Latin

Course summary

Building on the foundations established at GCSE level, the A-Level Latin course is designed to enhance the linguistic skills of students with the ultimate aim of being able to translate unseen passages of Latin prose and poetry as written by Roman authors over 2000 years ago. Students also engage in the study of a broad range of Latin literature and delve more deeply into the cultural context in which this literature was written, whether Cicero’s political speeches or Ovid’s love poetry. Language – further study using John Taylor’s course books will refine and enhance linguistic skills and prepare students for attempting unseen prose and verse passages from a range of books and different authors. Literature – students will study four different literature texts across the two years; two prose and two verse. These are likely to include Cicero, Ovid, Tacitus and Virgil.