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Latin language courses

Studying Latin broadens your general knowledge, helps you study other languages, and makes it easier to acquire academic vocabulary and vocabulary from various fields. Latin language courses include beginner courses and advanced courses.

Latin language

Latin is a language that was originally spoken only in Rome and the surrounding area in Italy, but as the language of administration in the Roman Empire, it spread widely beyond its native region.

Latin has remained in continuous use and is still taught in schools and universities. It is still the main language of the Catholic Church today, and is still used, for example, in medical classifications of diseases, scientific names of organisms, and law. Studying Latin broadens general education, helps in the study of other languages, and facilitates the acquisition of cultural terms and academic vocabulary in various fields.

Latin language courses

Elementary Latin course A1.2

Latin language courses include: Latina sequel 2 snail, which is suitable for those who have studied Latin for about a year and is also great for beginners. The course covers the basics of Latin, compares its vocabulary with other languages, and also spices up language learning with historical events and cultural perspectives. The course is implemented through real-time distance learning.

Advanced level Latin course A2.1

For those who have studied for a longer period, there is an offer Latina continuation 4 remotely advanced course. The course expands Latin vocabulary and deepens grammar, and also spices up lessons with historical events and cultural perspectives. The course is implemented through real-time distance learning.

“The course was really interesting and rewarding. The teacher was nice and professional. The other course participants were nice too.”

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College facilities Located with good transport connections, the courses are easy to get to. The courses are held at the university building on Runeberginkatu or in the center of Helsinki on Annankatu.

About study advice You will receive help with course selection and study-related questions. Feel free to contact us and together we will find the right course for you!

Course info

The lesson length is 45 minutes.

You can request a certificate from the office once the course has been completed.

Textbooks are not included in the course fee. We recommend that you purchase a textbook immediately after the first lesson. Textbooks for language courses can be purchased from bookstores, online bookstores, and through the publishers' websites. The college is not responsible for purchasing textbooks.

Learn more about language proficiency levels to choose the right language course for you.

Language courses cannot be paid for with sports and culture benefits, but if you want to study foreign languages ​​and use the voluntary allowance provided by your employer for them, tax-free cultural benefit (max. €400 per year), the institute can make a separate agreement with your employer. In this case, you choose the language course yourself and the institute will invoice the entire course fee or the part of it determined by your employer directly from your employer, i.e. payment is not made via Edenred, Epass or Smartum. Ask our office for more information.

Distance teaching

Some of the teaching at Helsinki Adult Education Centre is organised via distance learning. The distance learning applications are easy to use and you can join the class even from home. The link you receive will automatically direct you to the distance learning class.

If you are using Moodle as your learning platform, you will receive a username and password by email before the course starts.