3: Latin verse 50%.
Unit 4: Latin prose 50%.
There is no coursework.

A level results for Latin (including beginners)
Resources and Facilities
The College has an excellent Classical Library which contains books on Latin and Greek literature and language as well as an extensive Classical Civilisation section. Extra reading and IT materials are available in the History and Classics Project Room. The department also has an arrangement with the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge University, which permits students to make use of the vast Faculty Library and its facilities in Sidgwick Avenue.