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Latin for BeginnersDiploma Course

For thousands of years, Latin has been the language of the Roman people, of science, of history and of culture. The Latin for Beginners Diploma Course will guide your learning of this fascinating and beautiful language.

With each module accompanied by a downloadable audio version and concluding in a multiple-choice assessment designed to test your memory of grammar rules and principles, as well as vocabulary and expressions, the Latin for Beginners Diploma Course will ensure you develop accurate comprehension and pronunciation.

Course overview:

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13 Modules

15 Audio Files

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What Will You Learn?

The Latin for Beginners Diploma Course provides you with some specific vocabulary about family members, pets, types of buildings, days of the week, months of the year and numbers, as well as other words and phrases that become useful when building sentences. It will also teach you four of the main tenses (the present, the imperfect, the future and the perfect) as well as noun cases and adjectival agreement.

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand simple Latin sentences that you see or hear, produce simple spoken and written Latin sentences and be able to identify some unfamiliar words using your knowledge of grammar.

This course:

Includes a downloadable audio version of each module (13 in total)
Provides simple explanations, useful examples and effective activities
Ensures understanding with assessment questions
Helps you learn to read and write in Latin
Aids you in becoming capable of producing simple spoken sentences in Latin

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

The course assumes no knowledge of Latin or linguistics and will take you through everything you need to begin exploring this wonderful language.

So, whether you have never studied Latin before, are picking up the language again and wish to recap the basics or have some knowledge and want to solidify your understanding of the foundations, the Latin for Beginners Diploma Course will be of benefit to you.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be ready to expand your knowledge further by studying an intermediate-level course or tackling authentic Latin texts, such as the Vulgate or the works of Julius Caesar and Cicero.

Modules

Module 1: Parts of Speech7 Parts

Introduction
Part 1: History and Modernity in Brief
Part 2: The Alphabet and Pronunciation
Part 3: Elements of Speech
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2: Cases5 Parts

Part 1: Introduction to Cases
Part 2: How to Decline a Noun
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3: Family and Pets5 Parts

Part 1: The Family
Part 2: Pets
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4: Adjectives5 Parts

Part 1: What are Adjectives?
Part 2: 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5: Numbers and Numerals5 Parts

Part 1: Numbers
Part 2: Numerals
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6: The Present Tense5 Parts

Part 1: What is the Present Tense?
Part 2: How to Form the Present Tense for 1st Conjugation Verbs
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7: Asking Direct Questions5 Parts

Part 1: Asking Yes/No Questions
Part 2: Interrogatives and Double Questions
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8: In the Roman Town5 Parts

Part 1: The Town
Part 2: Food
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Module 9: Days, Months and Dates5 Parts

Part 1: Naming the Days
Part 2: Dates in the Month
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Module 10: The Imperfect Tense5 Parts

Part 1: What is the Imperfect Tense?
Part 2: Regular Verbs
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 10 Assessment

Module 11: The Future Tense5 Parts

Part 1: What is the Future Tense?
Part 2: Regular Verbs
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 11 Assessment

Module 12: The Roman House4 Parts

The Roman House
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 12 Assessment

Module 13: The Perfect Tense6 Parts

Part 1: What is the Perfect Tense?
Part 2: Regular Verbs
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 13 Assessment

Accreditations

The Latin for Beginners Diploma Course will take you up to 50 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 50 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

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