Learn to Read Latin

by Andrew Keller, Stephanie Russell

A Latin grammar and reader all in one, Learn to Read Latin presents basic Latin morphology and syntax with clear explanations and examples, and it offers direct access to great works of Latin literature even at the earliest stages of learning the language. As beginning students learn basic forms and grammar, they also gain familiarity with patterns of Latin word order and other features of style, thus becoming well prepared for later, more difficult texts. No other beginning Latin book contains unaltered versions of ancient texts. Learn to Read Latin includes the writings of such authors as Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, Catullus, Vergil, and Ovid, arranged chronologically and accompanied by introductions to each author and each work. These readings serve as the chief training texts around which the book's fifteen chapters are constructed. A workbook is also available, providing abundant drills for each chapter of the text. The workbook exercises can be used in the classroom, for homework assignments, for extra individual drill work, or as a home study tool.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Reference, Textbooks, History

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Thomas Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first it appears to be extremely complex, but as you learn the language its detailed and precise information become a real tool. By the end of the book you are well on your way to intermediate if not advanced Classical Latin. It is leaps and bounds beyond Wheelock's.

[Cmoreglass · Rating 4 out of 5]

With an orderly arrangement of grammars. The workbook is very useful. We have studied all the contexts of the textbook, and I’m doing the last exercises now!

[Alfia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Truly awful presentation and overbearing explanation, but an enormous number of exercises and primary sources to translate. Lots of minutiae explained, but the reader is often overwhelmed by so much information being proffered up front in an introductory textbook. Grammar is explained before it is presented, and so don't expect anything remotely intuitive. Utterly humorless too. But it is thorough, and it does have copious opportunities for practice.

[Nebulas · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Hadley Husisian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bane of my existence

[Dolores · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a dreadful textbook. The grammatical explanations are too dense to be helpful and are at points simply wrong. The worst thing about the book is that it gives students far too little opportunity to read and use the language. Students and instructors are sorely cheated by this overpriced piece of garbage.