| Via Plana: Graduated Readings in Advanced Latin Contributor(s): Taylor-Briggs, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853996122 ISBN-13: 9781853996122 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2000 Annotation: This volume adopted a radically new, systematic approach to the teaching of advanced Latin grammar through the medium of unseen translation. It provides a graduated learning environment suitable for for those approaching points of grammar for the first time and for those revising the same points at a later stage. Each chapter presents in detail a grammatical feature and then reinforces understanding of it through translation exercises set at five graduated levels. This offers university undergraduates stsyematic and repeated revision of grammar, each time linked to a new and progressively more difficult challenge, providing a "smooth road" to fluency in the reading of Latin texts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 478.642 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.18" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 132 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Via Plana is not just another random collection of unseen exercises, presented to the student in the optimistic hope that somehow, they will muddle through and absorb some of the finer points of Latin grammar along the way. With a new approach, Via Plana systematically presents the major features of advanced Latin grammar and then offers sixth-formers and undergraduates a 'smooth road' to fluency via a structured series of exercises, primarily translation-passages extracted from major Latin authors, focussing specifically on each grammar feature in turn and graduated in difficulty to match the students' increasing level of ability. |