Wheelock's Latin : Chapters 1-15 Lectures (Udemy.com)
Help for beginning students using the venerable Wheelock grammar book.
Created by: Ben Lugosch
Last updated September 2020
What you will learn
- A thorough mastery of elementary Latin grammar
- Additional insight into English grammar and vocabulary
How it compares
Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 41% of them
- Reviews1,446#150 of 536 by number of reviews
- Length17.5 hourslonger than 87% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2020earlier than 78% of them
Course Description
Welcome to the bestselling Latin course on Udemy!
Over the years of teaching Latin from the excellent and justly renowned textbook "Wheelock's Latin," I have created a series of lectures designed to help students to learn Latin online and get the most of this magnificent book. In them you will find guidance to some of the more perplexing concepts of grammar -- English and Latin -- that often comprise an insuperable barrier to progressing in Latin for modern-day students.
My lectures therefore have double-duty. They review the concepts of English grammar when you need them, and theyu help you understand how they can be applied to Latin grammar. You’ll also find guidance to the extremely useful self-tutorial exercises in the back of the Wheelock book for each chapter. Finally, I provide a complete description of how the sound of classical, silver-age Latin by modern academia.
The lectures will not replace the Wheelock text. They will only, I hope, make your on-ramp smoother. To that end, the lectures track exactly with the chapters of the textbook. This will give you context sensitive help when you need it.
You will not find answers to the exercises or anything that is copyright protected by the publisher of the Wheelock book. To get any benefit from these lectures, you must have the Wheelock text.
When you’ve completed the series on the Wheelock, you may wish to check out my detailed readings and discussion of the revered Fabulae Faciles, a set of graded readers designed to help readers move from elementary Latin grammar to intermediate prose.
Finally, I also have two complete classes on the texts used by the American AP Latin exams. They’ll be very useful for student preparing for the exams, or for advanced readers who wish to start in on Vergil’s Aeneid and Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
Best of luck to you!
-bl
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
1,446 Reviews
Ben Lugosch
Dr. Lugosch taught all areas of classical studies at the undergraduate and graduate level, and published scholarly articles on Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Homer. Recently retired, Dr. Lugosch still leads small private tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey and France that explore artifacts of classical antiquity.
These lectures help support his money-losing hobby farm in Kentucky where he raises organic pigs, grass fed beef, pastured chickens, Californian rabbits, and all manner of vegetables.
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Reviews
By Anonymized User on 1/21/2025
Really solid, I did a couple of years of latin a lifetime ago and really wanted to get back into it. Bought the Book second hand and was making some progress, but this course is really propelling me, the lessons so far are very clear and well paced the quality is over and above anything I did in school. By enrolling Im being held to account and I feel I will suceed with this endeavor.
By Joseph John Busa on 4/24/2024
I'm studying a basic level Latin course, not using Wheelock's Latin as the study book, and I am only a little way into this online course, but I find Dr. Lugosch's classes very clear and informative. He could have taken to the trouble to edit out little errors and technical glitches, but I find the material more natural (classroom like) with them left in. I'd say that his courses are well worth the money!
By Lee Miller on 11/8/2020
Absolutely love this course, despite not having the Wheelock book! Why do I say that? Well the teacher gives some fantastic advice on how to learn Latin, for example how to decipher Latin words by breaking them down into their smallest forms etc.
I also found his guidance on how to go about learning in general really helpful - Latin is not an easy language to learn, but if you use the Professors methodology you cant fail, i.e. look at your failures as a good thing, forget 1 step forward, 2 steps back, Latin is more like 1 step forward, 3-4 steps back, and even if you only learn one thing per day that must be viewed as good progress.
I've been using a combination of Duolingo, this course, the Oxford Latin desk dictionary, and a couple of Latin based wiki's, so the Wheelock book isn't essential par-se, but i do plan to get a copy once I have a basic grasp of the subject.
A great course, a must for anyone wanting to learn Latin.
By Maureen Green on 9/12/2020
Great course. Excellent teacher. And the outlier reviews were hysterical. "This course stinks raw eggs!" "Why thank you kind sir, may I offer you a refund?"
By Spien Rover on 9/6/2020
I can only hope for a significant improvement after listening to the introductory lecture. The presenter gave the impression of not being adequately prepared as he stumbled to give a few examples of pronouncing some consonants, the sound level was poor - more attention needed for the placement of his microphone, perhaps - and the laid back tone was soporific. If the analysis and explanations of the following chapters reach the heights I'm hoping for then I'll be delighted to change my opinion; but if first impressions count, I would not recommend this course to anyone.
By Chris Isaak on 8/23/2020
It's thorough and he has a calming voice. It is particularly enjoyable when he gets impatient with his student personas.
By Tasha Vest on 8/18/2020
I'm really enjoying the course! It is exactly what I've been looking for and the quality of the resources are worth every penny. Thank you for making these lectures and assignments.
By Sean Hallissey on 8/9/2020
I am confident that this course will be a very good match for me, even if my preference and need is to use Ecclesiastical Latin!
By Danine Robertus on 7/25/2020
I like that straight-forward without being intimidating and pretentious like some academic presentations. Thank you.
By Anthony Cooney on 7/23/2020
Enjoying it.
By Ajith Dharma on 7/18/2020
Well taught. I really like the teachers tonality and easy approach.
By Alberto Monroy on 7/9/2020
Amazing teacher.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100






