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Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age | 
 enlarge | Author: William E. Linney
Publisher: Armfield Academic Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 9194
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0979505100
EAN: 9780979505102
ASIN: 0979505100
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Product Description
What's preventing you from teaching Latin in your homeschool or learning it on your own? If you're intimidated because you've never studied Latin, bewildered by traditional Latin books that move too fast, or just don't know where to begin, then Getting Started with Latin is for you! Specifically designed to overcome these types of obstacles, Getting Started with Latin is divided into simple lessons that explain the fundamentals of Latin grammar in a way that anyone can grasp. Instead of burying you in mountains of information to memorize, new words and concepts are introduced in a gradual and systematic way. You can immediately apply what you've learned by translating the fun exercises at the end of each lesson. To hear the words pronounced, simply download the free MP3 files from www.gettingstartedwithlatin.com. Quickly check your work by turning to the included answer key. With everything you need here in one book, why aren't you Getting Started with Latin?
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Great for the self learner November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great resource for those, like me, who want to learn Latin for their own enjoyment. This book starts with one conjugation, uses it until it almost becomes second nature and then builds on it. For noun cases it introduces one at a time with simple explanations. There is a lot to learn in this book--simple but not simplistic. About a third of the way through I notice that my translation of the exercises becomes almost automatic.
If you want to learn Latin this is a great starting resource.
An excellent book for starting out November 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I completely agree with the other reviewers. Prof. Linney's book is an excellent starter for those who want to learn Latin and have no background in the language. I started three months ago and I have completed all the exercises in book. Prof. Linney's website, which has the same name as the text, also has some excellent resources to assist in pronunciation of Latin words.
I am now starting his course which uses the text "My first year of Latin", by Gunnison & Harley
Brilliant November 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We are a homeschool family that has been using this book for about 6 months. I had taken some Latin in high school but I was nervous about teaching. My children are 8 and 6 years old and the 8 year old has an impressive grasp of Latin thanks to the format of this book. We can do a lesson per day and it is not at all overwhelming and there is plenty of review so that nothing is lost. We have begun to supplement our studies with )]]Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting out in Latin (Minimus) and .Fairy Tales in Latin: Fabulae Mirabiles (Language Instruction). This is purely because of the confidence and interest that Getting Started With Latin has inspired. We are eagerly awaiting Getting Started with Spanish which is currently in the works!
Wow! Best language book I've ever used. September 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and I are homeschooling our children, and have studied Russian, French, and Biblical Greek between us. When we decided to introduce Latin to our 2nd grader, we both dreaded finding a book that would be easy to learn from and interesting for our daughter. Now we are all learning Latin together - and having a great time. Our only dilemma now is to decide how to proceed when we finish this book. Anyone have a suggestion on a good follow-up text?
Getting Started With Latin August 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Professor William E. Linney has done us Latin buffs a great service. His Latin textbook, Getting Started with Latin, is excellent and easy for learn-at-home students. The text is extremely user-friendly. Combined with the computer audio downloads of the Professor's class instruction for each lesson (including audio pronunciation [Classical or Ecclesiastical] for each Latin word in each lesson), you have a complete classroom setting. And Latin is best learned in a classroom. Professor Linney is an excellent teacher because he patiently explains all for the neophyte student. The teacher brings his classroom into your own home. What a boon!
Also, Professor Linney has the same classroom computer download system for his follow-on Latin course: The First Year of Latin. The textbook is of this title is authored by Walter B. Gunnison and Walter S. Harley. It's available here on Amazon also.
I've learned a lot with Getting Started with Latin. I'm now part way through The First Year of Latin. The personal progress is very good, compared to when I tried to learn Latin on my own.
Yours,
paul mugar
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