Get Started in Latin: A Teach Yourself Guide

by Sharpley, GDA

• ISBN13: 9780071739405
• ISBN10: 0071739408
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Teach Yourself takes the pain out of picking up a new languageGet Started in Latin requires no prior experience in the language and gives you the opportunity to study at a reasonable, steady pace. This course makes the process nearly painless--it is written in a friendly and supportive tone, and the structure offers you plenty of opportunities for self-practice. You are in control of your learning experience, so you never feel overwhelmed or rushed.This practical course introduces the new language without inundating you and includes dialogues and exercises, a helpful pronunciation section, manageable lists of practical vocabulary, a glossary of grammar terms, and more.The accompanying audio CD features recordings by native speakers and contains dialogues from the book as well as exercises in listening and speaking.

Author Biography

George Sharpley is the director of MultiLingua language school in Bristol.

Table of Contents

Introduction/1: In the wood/2: Shadows in the wood/3: The mule groans/4: The figure of a woman/5: Egberta’s daughter/6: Cruelty in the amphitheatre/7: The boy walks with the devil/8: How lucky we are!/9: Who is howling in the wood?/10: Tears in the monastery/11: Deliver us from evil/12: Into your hands I commend my spirit/13: Paulus under water/14: A huntress in the wood/15: To hear is to understand/16: Who is plotting in the monastery?/17: Worse than the devil/18: The verses of Catullus have been incinerated!/Reference tables/Key to the exercises/Latin-English vocabulary/English-Latin vocabulary