Conversational Latin Seminar in Lexington for 2019 July 22-29 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington

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Conversational Latin Seminar in Lexington for 2019 July 22-29 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington

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Conversational Latin Seminar in Lexington
for 2019 July 22-29
at the University of Kentucky, Lexington


Conventiculum Latinum, Annual Convention for Spoken Latin to be held adjacent to the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington from 22 to 29 July 2019.

These summer workshops have become internationally known for providing a stimulating occasion in which participants can live for an extended period of time in an all-Latin environment, speaking and hearing no language but Latin. Our Latin workshops are specifically designed for those who want to acclimatize themselves to the active use of Latin.

We also invite participants who are already experienced in the active use of Latin. It is our intention that the conventiculum will provide such participants with a pleasant opportunity to practice or enhance their skills in spoken and written Latin, and meet like-minded others.

Our conventicula are NOT designed for people who are still learning essential Latin grammar. All participants should be able to read unadapted Latin texts (even if they need to consult a dictionary fairly often), and should feel reasonably secure in their knowledge of basic morphology and syntax. However, previous experience in speaking Latin is not necessary. The purpose of our seminars is to add an active dimension to the experience of those who already possess a certain passive knowledge of Latin. These seminars should be especially valuable for any cultivator of the Latin language, who wishes to gain some ability to express her or himself ex-tempore in correct Latin on many different subjects. Not only teachers, who may wish to develop their ability use Latin actively and extempore so they can enliven the learning experience for students and augment whatever teaching strategies they prefer to employ, but anyone at all devoted to Latin, such as professors, graduate students, and those who read Latin for personal enrichment, can benefit from our seminars, which are exclusively aimed at helping those who take part to acquire a more instinctive command of the Latin language. Having acquired such a command of Latin a person can usually understand Latin writings more directly and easily, without being compelled so often to translate and to think in another language.

Sessions will be aimed at developing ability in speaking Latin, understanding others speaking Latin, reading, understanding, and explaining Latin texts in Latin. There will also be some writing in Latin. Participants will be involved in intensive activity each day from morning until early evening (with breaks for lunch, etc., of course). Themes for discussion will involve books and literature, but discussions will also be devoted to questions pertaining to every-day life.

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