LAT23C: Intermediate Latin: Conversational

Dr. Daniel Gallagher of Cornell University has said, "Latin, like any language, is mastered only when one can speak it. Yet the goal of spoken Latin, unlike modern languages, is not necessarily conversational fluency. Rather, by formulating one's own thoughts into Latin and expressing them in real human-to-human interaction, one experiences the unique structural, grammatical, and syntactical features of Latin actively and not just passively, and this, in turn, leads to reading fluency." This course provides students with the resources to talk about themselves and the world around them in Latin by using John C. Traupman's book, Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency. While developing their speaking and listening skills, students will also be reading Latin selections from Hans Ørberg's Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: and writing Latin about what they read without resorting to English translation.