ReadingLatin:Text

ReadingLatinisaLatincoursedesignedtohelpmaturebeginnersreadLatinfluentlyandintelligently,primarilyinthecontextofclassicalculture,butwithsomemediaevalLatintoo.Itdoesthisinthreeways;itencouragesreadingofcontinuoustextsfromthestart;itoffersgeneroushelpwithtranslationateverystage;anditintegratesthelearningofClassicalLatinwithanappreciationoftheinfluenceoftheLatinlanguageuponEnglishandEuropeanculturefromAntiquitytothepresent.Thetext,richlyillustrated,consistsatthestartofcarefullygradedadaptationsfromoriginalClassicalLatintexts.Theadaptationsaregraduallyphasedoutuntilunadulteredproseandversecanberead.TheGrammar,VocabularyandExercisesvolumesuppliesallthehelpneededtodothis,togetherwitharangeofreinforcingexercisesforeachsection,includingEnglishintoLatinforthosewhowantit.Attheendofeachsection,aselectionofLatinepigrams,mottoes,quotations,everydayLatin,word-derivations,examplesofmediaevalLatinanddiscussionsoftheinfluenceofLatinuponEnglishillustratethelanguage'simpactonWesternculture.ReadingLatinisprincipallydesignedforuniversityandadultbeginners,andalsoforsixth-formers(eleventhandtwelthgradersintheUSA).ItisalsoidealforthosepeoplewhomayhavelearnedLatinmanyyearsago,andwishtorenewtheiracquaintancewiththelanguage.Itscompanioncourse,ReadingGreekisoneofthemostwidelyusedmaturebeginners'coursesintheworld.