Wiley's Real Latin: Learning Latin from the Source - Softcover

Belcher, Kenneth; Maltby, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470655070 ISBN 13: 9780470655078

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

This innovative guide to the Latin language, written for a new generation of students, deploys examples and translation exercises taken exclusively from the Classical Latin canon.

• Translation exercises use real Latin from a variety of sources, including political speeches, letters, history, poetry, and plays, and from a range of authors, including Julius Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, Catullus, Ovid, and Plautus, among others
• Offers a variety of engaging, informative pedagogical features to help students practice and contextualize lessons in the main narrative
• Prepares students for immersion in the great works of Classical Latin literature
• A companion website provides additional exercises and drills for students and teachers

About this title

About the Author

Robert Maltby is Emeritus Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include A Lexicon of Ancient Latin Etymologies (1991), Tibullus Elegies: Text, Introduction and Commentary (2002), and Terence: Phormio (2012).

Kenneth Belcher is a Teaching Fellow in Classics at the University of Leeds, where he lectures in Latin and Greek literature and language. He has contributed conference papers in the UK and internationally.

From the Back Cover

&;Many Latin students have experienced that dreadful letdown, in which they have difficulty with &;real&; Latin after months of textbook instruction. This book, with its guidance through unchanged Latin passages, offers a practical approach to a demanding language; it will be especially gratifying to students eager to read ancient texts.&;
&; Dustin Heinen, The University of Texas at Arlington

&;Wiley&;s Real Latin prepares students to read Latin by using real Latin from the start. It features a clear exposition of grammar, cultural background, attractive illustrations, frequent reviews, and helpful &;Hints&; throughout.&;
&; Barbara Gold, Hamilton College

&;Clarity, depth, opportunity to practise, helpful tables, images from Roman material culture, and information on the context of genuine Latin sentences set as translation exercises make Wiley's Real Latin an attractively produced rival to Wheelock's Latin.&;
&; Costas Panayotakis, University of Glasgow

&;An elegant and succinct introduction to Latin. Using only passages from &;real Latin&; throughout, it brings Classical writers like Cicero, Caesar, Catullus and Ovid into the classroom from the beginning.&;
&; Anne Rogerson, The University of Sydney

&;Very interesting approach! Material presented simply, clearly, meaningfully. Well paced. Interesting &;asides&;, linguistic, historical and helpful hints, chapter reviews. Sentence-based exercises from authentic Latin and into English challenge both recognition and production skills. Well done!&;
&; Margaret Palczynski, McGill University

 

This innovative introduction to traditional Latin grammar uses examples taken from the Classical Latin canon to communicate the essentials of the language to beginning students. As well as providing an entertaining window on the cultural world inhabited by celebrated literati such as Cicero and Julius Caesar, this distinctive approach to learning Latin is excellent preparation for students&; impending immersion in the great works of Classical Latin literature.

Informed throughout by feedback from the classroom, this accessible guide includes numerous illustrations and translation exercises that prove the relevance of the dictum &;experience is the teacher of all things&;. Above all, this textbook enables students to arrive at a depth of knowledge in Latin grammar such that they may remind themselves that &;iucundi acti labores&;: &;accomplished labors are pleasant&;.

An accompanying website providing a comprehensive instructor manual and studying aids for students is available at www.wiley.com/go/reallatin.

From the Inside Flap

“Many Latin students have experienced that dreadful letdown, in which they have difficulty with ‘real’ Latin after months of textbook instruction. This book, with its guidance through unchanged Latin passages, offers a practical approach to a demanding language; it will be especially gratifying to students eager to read ancient texts.”
‒ Dustin Heinen, The University of Texas at Arlington

“Wiley’s Real Latin prepares students to read Latin by using real Latin from the start. It features a clear exposition of grammar, cultural background, attractive illustrations, frequent reviews, and helpful ‘Hints’ throughout.”
‒ Barbara Gold, Hamilton College

“Clarity, depth, opportunity to practise, helpful tables, images from Roman material culture, and information on the context of genuine Latin sentences set as translation exercises make Wiley's Real Latin an attractively produced rival to Wheelock's Latin.”
‒ Costas Panayotakis, University of Glasgow

“An elegant and succinct introduction to Latin. Using only passages from ‘real Latin’ throughout, it brings Classical writers like Cicero, Caesar, Catullus and Ovid into the classroom from the beginning.”
‒ Anne Rogerson, The University of Sydney

“Very interesting approach! Material presented simply, clearly, meaningfully. Well paced. Interesting ‘asides’, linguistic, historical and helpful hints, chapter reviews. Sentence-based exercises from authentic Latin and into English challenge both recognition and production skills. Well done!”
‒ Margaret Palczynski, McGill University

 

This innovative introduction to traditional Latin grammar uses examples taken from the Classical Latin canon to communicate the essentials of the language to beginning students. As well as providing an entertaining window on the cultural world inhabited by celebrated literati such as Cicero and Julius Caesar, this distinctive approach to learning Latin is excellent preparation for students’ impending immersion in the great works of Classical Latin literature.

Informed throughout by feedback from the classroom, this accessible guide includes numerous illustrations and translation exercises that prove the relevance of the dictum ‘experience is the teacher of all things’. Above all, this textbook enables students to arrive at a depth of knowledge in Latin grammar such that they may remind themselves that ‘iucundi acti labores’: ‘accomplished labors are pleasant’.

An accompanying website providing a comprehensive instructor manual and studying aids for students is available at www.wiley.com/go/reallatin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470655070
• ISBN 13: 9780470655078
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352