Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency - Softcover

Traupman Ph.D., John C

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9780865164383: Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086516438X ISBN 13: 9780865164383

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S., 2003

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"Presents ancient and neo-Latin language phrases and conversations on a variety of topics. Includes pronunciation guide, bibliography, and English to Latin vocabulary. Expanded and enlarged from the 3rd edition (2003)"--Provided by publisher.

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Teachers in English-speaking countries who understand the value of active Latin in the classroom finally have the tool they need. John Traupman has given us a well-designed textbook in English for spoken Latin, which exploits a wide range of subject matter. Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency will help us restore an excellent tradition of instruction in Latin fluency that extends back to the Coloquia familiaria of Erasmus and beyond. --Terence O. Tunberg, University of Kentucky

Who says there's no time or place for spoken Latin in the classroom? Quisquiliae [Hogwash]!! Give Traupman's Conversational Latin a try. You and your students will find plenty of hilaria mera. --Margaret A. Brucia

With the growing emphasis on oral components in the teaching of Latin at the primary and secondary level, instructors have been hard pressed to find an instructional text which is legitimately conversational and yet avoids much of the embarrassment of the late twentieth century American jargon awkwardly translated into Latin and passed off as the 'real thing.' Traupman's recently published Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency manages to find a reasonable middle ground between the demands of modern living and recognizably idiomatic Latin. --Jerry Clack, Duquesne University

Synopsis:

This reference book provides Latin phrases and samples of conversation related to a range of topics. Among these are: family life, the home, daily activities, sports, the human body, health, food, time, clothing, school, the weather, animals, emotions, jobs, government, war, laws and crime, geography, and transportation. Introductory and concluding

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