So You Really Want to Learn Latin Book 1: A Textbook for Common Entrance and GCSE

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There’s a set of pirates who constantly sink and whenever they do, there’s an old pirate who always makes little jokes in Latin. I then spun out the story of Quintus grieving her loss and ultimately finding her again as a replacement to the thoroughly tiresome stories in Book 2, all of which I ditched.

Just to make it a bit more of a ‘lesson’ I’ll pause it and get them to try and explain the last scene to me in Latin. I liken it to a concertina: you open up the concertina when you go from Latin to English and you close it when you go from English into Latin. You’re not constantly looking back to a dead subject or dead language of 2000 years ago, you’re looking at a tradition that’s changed and morphed right up until 50 years ago. Daniel believes in the importance of Latin literature in the modern world and that you can teach yourself Latin with the right motivation, method, and material. Learning the basics of Latin can vastly improve your vocabulary and even provide keys to understanding legal, medical, and scientific terminology.With updated storylines, new characters and cultural background sections, students can immerse themselves in the Roman world, engage with authentic texts and start reading Latin from page one.

As a reader, Ad Alpes focuses on building and cementing your knowledge of the Latin language through extensive reading practice. Generous help is given, with a short introduction to each story and glossing of all proper names and non-GCSE vocabulary.It offers 100 self-contained passages of manageable length, chosen for their intrinsic interest and adapted from a wide range of ancient authors. CUP have created an e-reader version of the texbook, access to which is included when you purchase a hard copy book. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.