Descriere: Make learning Latin faster and easier with this essential companion to the esteemed classic introductory textbook, Wheelock's Latin. Reflecting the trend toward more active use of classroom Latin, this supplemental workbook focuses on listening and speaking skills to help students new to the language master its basics.Workbook for Wheelock's Latin offers forty lessons presented in an easy-to-read, clear layout. Each chapter begins with a detailed set of objectives (intellegenda) and continues with a series of questions designed to focus directly on newly introduced grammar (grammatica), as well as: Transformation drills, word and phrase translations, and other exercises to test and sharpen skills;Word Power sections that focus on vocabulary and derivatives;Reading comprehension questions and sentences for translation practice;Perforated pages for written homework assignments, including space for the student's name, class, and date.
Autori: Paul T. Comeau | Editura: HarperResource | Anul aparitiei: 2000 | ISBN: 9780060956424 | Numar de pagini: 352 | Categorie: Language
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Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2e: Selections from Latin Literature
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