Introduction to Latin

Susan C. Shelmerdine

• Publisher: Focus
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781585106271
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Ancient Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Introduction to Latin, Second Edition is an introductory Latin textbook designed with a streamlined flow that allows it to be completed in one year. Its concise and uncluttered approach gives students what they need to master the material. Grammar is integrated within the context of reading fluency. Innovative exercises provide translation practice as well as build “instinctive skills” that prepare students for reading authentic Latin works.

Features:

• Concise, streamlined presentation focuses on what students need to know, allowing the material to be covered in a year, even for courses which meet only three days a week
• Innovative exercises that go beyond the usual translation practice, engaging students with the mechanisms of the language and developing “more instinctive” skills
• Succinct grammatical explanations that don’t overwhelm the students with superfluous detail while also providing help for students with little or no understanding of English grammar
• Latin readings from ancient sources in the form of both sentences and short passages allow for students to connect with authentic Latin
• Practical instructions often overlooked by other textbooks, including reading a dictionary entry, reading strategies, sentence patterns, gapping, and expectations

New to the Second Edition

• Revised order of presentation that spreads material out more evenly between the first and second halves of the book
• Derivatives exercises added at the end of each chapter providing practice connecting English words with their Latin roots
• Bridge to next level: final three chapters provide review and include longer narrative readings with minimal editing to bridge students to the next level of Latin
• Revised selection of readings for more appropriate level of difficulty

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Half title page
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Preface to the Second Edition
• The Latin Alphabet and Pronunciation
• Chapter One
• Chapter Two
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Reading Chapter I
• Chapter Six
• Chapter Seven
• Chapter Eight
• Chapter Nine
• Chapter Ten
• Reading Chapter II
• Chapter Eleven
• Chapter Twelve
• Chapter Thirteen
• Chapter Fourteen
• Chapter Fifteen
• Chapter Sixteen
• Reading Chapter III
• Chapter Seventeen
• Chapter Eighteen
• Chapter Nineteen
• Chapter Twenty
• Chapter Twenty-One
• Reading Chapter IV
• Chapter Twenty-Two
• Chapter Twenty-Three
• Chapter Twenty-Four
• Chapter Twenty-Five
• Chapter Twenty-Six
• Chapter Twenty-Seven
• Chapter Twenty-Eight
• Chapter Twenty-Nine
• Chapter Thirty
• Chapter Thirty-One
• Chapter Thirty-Two
• List of Latin Sources
• Morphology Reference Section
• Vocabulary by Chapter
• English-Latin Vocabulary
• Latin-English Vocabulary
• List of Intransitive Verbs
• Index
• Back cover