Ecce Romani Level 3 [Hardcover]

Prentice Hall (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 215 pages
• Publisher: Scott Foresman & Co (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067357587X
• ISBN-13: 978-0673575876
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,477,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid introduction to real Latin, January 21, 2003

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David Purger (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ecce Romani Level 3 (Hardcover)

I currently study Latin from this book (among other things). Having seen other Latin instructional materials, the Ecce series is certainly one of the best.

The 3rd Level book introduces the student to real Latin written by the historian Eutropius, Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Pliny. It is neither too hard nor too easy, and has kept me occupied through the year so far.

The reason it lost one star is because (in my humble opinion) not enough pages are devoted to grammar study. I find myself having to look up fairly simple concepts (gerunds and gerundives) in other books while my friends (who studied first and second year Latin from different series) already know these concepts.

This series was obviously meant to be complemented by a competent instructor, so make sure you have one - otherwise, this book might not be for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent series, March 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Ecce Romani Level 3 (Hardcover)

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.