Hi, my name is Juliane Kerkhecker.

I'm looking after the Greek and Latin language

teaching here in the Faculty of Classics

at Oxford.

I'm going to speak to you

a little about the aptitude test
that you are going to sit

when you're applying to study
Classics or Classics

and another subject,
a joint school here at Oxford.

First,

there are lots and lots of past

papers on our website.

I recommend very strongly

that you have a look at these past papers.

These past papers on the website

come with solutions, so that might be useful

so you can check whether you've got it right.

There's no need to do all of them,

but some practice will be useful.

Second,

this year you will take your test online.

That means it's a bit

different from the past papers,

as in you will have to do
your answers on a screen.

But the online test will in

principle still be like the past papers

in format and content.

For your online test,

once you’re in the test centre,
I recommend very strongly

that the first thing you do
is you look through your test

and see what your tasks are.

Third,

our aptitude test comes in two different shapes.

You take one type

if you have Greek and Latin from school.

For that

I recommend a couple of things
that you might want to do

when you sit this test.

For the translation,

when you've got Greek and Latin from school,

you should read the introduction

very carefully

to each text that you translate,

because the introduction tells you

what the text is all about.

I would suggest you read the introduction twice.

I tend to not notice
everything in reading things

only once in the test.

Then I recommend you read the whole text once.

That doesn't mean that you understand
everything in the text

when you're reading it once,
but it gives you an idea.

And then notice the vocab help

at the end of the text.

Do not overlook the vocab help.

If you come and learn Latin and Greek with us,

you take a different kind of aptitude test.

And for that test, I suggest very strongly

you read through the whole test paper once

and look at what questions

you're going to get and then get started.

It's really important for both tests

to attempt everything that you see

and that you have a go at every question.

Last,

if you're entitled to
any access arrangements,

please make sure that you sign up for those

when you register for the test.

And now, best of luck with your test.