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Introduction to Latin, Revised first edition | |||
2007 • 1-58510-270-9 • paper • 352 pages • 7 x 10 • $29.95 For college departments of Classics or Latin offering a course in introductory Latin, employing a traditional approach through grammar, readings and exercises. This text is designed as a full year, grammar-based course, and is designed to be completed, even for courses meeting only three times a week. | About the Author | Table of Contents | Ancillaries | Preface | Review | | |||
Description Shelmerdine's text is designed to be a complete, but streamlined introductory course in Latin. It covers all aspects of Latin grammar in a familiar pedagogical flow, with brief explanations of English grammar as needed within the text itself, providing students with an intext reference point for new Latin material. "Real Latin" readings occur throughout the text, early and often, in the form of sentences and short passages. They are unconnected, providing the instructor the option of covering them as time and need allows. A variety of exercises provide different approaches to mastery of the language, especially in the early chapters. The text is designed as a streamlined and uncluttered approach to Latin and grammar, providing a complete course, but without the nuance of more advanced explanations that hinder the first year student's mastery of the material. Shelmerdine's text focuses on the first year students' need to know and ability to master, in the hopes that success itself will breed further success and satisfaction on the part of the student. Sample Pages The following PDF files are read using free Acrobat reader, obtained here www.adobe.com Preface & Table of Contents (733kb) Chapters 1 (75kb) Chapter 10 (76kb) Reading Chapter III (749kb)
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Dr. Susan C. Shelmerdine is professor and head of the department of Classical Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She earned her PhD at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include Archaic Greek literature, Homer, Mythology, Ancient Religion, and Greek and Latin pedagogy.
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(macrons may or may not function properly on your screen) Preface Map of Italy The Latin Alphabet and Pronunciation Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Reading Chapter I Map of Troy and the Aegean Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Reading Chapter II Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Map of Caesar’s Gaul Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Reading Chapter III Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Reading Chapter IV Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Participles Chapter Twenty-Five Reading Chapter V Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Reading Chapter VI Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Impersonal Constructions List of Latin Sources Morphology Reference Section Vocabulary by Chapter English-Latin Vocabulary Latin-English Vocabulary List of Intransitive Verbs Index
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Answer Key 2008 • 978-1-58510-204-4 • spiral bound • 85 pages • 8 ½ x 11 • $19.95
NOTE: This text is only available as a desk copy (gratis) to educators who adopted the book for their course. All others must purchase this text (see additional restrictions under "Buy This Book")
2008 • 978-1-58510-283-9 • paper • 362 pages • 8 ½ x 11 • $24.95
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The aims of this book are:
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"This is just the book I’ve been hoping for: it is intelligently planned and organized, and maintains a good pace without being overwhelming. The exercises are very good and make reasonable sense (as much as can be hoped for in beginning Latin!) Presentation of grammar and syntax is very sound from a linguistic point of view, as well as being very comprehensible to the non-specialist. The exercises are ample, well-designed, and sensible, providing some opportunity for discussion of cultural context. Of particular note are the reading chapters located after every five regular chapters, which are very useful for review and provide valuable supplementary material (but can also be omitted if time limitations so demand.)" -- Barbara Weiden Boyd, Bowdoin College
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Introduction to Latin, Revised First Edition
