The First Year of Latin is the product of practical experience in the classroom. It aims in the most direct manner to prepare the pupil to read Caesar¿s Gallic Wars. While a general survey of the essential features of the Latin grammar is made, only those parts are emphasized which are needed. With few exceptions the words and phrases are taken directly from Caesar¿s War with the Helvetii, and by their frequent repetition a sufficient vocabulary is established to simplify the reading of Caesar in the second year. Special attention is given to reviews. At short intervals a lesson is made up of questions on the new forms and constructions of the lessons immediately preceding it, together with a repetition of the new words and such sentences of Caesar as will be used later. The earlier review lessons contain sentences for sight-reading, based on the review vocabulary. In the later lessons connected passages covering chapters 1-12 of The War with the Helvetii replace these.
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I am an adult whose interest in Roman history in general and the life of Julius Caesar in particular led me to want to read Caesar's Commentaries in its original Latin. With this goal in mind I began looking for the best way to learn Latin. I bought the Rosetta Stone program and found it helpful but still lacking. My inability to trill my R's like the Rosetta Stone speakers frustrated me. I bought the first book in the Lingua Latina series and was frustrated by its lack of explanations. I bought an old high school text book and was frustrated by its lack of complete answer keys. I bought Wheelock's text book along with Dale Grote's notes and found the combination very good but was frustrated by the fact that Wheelock's disaproval of Caesar caused Wheelock to avoid using any quotes of Caesar as study material.
And then I found Gunnison's and Harley's "The First Year of Latin". The stated goal of this text is to enable a student to read Caesar's Commentaries in the orignal Latin. But the biggest attraction for me is the existence of a free online Latin class based upon it. As of October 6, 2009, 29 of the 73 lessons in this 100 year-old text book have web lectures dedicated to them where proper prounciation is demonstrated and homework is assigned then translated and explained. More lessons have been promised but have been slow in coming. Just as the i-phone is made more valuable by 3rd party software developers who create powerful applications for it, "The First Year of Latin" is attractive and valuable because its public domain status has allowed a Latin teacher to offer a free online Latin class based upon it.
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The text is an open source textbook dating from the early 20th century. This is not a bad thing, but don't expect the graphical and layout niceties of a more modern text. What makes the book worthwhile is the free online Latin lectures associated with it (http://www.linneyslatinclass.com/).
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I have all sorts of Latin grammar and theory books and this one is one of the best. It is easy to understand and grasp the ideas right at the start.
What helps one learn is that Mr. Linney - latin online teacher - uses this exact book and goes through it chapter by chapter. For all of those that want to learn Latin and are serious about it, buy this book!
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