ReviewsThe combined approach proposed by the authors does seem to be the best way for students to acquire a reading knowledge of Latin. I also like that the story is carried out through the book. This eclectic approach is what I've been looking for. ~Dr. Thomas H. Dinsmore, University of Cincinnati - Clermont College It is a new, creative approach, building on a tradition of good insights and based on a searching examination of the pedagogical issues relevant to college learners. ~ Claude Pavur, Saint Louis University I wholeheartedly agree with the authors' stated goals. A book that takes some of the supporting frame of the reading method, makes it age-appropriate , and combines it with efficient grammar study could replace both the grammar- and the reading-approach textbooks. ~Dorota Dutsch, University of California, Santa Barbara The qualities that Professors Kitchell and Sienkewicz are attempting to bring together into a single college text are very welcome as an alternative to the current choices. ~James M. Brehany, Trivium School, The combined approach proposed by the authors does seem to be the best way for students to acquire a reading knowledge of Latin. I also like that the story is carried out through the book. This eclectic approach is what I've been looking for. ~Dr. Thomas H. Dinsmore, UC Clermont College It is a new, creative approach, building on a tradition of good insights and based on a searching examination of the pedagogical issues relevant to college learners. ~ Claude Pavur, Saint Louis University I wholeheartedly agree with the authors' stated goals. A book that takes some of the supporting frame of the reading method, makes itage-appropriate, and combines it with efficient grammar study could replace both the grammar- and the reading-approach textbooks. ~Dorota Dutsch, University of California, Santa Barbara The qualities that Professors Kitchell and Sienkewicz are attempting to bring together into a single college text are very welcome as an alternative to the current choices. ~James M. Brehany, Trivium School, The combined approach proposed by the authors does seem to be the best way for students to acquire a reading knowledge of Latin. I also like that the story is carried out through the book. This eclectic approach is what I've been looking for. ~Dr. Thomas H. Dinsmore, University of Cincinnati - Clermont College It is a new, creative approach, building on a tradition of good insights and based on a searching examination of the pedagogical issues relevant to college learners. ~ Claude Pavur, Saint Louis University I wholeheartedly agree with the authors' stated goals. A book that takes some of the supporting frame of the reading method, makes it age-appropriate , and combines it with efficient grammar study could replace both the grammar- and the reading-approach textbooks. ~Dorota Dutsch, University of California, Santa Barbara The qualities that Professors Kitchell and Sienkewicz are attempting to bring together into a single college text are very welcome as an alternative to the current choices. ~James M. Brehany, Trivium School, The combined approach proposed by the authors does seem to be the best way for students to acquire a reading knowledge of Latin. I also like that the story is carried out through the book. This eclectic approach is what I've been looking for. ~Dr. Thomas H. Dinsmore, University of Cincinnati -Clermont College It is a new, creative approach, building on a tradition of good insights and based on a searching examination of the pedagogical issues relevant to college learners. ~ Claude Pavur, Saint Louis University I wholeheartedly agree with the authors' stated goals. A book that takes some of the supporting frame of the reading method, makes it age-appropriate , and combines it with efficient grammar study could replace both the grammar- and the reading-approach textbooks. ~Dorota Dutsch, University of California, Santa Barbara The qualities that Professors Kitchell and Sienkewicz are attempting to bring together into a single college text are very welcome as an alternative to the current choices. ~James M. Brehany, Trivium School
