![]() ![]() 10 acts, about 50 pages, with a full glossary - the first act is keyed to Wheelock's chapter 8 (Focus Classical Library). I have not started it yet, but I've purchased it and it looks promising - a prostitute is in love with a poet, to the annoyance of her pimp. It's a short play in the comic tradition written to make Wheelock more engaging. UCLA uses "Auricula Meretricula" with Wheelock's for 1st-year Latin. I'm using CLC to teach my teenager (15) Latin and he describes it as "fun." ![]() You really have to force yourself to learn the grammar with CLC, but with Wheelock's you have to force yourself to keep going - CLC is a fun read all the way through (although I only completed 3 of the 4 books.) I will reserve final judgement until I've gotten through both - I don't yet know if it's possible to go from CLC to "real" Latin without additional preparation. I am using Wheelock's preparatory to enrolling in a university program that uses it, but I started with Cambridge Latin Course and loved it. Even five minutes - a translation or two, perhaps - helps to reinforce the concepts you've learned. No matter what schedule you take, don't let a day pass without Latin. Now, I'm doing a chapter every two or three days, and I spend about three hours a day on Latin. I had them down pretty solidly after that. Also, to make sure the paradigms stuck, I wrote out each paradigm a hundred times. If you're still unsure then, come to Textkit and ask.Ģ) I started at one chapter per week - about half an hour per day, and got to chapter eight with a pretty solid understanding of all the material taught up until then. As for whether or not to get Wheelock's Latin Reader after Wheelock's: By the time you finish Wheelock's Latin, you'll probably have an opinion of what to do next. 38 Latin Stories, in my view, should provide a less boring approach to practicing reading than Wheelock's passages about friends and money. Anyhow, to answer your questions:ġ) I don't have 38 Latin Stories, but if I can ever get a copy, I'd probably use it. just Wheelock's and whatever online resources I come across and find useful. „Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.I don't have quite as many books as you. This text provides a dramatic addition to a Latin course, allowing students to read, speak and act out Latin comedy, with a vocabulary found in the second half of many first year Latin textbooks. Originally Auricula Meretricula was written as a companion to Wheelock but can be used in conjunction with any introductory Latin textbook. This substantially revised edition includes new scenes and characters while reducing the overall quantity of unfamiliar vocabulary. First published in 1981, Auricula Meretricula was greeted with enthusiasm by students and teachers, and is currently used in many classics departments in the US and elsewhere. At the same time it provides an enticing introduction to Roman comedy and elegy. Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary, thus reinforcing the students’ grasp of grammar by placing it in a living context. Auricula Meretricula is a unique play for students in their first semester of Latin. ![]()
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