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Ecce Romani Level 1-A

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I took Latin I and II using the Ecce Romani series. When I switched schools, I had to switch to using the Cambridge Latin Course Unit 3 book for Latin III. I began to realize how lucky I had been to have been using the Ecce Romani series. The Cambridge books are very poorly written. The new vocabulary for each chapter is not put together very well in a way that makes it easy to learn. Since there are many little stories in each chapter, as opposed to the one big one and occasional second enrichment reading in the Ecce Romani books, there is vocab under each story. They tried to make a vocabulary list at the end of each chapter, but it never contains all the vocabulary listed under each story. The Ecce Romani books do a much better job of condensing the vocabulary and putting it all in one place, making it easier to learn. The Cambridge books are very confusing to look at and read because only proper nouns are capitalized. The back sections of the Cambridge books also only contain a Latin-English dictionary, so you're out of luck if you want to look up what an English word translates to in Latin. The Ecce Romani books contain both an English-Latin and Latin-English dictionary. The Ecce Romani series also does a much better job of explaining the grammar you learn each chapter. All the Cambridge books do is give you an example, not actually telling you how to form it in a sentence. The Ecce Romani books also have more challenging practice problems, and more of them, than the Cambridge books. The Ecce Romani series also follows the same characters through the first two books, and gives a much more interesting storyline than the Cambridge series. On a more artistical note, the Ecce Romani books are much more interesting to look at, with color pictures that don't look like quick sketches, like the black and white Cambridge pictures do.
DO NOT buy the Cambridge series books. The books are very poorly written. The Ecce Romani series is a much better Latin textbook series, which I highly recommend for anyone studying or planning on studying Latin.

I address this to the excell. authors of the ECCE ROMANI series of Latin texts:
Since the ancients did not write texts for begin. and intermed. students of Latin, PLEASE consider writing more Latin stories which these students can follow as they study Latin. The great Latin works are too advanced, but your story of the Gaius Cornelius family is so interesting. Do you also have a series of Italian or French language texts similar to the ECCE ROMANI series with similar stories? PLEASE write more; I love this series of texts!

What an excell. book! I'm revisiting the joy of learning a new language and find that this text is so easy to learn from. Instructions are clear, the stories are interesting and appear to portray situations as they could have taken place in ancient Rome. I will certainly order the other texts and continue my new love for a "dead" language. Hats off to the authors for creating such an entertaining way to study.

This is a GREAT way to learn Latin. I'm taking Concentrated Latin One and this book doesn't overwhelm the reader. I love it so much that I'm going to purchase one at the end of the course AND go on to Concentrated Latin Two!!

This book touched me in ways I can only describe in Latin. For any who attended BCHS, I learned everything I know that helped me to write the Lupus Chronicles from Ecce Romani, and Magistra of course. Seriously, it's a fabulous way to teach a fabulous language and I could not be more satisfied having gone completely through three of the books. If you have the means to take Latin, I highly recommend it, and if this book is used to teach it, I require it. Oh, and the story with Marcus chasing of Lupus is a hoax, Lupus would never run from a little kid with a stick, I mean, come on.

I used this book in 8th grade and It made latin easy to understand. There are enough practice problems to make sure you know whats going on. I think what makes it good is the stories of each chapter. They are interesting and make learning latin fun. I reccomend this book to anyone who wants to learn Latin.

This is a great way to introduce Latin. My 13 year old grandson is very much interested in learning the material via the stories of the family. He is home-schooled by me. Of course, it should be presented with at least some explanation of what else was going on in the Roman Empire in A.D. 80. The great fire of Rome took place in A.D. 64, leading to the subsequent persecution of Christians by Emperor Nero and others.

I highly recommend this book. If the rest of the series is as good as this one, my grandson (and I) will learn much. Latin really can be fun to study.

This is an excellent book. Puts fun into learning Latin, perfect for grammar age students. The companion Student workbook is available but not needed. I find this book to have plenty of exercises to compliment each lesson. A must have for young Latin learners!

this is one of the greatest text books ever made .......it has pages and pages of exciting dead latin and a never ending tale of the corneili........anybook were you spend 5 chapters in a ditch and still have you coming back for more is sheir excellence...i mean corneilius and davus are awesoeme .......their both badass mofo's if there ever was one. final arguement to why this book rocks .......the pictures .....nuff said ......they single handly illustrate 1000's of dead latin words ....picaso has nothing on these artists....this book rocks just as much as the kiss song "god gave rocknroll to ya" ....