Mastering Verb Forms Mastering the dizzying array of Latin verb forms is no easy feat. A typical verb has a truly impressive number of different configurations. Depending on how you count, a regular verb can have 250 or more. How can a learner possibly keep them all straight? Forget about keeping them straight, how can the Latin student … Continue reading Mastering Verb Forms with the Synopsis Sheet
Meet Quintus: Oxford Latin Course Review
Meet Quintus Meet Quintus - Quintus Horatius Flaccus, that is. We generally call him Horace, one of the greatest poets of antiquity. He's best known today among non-Latinists for his phrase carpe diem (Horace, Odes 1.11). And meet Quintus we do, on the very first page of Maurice Balme's and James Morewood's Oxford Latin Course. The student's … Continue reading Meet Quintus: Oxford Latin Course Review
What’s the Best Book? Survey of Introductory Latin Textbooks
What's the best way to teach (or learn) Latin? Regardless of our particular pedagogical philosophy, most of us feel the need to employ a textbook in some capacity. I've used a wide variety of textbooks as a student, a teacher, a parent, and a tutor. I'm hoping to share the fruit of that experience here.