Table Of ContentBrief Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introductio Chapter 2 In Taberna Chapter 3 Negotium Bonum Chapter 4 Intrat Hermes Chapter 5 In Forum Chapter 6 In Ludo Chironis Chapter 7 Post Ludum Chapter 8 Eamus Domum Chapter 9 Per Vias Romanas Chapter 10 Quanti Id Constat? Chapter 11 Domum Chapter 12 In Domo Magna Chapter 13 Mater et Filia Chapter 14 De Perseo Chapter 15 Frater et Soror Chapter 16 In Cena Chapter 17 De Amore et Ludis Chapter 18 Fugitivus Chapter 19 Venatio Chapter 20 Non Perseus sed Hercules! IPSISSIMA VERBA Table of Contents Chapter 1 Festina Lente Perfectus Dux (Suetonius. Augustus. 25.4) Inscriptiones Fori Romani (Temple of Antoninus Pius and Temple of Saturn) Chapter 2 Tullius Salutem Dicit Tullius Terentiae Suae (Cicero. Ad Familiares XIV, 8; XIV, 15) Chapter 3 Tabernae Roma Nuper Magna Taberna (Martial. Epigrammata.VII.61) Chapter 4 Vinum Vinum Incendit iras (Seneca. De ira 2.19) Vino Pellite Curas (Horace. Carmina I.7: 28-35) Magnum Hoc Vitium Vino Est (Plautus. Pseudolus. Act V, 1, 1-9) Vita Vinum Est (Petronius. Satyricon 34) In Vino Veritas (Pliny, Naturalis Historia 14.28.141) Vinum Omne Dulce (Pliny. Naturalis Historia 14.11.80) Feminae et Vinum (Pliny. Naturalis Historia 14.13.89) Vinum Familiae (Cato. De Agri Cultura 104) Chapter 5 Roma Antiquissima UrbsMarmorea (Suetonius, Augustus 28.3) Ubi Nunc Fora Sunt (Ovid. Fasti VI.396; 399-402; 411-414) Marcellus (L''annÉe Épigraphique [1928] #2) Chapter 6 Ludus Romanus Scelerate Magister (Martial. Epigrammata IX.68) Chapter 7 Sententiae Aut Amat Aut odit (Publilius Syrus. Sententiae 1-9) Para Bellum (Vegetius, Epitoma Rei Militaris 3) Familia Gessii (Tomb of P. Gessius Family) Chapter 8 Tempus Inreparabile Tempus (Vergil. Georgics III.284-290) Carpe Diem (Horace. Carmina I.11) Tempus Edax Rerum (Ovid. Metamorphoses XV.234-244) o Tempora, o Mores! (Cicero. In Catilinam I,2) Solarium Augusti (CILVI.701) Chapter 9 Inscriptiones Pompeiis Fur Es! (CIL IV. 807, 1454, 1864, 1883, 4764, 7038) Chapter 10 Pecunia eLotio Est (Suetonius. Vespasianus 23) In Corripiendis Pecuniis (Cicero. In Verrem I.2) Chapter 11 Iulius Caesar Dicit Iacta alea Est (Sueteonius. Iulius. 32) Veni, Vidi, Vici (Sueteonius. Iulius 37) De Bello Gallico (Julius Caesar. De Bello Gallico 1.1) Insidiae (Julius Caesar. De Bello Gallico 3.18) Parvis Momentis Magni Casus (Julius Caesar. De Bello Civili 1.21) Chapter 12 Domus Domus Honestanda (Cicero. De Officiis 1.139) Domus et Placens Uxor (Horace. Carmina. 2.14.1-4; 21-24) Dulcis Domus (Apollinaris Sidonius. Carmina 23.436-441) Chapter 13 Catullus Par Deo (Catullus. Carmina 51) Quot Basiationes (Catullus. Carmina 7) Chapter 14 Magna Parva Democritus (Cicero. Tusculanae Disputationes. 5.114) Romulus Remusque (Livy. 1.4) Chapter 15 Catilina Quousque tandem, Catilina? (Cicero. In Catilinam 1.1) Chapter 16 Suasoriae Deliberat Cicero (Seneca the Elder. Suasoriae 6.3) Chapter 17 De Lesbiae Passere Deliciae Meae Puellae (Catullus. Carmina 2) Mors Lesbiae Passeris (Catullus. Carmina 3) Chapter 18 De Servis Instrumenti Genus Vocale (Varro. De Re Rustica 1.17.1) Servi Contubernales (Seneca. Epistulae Morales 47.1) Chapter 19 De Gladiatoribus Hermes Martia Saeculi Voluptas (Martial, Epigrammata V, 24) Verso Pollice (Juvenal. Satura 3.34-37 Colisaeus (Bedae Opera Omnia Migne P.L. XCIV pg. 543) FeminaeGladiatores I (Tacitus. Annales 15.32.3) FeminaeGladiatores II (Suetonius. Domitianus. 4.1) Feminae et Pumili Gladiatores III (Statius. Silvae 1.6. 51-56) De Spectaculis (Martial. Liber de Spectaculis 1) Chapter 20 Hercules Hercules Cacusque (Ovid. Fasti, 1.547-558)
