This seven-week course is intended as the fourth in a series of intermediate level Latin language courses. It is designed to follow Part Three of the Audentes Fortuna Iuvat intermediate level Latin series, and it is appropriate for those learners who have completed the aforementioned course and who wish to continue their Latin studies. As this is an intermediate course, learners can expect to learn some more advanced concepts and to delve more deeply into Latin grammar while continuing to further their knowledge of ancient Roman culture and history.

Again, this class is appropriate for learners who have already completed Part Three of the intermediate level Audentes Fortuna Iuvat course. It may also be appropriate for learners who have had some Latin instruction in the past and would like to revive their studies; if you think this may apply to your learner, please contact me to see if this course may be a good fit. In this course, learners will continue to advance their knowledge of the grammar and the structure of the Latin language, gain facility in reading Latin, see some of the many ways that Latin shows up in our modern world, hear stories and myths of the ancients, and explore some of the history of ancient Rome. 

The textbook for the beginners level courses was the first in the Cambridge Latin series. In the intermediate level courses, learners will begin to use the second book in the Cambridge Latin series:  Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2. All of my language courses are designed for flexibility so that the pace and the curriculum can be adjusted to best suit the learning styles and speeds of enrolled learners; as such, we may continue to use Unit 1 for a portion of this course. While we will use the textbook as our primary resource, this class is designed to incorporate a variety of different learning techniques and activities outside of the textbook, as well. Students will learn basic Latin grammatical concepts and vocabulary through a mixture of reading, writing/composition, translation, and discussion, with a number of interactive and hands-on activities specifically intended to strengthen students' grammatical skills (both in Latin and in English!).  We'll also devote some time to etymology--learners can expect to have discussions about a number of Latin words and the English words that are derived from them. As always, learners should feel free to ask questions and to participate fully in their learning experience. 

This is an intermediate language course, and as a result, learners can expect to read more complex stories and to be formally introduced to concepts that they may previously have encountered only in passing. Given the more advanced nature of the course, learners can expect that we will be spending more time with each stage of the textbook than we did with some of the stages in the beginners level series. In this intermediate level course, learners can expect to work through no more than Stage 19 of the Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2 textbook. 

As mentioned above, as with all of my language courses, this course is designed for flexibility. There is no "one size fits all" approach to my classes, as every class and every learner is unique. The weekly lessons outlined below are guidelines for what learners can expect, but the pacing can be altered to accommodate learner interest and the speed at which material is mastered. Learners should feel assured that the course material can and will be adapted to fit their learning style and speed. It is far more important to ensure that learners feel confident in their understanding than to move quickly for the sake of adhering to a preset schedule; when it comes to learning, there can be no universal approach, and class sessions are tailored to the needs and preferences of each unique group of learners. If learners have previously completed Audentes Fortuna Iuvat Part Three, but the pacing was slowed to allow for greater mastery, then leaners can expect this course to pick up where they left off in that course.

Week One - It's Neuter, Not Neutral (Part Two): Continued work with neuter noun endings in the second and third declension, as well as review of masculine and feminine endings in these two declensions

Week Two - Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter?: Introduction to how to determine a noun's gender based on certain patterns (particularly in the third declension)

Week Three - Allow Me to Demonstrate:  Introduction to the demonstrative adjectives "hic" and "ille"

Week Four - This or That?: Work with the forms and the functions of the demonstrative adjectives

Week Five - This is Absolutely Imperative!: Formal introduction to the imperative mood 

Week Six - I Command You!: Formation of the imperative in the singular and plural

Week Seven - Don't You Do It!: How to express the negative imperative