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The Everything Learning Latin Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard E. Prior
Publisher: Adams Media
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 437944
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1580628818
Dewey Decimal Number: 478.2421
EAN: 9781580628815
ASIN: 1580628818
Publication Date: August 1, 2003
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Product Description
Latin holds the keys to many of the world's modern languages. A good understanding of Latin has been shown to improve standardized test scores and reading comprehension. The Everything "RM" Learning Latin Book provides the fundamentals of the Latin language, while showing how it can apply to English usage today. The book's fun, easy-to-follow instruction is followed by useful exercises designed to build confidence and proficiency. Other features include: -- The history and evolution of the Latin language -- Extensive glossaries -- Exercise keys -- Pronunciation instruction Organized for the beginner, The Everything "RM" Learning Latin Book will give readers a better understanding of legal and medical terminology, common English prefixes and suffixes, and classical literature.
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 Great for a reference, bad for learning August 15, 2008
This is a book that I would recommend to a person (or persons) for reference material only. If you are learning the language for the first time, either independently or in a class room setting, this should not be your main source of information. My reasoning behind these statements is simple: subject ordering and matter. How the writer has his subject matter ordered is completely out of sync with a formal textbook within public schools and universities. Chapter 3 is about verbs but does not give you any verb endings while Chapter 4 is about Perfect Verbs and Imperfect Verbs. He throws a lot of information at the reading assuming basic knowledge about the Latin language. The subject matter is rather incomplete. Back to Chapter 3 and Chapter4, the writer gives you verbs (Chapter 4) with endings but doesn't give any verb endings as a whole (Chapter 3). The assumption that the writer has is that you already know the verb endings. Given my supportive statements, this is why I would recommend this book as reference material only.
 Supplemental learning October 18, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book to help my daughter with her Latin in High School. She scored the perfect score on the National Latin Exam. Remember, learning is all up to the student. But sometimes the teacher needs some help, and the school text book really sucks. Use other books for help, sometimes someone or book can explain things more clearly.
 Learning Latin by Richard Prior September 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The author explains the structure of the Latin language utilizing words
in the singular, plural, present tense, past tense and various other
forms germane to the Latin language. For instance, endings in "s" pertain
to the singular; whereas, "tis" pertains to the plural. The word "plane"
means evenly. Planius means rather evenly and Planissime means amazingly
even.
Certain words utilized in English have Latin roots. i.e.
o cetera
o habitat
o ad hoc
o memorandum
This volume would be excellent to assist in vocabulary building for
students of Latin or English literature.
A good refresher, a good survey November 19, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a book that is a good starting place for those who want to know about Latin, but don't really have the need to master the language thoroughly. There are many ways in which a familiarity with and appreciation of Latin can enhance one's facility with English as well as other languages, and this book by Richard Prior (not the comedian, whose name is spelled Pryor, but rather the professor from Furman University) provides an easy and engaging text to gain such.
That said, this is not a book for those who want to master the language. This book could serve as a good secondary text for that purpose, but there are insufficient exercises, drills, and translation problems for this to be a stand-alone text for learning Latin beyond the very elementary level. There are good vocabulary lists and a good glossary, and Prior's explanation of the different aspects of language (tense, mood, conjugation, declension, etc.) is worthwhile and helpful, but again, these are probably best used in connection with another text.
This book will probably be best for those who have already studied Latin in the past and are seeking a refresher course. I think this is particularly true of the way that the verb conjugations are presented - for those who are not familiar with inflected languages, Prior's explanation will be helpful but not comprehensive; for those who have studied the multiple conjugation forms of Latin, it seems like a very small amount of coverage. I freely confess a bias toward an arrangement that will have separate chapters and/or sections for different conjugations, which does not happen here (and the same is true for the different declensions of nouns), but I suspect this is more a product of my prior training (as opposed to Prior training) than any particular shortcoming of this text.
Particularly for those who intend to go into legal and medical professions (not just doctors and lawyers, but nurses, aides, paralegals, secretaries, and others who must master the terminology to work in and around such professions), this book would be a good, brief, accessible introduction to Latin. For those who are going to become Latin scholars, this book will serve as a good secondary text along the way.
An amazing resource May 10, 2005
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a very clear, linguistically-updated, Latin course. Its strength is its clarity and conciseness. It's amazing how much other Latin books either beat around the bush or just don't know how to say things in clear manner. It will help anyone who is familiar with the basics of English grammar, also. Contrary to the other review of this book, I thought it was "dumbed-down" enough without being condescending. Face it, learning any language is not a task for "idiots" or "dummies".
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