SynopsisDesigned to bring students to the point where they can read Latin fluently, DISCE combines the best of both the grammar approach and reading method. An original, unified story provides controlled introduction to vocabulary and grammar in context while also utilizing orderly and clear grammar explanations in every chapter. It thus combines the grammar approach and the reading-based approach. The guiding principle throughout is what is best for the student and for the particular concepts being studied at any given moment. Additionally, Disce weaves culture throughout the text, and stresses the role of Classical culture in the modern world by the many links drawn between Latin and modern languages, and between Roman practices and modern culture. Disce is also the first text to be supported by MyLatinLab, providing the most modern course management and online support to a Classical language. DISCE is for use in introductory Latin programs and is suitable for both high school and college students., Designed to bring students to the point where they can read Latin fluently, Disce! An Introductory Latin Course, Volume 1, combines the best of both the reading and grammar-translation approaches. An original, unified story provides controlled introduction to vocabulary and grammar in context while also utilizing orderly and clear grammar explanations in every chapter. It thus combines the grammar-first approach and the reading-based approach. The guiding principle throughout is what is best for the student and for the particular concepts being studied at any given moment. Additionally, Disce! weaves culture throughout the text and stresses the role of Classical culture in the modern world by the many links drawn between Latin and modern languages and between Roman practices and modern culture. Disce! is intended for use in introductory Latin programs and is suitable for both high school and college students., Designed to bring you to the point where you can read Latin fluently, Disce! An Introductory Latin Course, Volume 1, combines the best of both the grammar approach and reading method. An original, unified story provides controlled introduction to vocabulary and grammar in context while also utilizing orderly and clear grammar explanations in every chapter. Additionally, Disce! weaves culture throughout the text, and stresses the role of Classical culture in the modern world by the many links drawn between Latin and modern languages, and between Roman practices and modern culture., Designed to bring students to the point where they can read Latin fluently, DISCE! combines the best of both the grammar approach and reading method. An original, unified story provides controlled introduction to vocabulary and grammar in context while also utilizing orderly and clear grammar explanations in every chapter. It thus combines the grammar approach and the reading-based approach. The guiding principle throughout is what is best for the student and for the particular concepts being studied at any given moment. Additionally, Disce! weaves culture throughout the text, and stresses the role of Classical culture in the modern world by the many links drawn between Latin and modern languages, and between Roman practices and modern culture. Disce! is also the first text to be supported by MyLatinLab, providing the most modern course management and online support to a Classical language. DISCE! is for use in introductory Latin programs and is suitable for both high school and college students., Designed to bring readers to the point where they can read Latin fluently, DISCE is an introductory Latin text that combines the best features of both the traditional grammar-translation textbook and a reading approach based upon a continuous narrative, because some grammar is best learned by induction while some is best learned through prior explanations of the grammar. KEY TOPICS: An original, unified story provides controlled introduction to vocabulary and grammar in context while also utilizing orderly and clear grammar explanations in every chapter. It thus combines the grammar approach and the reading-based approach. The guiding principle throughout is what is best for the student and for the particular concepts being studied at any given moment. Additionally, Disce weaves culture throughout the text and stresses the role of Classical culture in the modern world by the many links drawn between Latin and modern languages and between Roman practices and modern culture. Disce is also the first text to be supported by MyLatinLab, bringing the most modern course management and online support to the an ancient language. MARKET: Disce is suitable for adolescents and adults who want to learn Latin.
LC Classification NumberPA2087.5.K54 2010