FAQs

No. Most students begin with none. A student with no Latin starts with a fifteen-minute conversation; a student with some Latin starts with a free Placement Reading. How to join →

Not for Latin. There is a Placement Reading for students who already know some Latin, and nothing in it is passed or failed. Humane Letters has a Viva, a short conversation about a poem, and that one does decide admission.

For a beginner, the grade decides: Natural Latin for grades 5 and 6, Oxford Latin for grades 7 and 8, Grammar Latin for grades 9 to 12, and Intensive Latin for students in grades 10 to 12 who want to reach AP Latin quickly. Find your child’s course →

Yes. Admission is rolling. Every class is recorded, so a student who joins in week four can watch weeks one to three first.

Yes, for a group of four or more, at any point in the year, at a time that suits the group. Bring your own group →

Live, over Zoom, in English, by Ioannes Magister. Group courses meet once a week for two hours. All your child needs is a computer with a camera and a steady internet connection.

Ioannes Magister (John Cho), every class, every course. There is no second teacher and no substitute.

Every class is recorded and posted to the student’s Google Classroom, where it stays for the whole course. A missed week is never a lost week.

Yes. A student who is busy with other commitments for a term can watch every class from the recordings, whenever time allows, and submit assignments online to be checked and graded by Ioannes Magister. Several students take our Latin courses this way each term, and it has worked well. Tell us at enrollment, so we can plan the term with your child.

Four to ten students. A course opens once enough students are ready to begin, and new sections form throughout the year. Private tutorials are one student and one teacher. Private tutorials →

It depends on the course and the stage. Younger students have less; Grammar Latin asks about three hours a week between classes; Intensive Latin, three to five. Every class period ends with the work set for the next.

Homework is checked and graded in Google Classroom, where you can see it. At the end of each term you receive a report card by KakaoTalk. Contest results arrive through the year.

Tuition covers a whole ten-week term of ten classes; it is not charged by the month. A Latin course is between ₩1,000,000 and ₩2,000,000 a term, depending on the course: Natural Latin at the lower end, then Oxford Latin and Grammar Latin, with AP Latin Prose and AP Latin Poetry at ₩2,000,000 each. A Humane Letters Volume is ₩2,000,000 a term. Private tutorials are quoted individually. Ask in the first conversation, and we will tell you the exact figure for your child’s course before anything is decided.

No. The price is the same for every family, and there are no early-bird prices or limited offers. When a price changes, we say so plainly, once.

Because that is the currency in which it is charged. A U.S. dollar figure may be shown for reference; the won amount is the one that counts.

Through a secure Stripe link sent to your phone or email, in full before the first class.

There are no enrollment, materials, or administrative fees. Humane Letters alone has two steps before the first Volume. The Viva carries an assessment fee of ₩50,000. Every new Fellow then takes the Matriculation Orientation, a two-hour one-to-one tutorial, at ₩500,000; if your child is admitted, the Viva fee is credited toward it.

If a course does not open, or we must cancel it for any reason, every family receives a full refund, with nothing deducted.

Tutorial tuition is set per class period; with regular weekly tutorials it is usually paid monthly. Sessions already held are not refunded. Please give as much notice as you can to reschedule; a session canceled at the last minute may be forfeited.

A course in classical English reading and writing, built on the great books, in five Volumes, one for each term. Students write for international writing competitions many times through the year. About Humane Letters →

No. Humane Letters is open to students in grades 9 to 12, whether or not they study Latin with us.

A recent report card and the Viva, a conversation about a poem. Every new student then takes one Matriculation Orientation tutorial, scheduled with our administrator, before joining any Volume. The steps →

Yes. A student may begin with any Volume, at the start of a term or in the middle of one, after the Matriculation Orientation.

Korea time. Everywhere on this site, each class time is also shown in your own time zone, beneath the Korea time. Weekend classes in Korea fall on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings on the American East Coast, so boarding school students can attend.

Emerson Latin works on the Carnegie Unit standard used in American secondary schools, and students who have needed credit transferred to their schools have received it, on the strength of our syllabus and transcript. We are also pursuing accreditation with WASC.

Materials are for your own household. Please do not pass them on. See the Terms and Conditions.

Not in the classroom. Every class is taught live by Ioannes Magister, and the work that matters, reading aloud, translating at sight, and defending an answer, happens in front of him. Why that matters more now →

Only to enroll your child, write to you, and take payment. It is never sold. You may ask us to correct or delete it at any time. See the Privacy Policy.

Write to us on KakaoTalk in Korean or WhatsApp in English, or at contact@emersonlatin.com. We reply within one business day.