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Our Price: $13.00
Product Details
| Shipping Weight: |
0.50 |
| Author(s): |
A. E. Hillard, C. G. Botting, Donald H. Hoffman |
| Vendor: |
BAKER & TAYLOR |
| Publisher: |
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
| Published: |
January, 1998 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| ISBN: |
0865164037 |
| Store Code: |
4193 |
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Genre: Translation and interpretation; Latin language; Language; Language Arts and Disciplines; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Latin; Translating into English; Readers; Study and Teaching;
Average Review: 4.5 stars
Review: Excellent Supplement : This elementary translation book is an ideal supplement to help strengthen grammatical concepts learned in First or Second Year Latin. The 96 passages progress in difficulty, not only reinforcing grammar, but also introducing students to Roman and Greek history, culture, and mythology. What makes this reader unique, though, is that the readings in each section correspond unerringly with a set of grammatical concepts. Thus, each passage will contain only the grammar learned up to that point, so students are not frustrated by an unfamiliar concept that they must figure out from context.However, this reader is clearly a supplement for review, unsuited to serve as the sole means of instruction for a beginning student. The passages do not provide vocabulary or notes underneath, although the glossary contains every word and the grammatical appendix lists every chart. Moreover, there is no explanation of the grammar, only charts. As a means of reinforcing concepts, though, Latin Readings will do more than just ensure understanding of grammar. Students will find themselves immersed in the Greco-Roman world, figuring out the grammar to read of historical battles and people, daily life, and myths. It is ideal as a review of grammar at the beginning of the school year, before getting into the next level of Latin.
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