LATIN FOR BEGINNERS

Taught by Belfast Summer School tutor Stephen McCarthy, this class is suitable for those who have not learned any Latin before, or those who wish to revise the basics. 

Students will be required to have access to the textbook "Latin to GCSE". At this stage, book 1 only is necessary. A link to the publisher's website is below. 

Lessons will take place via Zoom on Saturdays, from 11am-12 noon GMT/UTC.  Dates for the Winter/Spring term are as follows:

16th, 30th January  NB there will be no class on 23rd January

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th February

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th March

Classes will continue on a rolling basis and the fee is £70 per 10-week term. 

Fees can be paid by Paypal at the button below, or by emailing me at helen@helenmcveigh.co.uk.

CLASSICAL GREEK FOR BEGINNERS

This class will be taught by Belfast Summer School tutor, Dr Kerry Phelan, and is intended for complete beginners: we start with the alphabet. It is also suitable for those who wish to revise the basics of Greek grammar. 

Students will be required to have access to the textbook"Greek to GCSE". At this stage, book 1 only is necessary. A link to the publisher's website is below. 

Lessons will take place via Zoom on Saturdays, from 1pm-2pm GMT/UTC.  Dates for the Winter/Spring term are as follows:

16th, 30th January  NB there will be no class on 23rd January

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th February

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th March

Classes will continue on a rolling basis and the fee is £70 per 10-week term. 

Fees can be paid by Paypal at the button below, or by emailing me at helen@helenmcveigh.co.uk.

INTERMEDIATE CLASSICAL GREEK

This informal class meets on Zoom on Monday evenings from 6pm-7pm GMT. We are presently working through Greek to GCSE Book 2 (click the button below for the book), and each week we read a text from Greek Stories. It is not necessary to buy Greek Stories.

Dates for the Winter/Spring term are as follows:

11th, 18th, 25th January

1st, 8th, 22nd February NB there will be no class on 15th February

1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd March

Classes will continue on a rolling basis and the fee is £70 per 10-week term. 

Fees can be paid by Paypal at the button below, or by emailing me at helen@helenmcveigh.co.uk.

CLASSICAL GREEK READING GROUP

This group will be taught by Belfast Summer School tutor, Derek McCann, and is suitable for those who have already studied ancient Greek grammar and are ready to read an ancient Greek text.  

The first text for the group to tackle will be Plato's Symposium. You can use any Greek text, these can be found by a search on the internet, or, as a suggestion, you can purchase the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics edition by clicking the button below.  

Lessons will take place via Zoom on Saturdays, from 1pm-2pm GMT/UTC.  Dates for the Winter/Spring term are as follows:

16th, 30th January  NB there will be no class on 23rd January

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th February

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th March

Classes will continue on a rolling basis and the fee is £70 per 10-week term. 

Fees can be paid by Paypal at the button below, or by emailing me at helen@helenmcveigh.co.uk.

Latin and Ancient Greek

Winter Refresher Day

A revision day will take place on Saturday 23rd January 2021 starting at 10am and concluding at 3.30pm GMT/UTC. This will take place online via Zoom. 

Courses are available in Latin and classical Greek at beginners, lower intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced levels.  

The fee for the day is £35. To register, click the button below.

Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Classical Association in Northern Ireland lecture

As you will know, the programme for the Classical Association in Northern Ireland has moved online. The next lecture will be from Dr Kerry Phelan who will deliver a lecture entitled "Alien vs. Citizen: how to determine descent in Classical Athens". 

Dr Phelan's research centres on Attic oratory and Athenian social history. Her doctoral thesis was a commentary on Demosthenes' ‘Against Euboulides’, which will be published by Liverpool University Press as part of the Aris & Phillips Greek Orators Series in 2021. She teaches beginners Greek at the Belfast Summer School and has done so since its inception in 2016. 

The lecture starts at 6.45pm GMT and the Zoom link is here. I look forward to seeing you there!