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Reading Latin: Grammar and Exercises Paperback – 27 October 2016

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Reading Latin, first published in 1986, is a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently. It does this in three ways: it encourages the reading of continuous texts from the start; it offers generous help with translation at every stage; and it integrates the learning of classical Latin with an appreciation of the influence of the Latin language upon English and European culture from antiquity to the present. The Text and Vocabulary, richly illustrated, consists at the start of carefully graded adaptations from original classical Latin texts. The adaptations are gradually phased out until unadulterated prose and verse can be read. The accompanying Grammar and Exercises volume completes the course by supplying all the grammatical help needed, and the second edition has been fully revised and updated. It has also been extensively redesigned to make it clearer and easier to navigate.
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One part of a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently.

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Peter Jones was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne until his retirement. He has written many books for the student of Latin and Greek, most recently Reading Ovid (Cambridge, 2007), Reading Virgil (Cambridge, 2011) and (with Keith Sidwell) the Reading Latin textbook series.

Keith Sidwell is Emeritus Professor of Latin and Greek, University College Cork and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Classics and Religion at the University of Calgary. He has written on Greek drama, later Greek literature and Neo-Latin writing; his books include Lucian: Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches (2004) and Aristophanes the Democrat (Cambridge, 2009). As well as co-authoring the Reading Latin series with Peter Jones, he is the author of Reading Medieval Latin (Cambridge, 1995).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (27 October 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 482 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1107632269
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1107632264
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.99 x 2.77 x 24.41 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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Eduardo Fernandes Araújo
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Latin Course for adults
Reviewed in Brazil on 13 September 2020
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This is the quickiest and most experience-based Latin Course for adults willing to learn the Classic Latin within 12 and 24 months.
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Marcolorenzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent methodology
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This course (3 volumes if you are learning on your own: Reading Latin, Vocabulary and Exercises, Self Study Guide) is excellent. It is prepared somewhat like a programmed course, giving little bits of information at each step with detailed explanations and full translations of the reading texts(in the self-study guide) and then having you test your mastery with exercises. Very effective. I have used a similar method to learn basic musical harmony and I can say that this step-wise approach which takes nothing for granted, explaining every piece of new information and then immediately testing it, is very effective. You can sense from the way the explanations are written that the authors really care about you learning Latin. I have used the Oxford Latin Course volume 1 and can say that that course is not for adult learners without a teacher. This is the one to get if you are an adult student learning on your own. Great course, highly recommended. The only problems I see with this method is first it's very dense, so your progress is slow. The authors recommend to do a bit each day , even if it's just half a page or so. I find that this works. Also, since if you are studying on your own you have to use 3 separate volumes, plus probably your notebook for vocabulary and notes to do the translations and the exercises, so it's cumbersome to say the least but the method is very good.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Labour of Love
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2008
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After developing a fascination for the Romans and the writings of Caesar, Cicero, Tacitus et al., and being unfortunately bereft of any knowledge of Latin, I finally decided to attempt to learn the language and chose this book together with its companion volumes.

I agree with what a number of other commentators have said in that the course can be dry, dull and (at times) quite tedious. However, it more than makes up for these minor faults by its comprehensive treatment of the subject and its refusal to insult the intelligence of the reader by spoon-feeding every single concept to them. From the outset you are required to translate long excerpts from original Latin, the successful completion of which cannot fail but to give the reader a sense of immense satisfaction!

It is true that some of the authors' explanations of difficult grammatical rules may seem somewhat sparse, but, even though I am learning independently, I have only once been forced to resort to online Latin fora for help; all you need to know to reach a level of fluency is in these books and can be understood provided you are willing to spend the time and effort to learn it.

There is one problem worth mentioning though. The Independent Study Guide to this text (which I consider to be absolutely necessary) omits answers for the optional exercises and reading tests. This means that you can never be entirely certain that your answers to these exercises are correct without consulting somebody else, which I feel somewhat defeats the point of having such a guide.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in the United States on 5 December 2021
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It came quickly (thankfully because I needed It for class). It was clearly brand new and in good condition.
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This book was written especially for mature beginners, or those wishing to revise Latin. It was recommended by a teacher on an online course and has been extremely helpful. Best studied in conjunction eith compsnion volume Text and Vocabulary by the same authors. The book arrived extremely promptly in excellent condition.
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