Would you like to study Koine Greek or Classical Latin as living languages?
Summer 2013 Intensive courses in spoken Classical Latin and Ancient Greek ➣ Learn Latin or Greek through the communicative approach!
Students studying either Greek or Latin for the first time can study them in the summer of 2013 at Ave Maria University with a methodology long familiar to foreign language courses, with attention to the special details necessary to the complexity of the ancient languages. These elementary courses, the only ones of their kind in the United States, will introduce you either to Koine Greek or Classical Latin through communicative exchange, storytelling, and the development of a functional, spoken vocabulary, but with an attention to the detailed and careful training in grammar proper to an inflected language. Each course runs three weeks with two excursions on Saturdays conducted entirely in Greek or Latin.
Greek course details
- Dates: Thursday June 13th - Wednesday July 3rd, 2013
- Schedule: 4 hours a day, Monday through Friday, with two field trips in Greek on Saturdays
- Price: $750.00 (tuition and administrative costs)
Latin course details
- Level 1: Monday June 17th - Saturday July 6th, 2013
- Schedule: 4 hours a day, Monday through Friday, with two field trips in Latin on Saturdays
- Price: $750.00 (tuition and administrative costs)
Your stay
Rooms are available in Xavier Hall. Costs per room are $22 per day. Rooms come with linens and private bathrooms. Xavier Hall is also equipped with laundry facilities and a kitchen.
Student responses from 2012
Greek with Christophe Rico and the textbook Polis:
“One of the greatest language teachers I have ever encountered.”
“The course was very well taught. Dr. Rico is excellent and one can only dream of having a grasp of ancient Greek as he does.”
Latin with Dr. Ritter and the textbook Forum
“This course offers the most engaging and effective method of learning Latin. I recommend it to anyone interested in the language, yet those who lack an interest will certainly find one here.”
“Loved the class and the teacher.”
Field trips will include visits to the Naples Pier and Corkscrew Swamp Bird Sanctuary. Both provide ample opportunities for conversation and language practice and some recreation from classroom work.
Sponsored by Ave Maria University and the Polis Institute
To register or for further information: Contact Dr. Bradley Ritter. Phone: (239) 280-1667
