Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 328 pages
- Published by: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. May 26, 2005
- Written in: Latin
- ISBN 10 Number: 1585102016
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1585102013
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 15.8 ounces
Product Description
Entirely composed in Latin, Part I, Familia Romana, provides an great introduction to Latin, including the essentials of Latin grammar and a basic vocabulary of over 1500 words. The thirty-five chapters describe the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D., and culminate in readings from classical poets and Donatus’s Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millenium. Each chapter is divided into two or three lectiones (lessons) of a couple pages each followed by a grammar section, Grammatica Latina, and three exercises or Pensa. Hans Ørberg’s impeccable latinity, humorous stories, and the Peer Lauritzen illustrations make this work a classic. The book includes a table of inflections, a Roman calendar, and a word index, Index vocabulorum.
Reader Reviews
The Natural Approach has a lot to say for it. But it makes a fatal assumption: adults learn the same way as children. Fact: Adults already have a lifetime of experiences children do not have. Fact: Anybody learning a second or third language as an adult will initially associate the new language with those languages already known. When I used this method in a university class, the first thing all of the students did was to go out to the bookstores and buy grammar texts and a Latin-English dictionary. This is not a textbook that makes a good primary text. However, this book would be an excellent second book for a Latin language class.
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