Volume NumberPt. 4
SynopsisThis second edition of the Oxford Latin Course combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching from first stages to GCSE. Completely revised and restructured in the light of a nationwide survey of Classics teachers, it provides an exciting, stimulating approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts. Parts I-III are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, based closely on historical sources, which helps students to develop an understanding of the times of Cicero and Augustus., Used along side any Latin course, the Oxford Latin Reader will give students access to, and confidence with, a broad range of unadapted Latin texts. Helps make the transition from adapted Latin to unadapted texts Extracts are of a manageable length and a glossary of difficult vocabulary and usages aid students to approach the texts with confidence A historical timeline matches major events with the featured authors' lives The Teacher's Book provides full translations to save time as well as suggested questions and additional background information, This second edition of the Oxford Latin Course combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching from first stages to GCSE. Completely revised and restructured in the light of a nationwide survey of Classics teachers, it provides an exciting, stimulating approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts. Parts I-III are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, based closely on historical sources, which helpsstudents to develop an understanding of the times of Cicero and Augustus., Completely revised and restructured in light of a nationwide survey of high school and college instructors, and for the first time available in a special version for North American students, the Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition combines the best features of both modern and traditionalmethods of Latin teaching, providing an exciting, stimulating introduction and approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts. The new part four is a reader consisting of extracts from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Livy, and Ovid.