The Annual Spoken-Latin Seminar is a full-immersion Latin experience that offers thought-provoking discussions, readings from Latin literature, Latin composition exercises, and informative lectures given by expert Latin speakers on a variety of topics. Participants will also enjoy guided tours and excursions, given in Latin.
This short YouTube video from Conventiculum Vasintonense MMXI provides samples of the diverse classroom activities, lectures, and field trips that are part of the Annual Spoken-Latin Seminars.
The 2013 Spoken-Latin Seminar will be held in Los Angeles, July 1-8. Septimana Californiana is organized by the North American Institute for Living Latin Studies (NAILS/SALVI) at Loyola Marymount University.
Moderators are
- Stephen Berard, PhD, Professor of World Languages, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA, USA
- Luke Henderson, MAT, Latin teacher, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Justin Slocum Bailey, MA, Latin teacher, Pacifica Christian High School, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Luke Henderson, one of the Septimana Californiana moderators, gives a TEDx Talk on "This Is Not Your Father's Latin Class." Luke also shows a clip from his full-length musical comedy entirely in Latin (with English subtitles), Barnabus & Bella (2010).
For more information and to register, see the Septimana Californiana web site.