Kjirstyn Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Looking to extend my self education a bit but have no idea where to start with Latin-- what would you all recommend for a starter Latin course for an adult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technickally Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Latin is next on my to-do list for self-education. I'm planning to use Wheelock's text and the workbook and this workbook: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Wheelock-Latin/ I was never taught grammar at school and I feel like the study guide could help a lot with that since Wheelock's seems to assume you already have that background. It might be something you want to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjirstyn Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 I wasn't taught grammar either...I picked up a lot of it by reading, but I have no idea what stuff is called or WHY it's correct. :-) That was quite a problem when I took Spanish. I'll look at it, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 When I begin Latin, I plan to use Getting Started with Latin. It is frequently recommended here. Best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Getting Started With Latin first, then Wheelock. Wheelock would be very difficult to begin with, people do it, but I no longer understand after using GSWL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn&charles Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Getting Started with Latin and then move on to Lingua Latina. I love Lingua Latina so much I got the color edition when it came out (already had the black & white one). ;-) I have Wheelock too, but I like Lingua better. I can't believe how well it works and it's all COMPLETELY in Latin. Don't let that scare you off. It's amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Getting started with Latin then move on to something of your choice. We are doing Cambridge Latin at my home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjirstyn Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks everybody, looking into all of them now. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I only got about 1/2 way through Wheelock's -- I realized I wasn't really getting much out of it, even with the study group: http://www.quasillum.com/study/latinstudy.php but it's easy to join the group and see if it helps you. I thought it was more helpful in the beginning, so it's probably worth signing up to do a few chapters with them if you already have Wheelock's. They also do other books these days too. So you may find your chosen book has a group. I eventually gravitated over to Cambridge Latin, with Wheelock as a reference. Wheelock was just too tricky. As a result, a lot of the sentences looked like they could have meant just about anything and I found I was only copying the answers without really getting it. In Cambridge though, there's a lot of natural review because it's mostly reading. If you read a sentence wrong, the context will eventually catch up with you. I've heard Ecce Romani is similar. Oxford Latin wasn't bad either, although my kids balked at the amount of exercises. I thought the exercises were nice review, but try telling that to a teenager. (The artwork is awful, though.) Course, you don't have to do them all, if you feel they're overkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 http://www.textkit.com/latin_grammar.php Great free resources. My favorite is D'Ooge. I also suggest http://www.lulu.com/shop/elisabeth-harvey/latina-ponti/paperback/product-21116266.html - I'm internet friends with the author, and I'm going to use her book to jump back into Latin myself this fall. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I'll put in a vote for Artes Latinae, as recommended in the original Well Trained Mind. It's ideal for self-instruction; it worked very well for me as an adult with no previous Latin background. The full program (two levels) contains textbooks, CDs/DVDs or cassette tapes (which go along with the text & also help with pronunciation), grammar reference manual, teacher's guide, graded reader, and exam package. AL starts out gently, but builds up over the course of the program and completes the entire Latin grammar along with a hearty introduction into reading real Latin authors (a lot of Caesar and bits of Martial, Phaedrus, Juvenal, etc) before you're finished. It gets you to the same point as Wheelock's Latin (with extra readings), but it was much easier for me to work through as a self learner. Lots of fun, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Latin Book 1 has a great yahoo group, it's free and one of my favorites. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Latinbk1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foucachon Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I would recommend Lingua Latina and Visual Latin (DVD program). I'm friends with the producer, and have started watching the DVDs myself. I did Latin in college, but I can tell I'm going to learn Latin much better with this!! My alma mater fairly recently switched to Lingua Latina themselves (after I left....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I personally, need a grammar-based explanation to make sense of Latin sentences. The Beginner's Latin Tutorial from the UK National Archives was immensely helpful. It gave me a good overview of Latin grammar. Getting Started With Latin is the simplest and easiest intro I have seen. Another grammar-based book I am trying to read now, is James McKeown's Classical Latin. It looks more interesting to me than Wheelock. I would love to read reviews of this book if anyone has used it. Of course, too much of grammar-based Latin gets boring after a while. So, to mix it up with a bit of easy reading practice, Cambridge Latin and/or Minimus Latin are good to have on hand. Latin Book 1 has a great yahoo group, it's free and one of my favorites. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Latinbk1/ I have this, too. Downloaded, printed and ring-bound. Have you used it for yourself or your dc? Please share more details of what you liked about it over other popular books. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Cambridge also has grammar. The first couple readings might not have a huge amount of it. That may be why there's this misperception that there's no grammar in Cambridge. Wheelock blindsides you with tables in the first chapter, so everyone figures that's how all Latin books should be? The Cambridge books I have also have tables of grammar for reference. However, I think the writers of the Cambridge Latin series recognize that simply memorizing tables or translating sample sentences isn't learning a language. There's a yahoo group for teachers of Cambridge Latin: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CambridgeLatin/?yguid=333082698 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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