ladydusk Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I have no Latin background. My background is 4 years of Spanish in Highschool (where I was somewhat successful, but that was almost 20 years ago!) I guess I plan to use PL/LC1/LC2 fwith my kiddos and want to do some self-study ahead of time. Would GSWL be a good primer for me? I think the MP sequence is parts to whole? It sounds like GSWL is whole to parts? I'm pretty sure whole to parts will give me a better idea of where we're going with the parts to whole, so I don't think that will be a huge deal breaker, but I would like to know if they're completely incompatible. I also wanted to ask if no one uses Matin Latin now? I never see it listed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I haven't decided yet what I'll be using with my kids but I just ordered Getting Started with Latin for myself. I'm not sure what I'll use after that but it looks like just what I need to finally get myself started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I wish I had completed GSWL before my boys started Latin. I think I would've been a better teacher because I would've had a better understanding. I think it's a great introduction :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larissa Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 but if you can't, plenty of us learned Latin as our kids did, staying maybe a lesson or two ahead. I taught Prima at our co-op while my older kids were doing LC and Henle. Because I was helping older kids, the teaching was relatively easy. Plus I did watch DVDs to see how the lessons would work in a classroom. But, as you said, it's terrific if you can learn ahead of time. Larissa in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 I've been following your experiences, JudoMom, which is part of what got me to think about this. But I also don't think I want to do the LFC series (I have friends who use Memoria Press' and love it and I've looked through it pretty thoroughly ...) so I was hoping to make sure 1) I understood the two philosophies and 2) had a handle on which was which [grin] and make sure they would compatible enough for what I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I've been following your experiences, JudoMom, which is part of what got me to think about this. But I also don't think I want to do the LFC series (I have friends who use Memoria Press' and love it and I've looked through it pretty thoroughly ...) so I was hoping to make sure 1) I understood the two philosophies and 2) had a handle on which was which [grin] and make sure they would compatible enough for what I want. We started with Prima Latina a few years ago. I think this would work just fine as an gentle introduction/overview for you. In other words, if we would've continued with Memoria Press, I think I still would have ordered GSWL for myself. And he has pronunciation available online in both Ecclesiastical and classical. It definitely won't hurt, it's inexpensive, and it's not time consuming (it takes me about 10 minutes to do a lesson, and I'm writing everything out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Thanks, everyone! I think this'll be my next book purchase ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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