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Moving right along in this textbook, currently in the midst of chapter IV. I like that there are a LOT of sentences to read & translate between the languages. I do not like the organization. Words & grammatical principles are introduced first in Latin text, for students to figure out in context, and then are explained in English. This risks the student getting it wrong and, worse, internalizing that wrong answer.
— Sep 30, 2022 12:09PM
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J. Boo
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Still plugging away at this, now on chapter XV. Spring baseball & softball will be starting soon, which should increase the speed at which I'm going through the material. Makes the games and practices a lot more tolerable.
— Feb 21, 2023 02:14PM
J. Boo
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Almost finished chapter 12. The masculine second declension is introduced here, which means a messenger is announcing war in Gaul and a small child (accurately) comments that all boys desire swords. So much for our beloved baskets of red and white roses!
My progress has slowed with baseball season over. I no longer have interminable hours of practices/games to work on Latin. Kid's basketball takes a lot less time.
— Jan 11, 2023 07:40PM
My progress has slowed with baseball season over. I no longer have interminable hours of practices/games to work on Latin. Kid's basketball takes a lot less time.
J. Boo
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I've discovered a Latin teacher who likes "The Road to Latin" book enough that he's created a website and a series of Youtube videos for the text. Videos are being posted right now; "MrC Latin" is covering a chapter a week, with two videos per chapter. An unexpected bonus!
Currently on Chapter VII. Also doing Duolingo Latin and helping DS1/DD1 with their separate Latin textbooks (Gryphis and LfC).
— Oct 21, 2022 04:58PM
Currently on Chapter VII. Also doing Duolingo Latin and helping DS1/DD1 with their separate Latin textbooks (Gryphis and LfC).
J. Boo
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Unusually, "Road" embraces 1st declension nouns. For newbies, these are nearly all feminine. Most latin books introduce the masc./neuter second declension quickly, but here Ch. IV has a girl carrying a little flower-filled basket to statues of goddesses, and Ch. V sends the women to a cute shop. Glancing ahead, we don't buckle on our swords until Ch. XII, and the Britons won't attack a Roman fort until Ch. XIV.
— Oct 05, 2022 10:13PM
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I admire your commitment.
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This is officially motivated by my need to help my older two through Latin. The elementary school to which they transferred starts the language in 3rd grade, so both of them missed a lot of instruction.I was OK at Latin in high school, but that was a long time ago, and not enough has arisen incidentally (or intentionally) for me to be able to parse anything beyond the most simple of sentences, if I am lucky enough that those sentences have the handful of words I still recognize or if I can figure out a derivative that wound up in English.
We'll see how long I keep it up. I do tend to jump in and out of intellectual pursuits. On the other hand, a close relative took up Yiddish in his forties and is now a published translator. He's both smarter and more focused than I am, though.
