Latin via Ovid - eLatin eGreek eLearn2024-03-29T10:55:42Zhttps://eclassics.ning.com/forum/topics/latin-via-ovid?commentId=727885%3AComment%3A63402&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYes, we use "Latin via Ovid"…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2012-01-02:727885:Comment:634022012-01-02T13:09:59.456ZThomas Goverohttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/ThomasGovero202
<p>Yes, we use "Latin via Ovid" as a text here at John Cabot University in Rome.</p>
<p>All three teachers who have used it have given it high marks. If students do</p>
<p>not continue Latin - horribile dictu - after the second semester,. they will have</p>
<p>at least read many of Ovid's stories. If they do, they can begin reading Ovid</p>
<p>(and Vergil) at the end of the second semester in the original text. The text</p>
<p>has many valuable features and the workbook is an excellent…</p>
<p>Yes, we use "Latin via Ovid" as a text here at John Cabot University in Rome.</p>
<p>All three teachers who have used it have given it high marks. If students do</p>
<p>not continue Latin - horribile dictu - after the second semester,. they will have</p>
<p>at least read many of Ovid's stories. If they do, they can begin reading Ovid</p>
<p>(and Vergil) at the end of the second semester in the original text. The text</p>
<p>has many valuable features and the workbook is an excellent companion</p>
<p>for drills. Tom Govero JCU Rome</p> Excellent! Thank you Laura. I…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2010-10-15:727885:Comment:498322010-10-15T21:22:34.588ZLeo Fernandezhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/LeoFernandez
Excellent! Thank you Laura. I will certainly take a look. I can use all the help I can get. Thanks!
Excellent! Thank you Laura. I will certainly take a look. I can use all the help I can get. Thanks! Hi Leo, that is not a book I…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2010-10-15:727885:Comment:498292010-10-15T20:11:01.294ZLaura Gibbshttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/lauragibbs
Hi Leo, that is not a book I have used but I have some materials online that might be of help - they are Latin proverbs, and I grouped them by grammatical features so that you could use them with any textbook, regardless of how the textbook presents the materials - they are 4000 proverbs, organized into groups, starting at Group 1 here, first declension nouns and adjectives only:…
Hi Leo, that is not a book I have used but I have some materials online that might be of help - they are Latin proverbs, and I grouped them by grammatical features so that you could use them with any textbook, regardless of how the textbook presents the materials - they are 4000 proverbs, organized into groups, starting at Group 1 here, first declension nouns and adjectives only:<br />
<a href="http://latinviaproverbs.pbworks.com/group001" target="_blank">http://latinviaproverbs.pbworks.com/group001</a><br />
The grammar outline for the proverbs is here:<br />
<a href="http://latinviaproverbs.pbworks.com/groupsgrammar" target="_blank">http://latinviaproverbs.pbworks.com/groupsgrammar</a><br />
When I taught Latin, I always shared lots and lots of proverbs with my students. Proverbs have the advantage of MEANING something... whereas vocabulary lists by themselves can get kind of boring!<br />
Good luck in your studies!<br />
:-)