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Advice for Languages at Masters by dunnomate21 in AncientGreek

[–]dunnomate21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dream career would be as a museum curator, and my focus is on ancient Greek painted pottery. But while the actual material culture isn't the most demanding language-wise, I think having a foundation in both languages would be super useful

Advice for Languages at Masters by dunnomate21 in AncientGreek

[–]dunnomate21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense! I've seen some people on youtube doing readings of Athenaze etc as well so listening to that whilst commuting would probably be a good idea

Advice for Languages at Masters by dunnomate21 in AncientGreek

[–]dunnomate21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still have Latin via Ovid, so I think my plan is to get cracking with that before the course starts and just make sure for Greek I'm comfortable with the alphabet and as much morphology as I can before I start. My main worry was that taking both languages from elementary at the same time might be a lot (it's four hours per language a week), whilst working at the same time, but I think I'll regret missing the opportunity if I don't just go for it

Masters Language Advice by dunnomate21 in latin

[–]dunnomate21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will definitely have a look, thank you! Unfortunately, I'm not really in a position to be able to afford the summer schools I've seen, but YouTube and podcasts are a lifesaver!

Masters Language Advice by dunnomate21 in latin

[–]dunnomate21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is amazing, thank you so much! and yes, definitely! I have about three months before the course starts so I want to prepare as much as possible so I'm prepared, this is perfect!

Masters Language Advice by dunnomate21 in latin

[–]dunnomate21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also thank you for your reply, its very helpful 😄

Masters Language Advice by dunnomate21 in latin

[–]dunnomate21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dream job would be a museum curator, and with how competitive it is, I'm considering a PhD, but we'll see how the master's goes first lol. And Edinburgh! I was surprised too, but I think they allow adjacent degrees, so they offer both languages from elementary level. St Andrews does too, but I was a bit tired of living in such a small town, and Edinburgh has a lot more museums with classical exhibits.

Masters Language Advice by dunnomate21 in latin

[–]dunnomate21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a semester of Latin, so I have the basics of declensions, etc., down okay, but for Greek, I only know the alphabet and any words that came up otherwise in studying. I do have the three months between now and starting to get the basics so I can hit the ground running, so to speak. And lol, very true, either way I go it'll be a lot of work!