Modern Latin [Paperback]

J. D. Sadler (Author), Jefferson Davis Sadler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1973 | Series: Modern Latin

A text for teaching the student to read Latin using a small basic vocabulary, the principles of word building, and simplified grammar.

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J.D. Sadler's two-volume Modern Latin brings a new approach to the study of the language. Instead of loading the student up with obscure linguistic constructions and terminology, Sadler's approach is a lean and mean course designed to get the student reading Latin as quickly as possible. The most striking feature of this approach is the relatively small vocabulary presented--only 525 words. But these are basic words, used by virtually every Roman writer. "If a student knows these 525 words and their Latin derivatives," Sadler asserts, "he will know about 80 percent of the words he will meet in any given passage of Latin." Sadler's approach emphasizes understanding Latin morphology--how stems and affixes combine to create new words, and each lesson contains dozens of examples of word derivations, not only in Latin, but English, as well (after all, about 60 percent of English is Latin-based!). Although the approach is heavily slanted toward reading, with extensive practice sentences and reading passages from classical authors, there are still plenty of exercises to reinforce the lessons and give you loads of writing and word-building practice. If your goal is to get a good reading knowledge of the language in a short time, this two-volume set is for you.

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Text: English, Latin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 2 pages
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (December 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806110465
• ISBN-13: 978-0806110462
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,516,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Latin Book One, April 24, 2002

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G. Samuel Hays (Stow, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Latin (Paperback)

After having reviewed some three separate Latin books for self-study, I would have to say this one was the clear winner. All the material was laid out in a consistent, concentrated manner. The chapters were very short (2 or 3 pages each) so you could sit down and run through one relatively quickly (an hour or so to do all the questions/memorize the vocabulary).

There is a glaring, unforgivable flaw with this book - or atleast how it presented on amazon.... There is no answer guide. Well let me be correct, there *IS* an answer guide, but its not in the book, and the book that it is in ... is no longer in print. So there is no way to check your work without a teacher - or an old, used answer guide (One of which I never found - thus not completing the book).

So Sadly, as well written as this book is, I cannot recommend it for purchase unless you happen to be in a school that uses this curriculum.