- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 6th Revised edition edition (1 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060956429
- ISBN-13: 978-0060956424
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.6 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 560,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Generations of students have learned Latin successfully from Wheelock's venerable text. LaFleur preserves the best features of the original book, while adapting it to meet twenty-first century demands." -- Professor Anne H. Groton, St. Olaf College"This new edition makes a world of difference."-- Professor Robert A. Kaster, Princeton University"The sentences for translation have been tremendously improved... expansion of grammatical explanations and advice about how to study Latin [appear in] almost all the chapters."-- Professor Cecil Wooten, UNC Chapel Hill, in the Classical Journal"LaFleur has done a great service for the study of Latin: this revised edition ensures the survival of a textbook that has remained on the academic bestseller lists for more than forty years. The expanded grammatical explanations are particularly valuable for today's students and teachers." -- Professor James M. May, St. Olaf College
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WHEELOCK'S LATIN: AUDIO FILES
When Professor Frederic M. Wheelock's "Latin" first appeared in 1956, the reviews extolled its thoroughness, organization, and conciseness; at least one reviewer predicted that the book "might well become the standard text" for introducing students to elementary Latin. Now, five decades later, that prediction has certainly proved accurate. "Workbook for Wheelock's Latin" is an essential companion to the classic introductory textbook. Designed to supplement the course of study in "Wheelock's Latin, 6th Edition, Revised," each of the forty chapters in this newly updated edition features:
Transformation drills, word and phrase translations, and other exercises to test and sharpen the student's skills
"Word Power" sections that focus on vocabulary and derivatives
Reading comprehension questions and sentences for translation practice
Perforated pages for hand-in homework assignments and space for the student's name and date
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wheelock is one of the better books to use for learning Latin, both in classroom and private study settings. One of the disadvantages of Wheelock is that more practice assignments are generally needed than come with the standard chapter questions and sentences. Comeau's book is of assistance here.
Comeau follows the same sequence of chapters as does Wheelock, and draws much of his material from the supplementary exercises given by Wheelock in the back of his book. Each chapter's exercises are arranged in four headings - objectives, grammar, drill, and practice sentences. It is in the grammar and drill sections that the real value of this text comes through, given that the practice sentences are already in Wheelock (and the key to them is there).
This is a real workbook -- fill-in-the-blank-type of formatting make it useful for the student to write directly in the book. These could be scored in class, or (where the key is available) by the student himself or herself. There are no supplemental materials here -- no index, no glossary, no key -- as all of these are in Wheelock, and the book assumes ownership of the Wheelock book already.
A useful supplement, this book is worth getting for those who wish to master the material in Wheelock more quickly and more completely.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The reviewer who said there is no answer key is mistaken. There is one-but it is only available online. The people at Harper are quite happy to send login details to access it and with the key this book is wonderfully useful.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While I heartily recommend Wheelock's Latin to students of Latin (both those teaching themselves and those wishing to supplement a taught course), I'm not so sure that this workbook added much to my experience. Each chapter has four sections; objectives, grammar, drills and practice sentences. The objectives section is unnecessary as Wheelock's chapter objectives are perfectly clear in the textbook. The grammar section is quite useful for ensuring not just memory but comprehension of the principles learnt and the drills provide good practice at word level. However, the main reason I bought this book was so I would have more Latin sentences to practice translating; I was very disappointed with this aspect as many of the practice sentences have been copied word for word from exercises in the textbook. This added nothing to my learning and seems fairly dishonest.
I also feel that while Wheelock's course is aimed at adult and university age learners, this workbook is pitched slightly lower (perhaps bright high school/sixth form students). This book might make a good teaching resource (e.g. as a homework book), but the lack of any key makes it less than ideal for those teaching themselves.
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