Nunc Loquamur: Guided Conversation for Latin - Second Edition

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This is an illustrated text for students new to Latin who want to incorporate speaking Latin into their study. Through rich drawings by the author, students are provided situations common to the classroom and their lives in which to speak to one another, along with clues and vocabulary necessary for basic conversations.

• Suitable for students in first two years of Latin
• Age range from Middle School to Adult
• Can be used as a supplement to any textbook
• Enhances oral component of a textbook or provides one where it is lacking
• Each chapter is a complete unit; easy to follow
• Illustrations help support understanding

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Five new chapters
• Handy Words and Phrases list covering such topics as animals, colors, sports, and food
• Additional Grammar notes and activities for each chapter.
• Redesigned vocabulary lists in some chapters.
• Brief explanation on the Roman Calendar
• Complete chart on Numbers with four different forms (Cardinal, Ordinal, Distributive, and Adverb)
• Redesigned vocabulary lists in some chapters.

Author

Thomas McCarthy has degrees in Latin and Classical Studies. Originally from Michigan, (fato profugus) he works at St. Catherine's Girl's High School in Matsuyama, Japan, where he struggles to teach English as a living language.

Read the review Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.04.30