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Title: Ecce Romani I: A Latin Reading Program: Meeting the Family, Rome at Last by Gilbert Lawall, David M. Tafe, Perry ISBN: 0-8013-1201-9 Publisher: Prentice Hall (K-12) Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $70.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Takes the difficulty away from learning Latin
Comment: Latin has a reputation of being a difficult and dull language to learn. Most textbooks present it in a scholarly way, focusing on transaltions of the works of ancient authors, and not giving modern learners a connection to their lives. The Ecce Romani series presents Latin in an innovative and attractive way. Every chapter begins with a a painted color picture and short story (in latin) about a fictional Roman family made up of Cornelius-a senator, Aurelia-his wife, Marcus-son, Cornelia-daughter, and Sextus- a boy staying with them for a period of time. Each tale develops the family and other characters as well as showing aspects of daily life. All the new vocabulary (old vocab is sometimes included too) is included on the same page. If you have every studied a foreign language, you know how easy paragraphs are to read when you have all the English words on the same page. The 2 column list contains nouns, verbs, expressions, adverbs, etc. A new grammar concept is introduced after each story, and future stories continue to use it, so it is not forgotton. This way, the stories become more detailed (and interesting) as you progress.
On the pages after the story are also pictures, maps, and helpful excercises that furthur your understanding on the language and culture. In between most chapters are short and informative lessons about daily life, myths, history, among other things. (For example: "A Roman Family", "Aeneas", and "The Founding of Rome")
At the end of the book is an outline of all the grammar explored, complete with noun and verb charts. There is also a Latin to English, and English to Latin dictionary containing EVERY WORD in the stories plus their chapter number.
I would recomend this book to ANYONE interested in studying Latin, as I think it's the best book on the market. It's easy to learn with, colorful, tastefully put together (no tacky graphics and layouts typically employed in textbooks), and packed with maps and pictures. Try this out and soon you'll will have a thorough understanding of Latin!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent series
Comment: This is a very well-written textbook series. I took Latin I and II using this series, but I had to switch to the Cambridge Latin series for Latin III when I changed schools. Ecce Romani is a much better series than Cambridge. It contains many assets (such as an English-Latin AND Latin-English dictionary, multiple challenging practice exercises in each chapter, enjoyable stories, well-organized vocabulary sections in each chapter, etc.) necessary for the enjoyable and productive study of Latin which the Cambridge books lack. The Ecce Romani books are well organized and more enjoyable to learn from. I highly recommend this well-written series to everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: Making a dead language come back to life...
Comment: Although I have studied (to some extent) quite a few foreign languages, I have never come across a textbook quite as beautiful and captivating as this one! Using the immersion method, the student is plunged into a study of Roman language and culture, instead of a detached, intellectual method that most textbook authors are accustomed to using. The language is taught in a series of interesting (and often amusing!) stories that tell the evolving tale of the Cornelii, an upper-class Roman family. And each chapter is illustrated with a lovely drawing by an artist that clearly put much time into it. By teaching culture, society, and mythology at the same time as the language, this book succeeds in bringing ancient Rome to life and interesting many an apathetic high-schooler. As for myself, although my school doesn't offer Latin III, I will gladly dole out the $$ for the third in this series to continue the study myself. If you're a first-time Latin teacher looking for a well-rounded text, then LOOK NO FURTHER!
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Title: Ecce Romani: Language Activity Book Student's Edition: A Latin Reading Program: I-A Meeting the Family by Gilbert Lawall, Ron Palma ISBN: 0801312094 Publisher: Prentice Hall (K-12) Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.35 |
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Title: Ecce Romani II: Home and School Pastimes and Ceremonies by Gilbert Lawall, D. A. Lawall, David M. Tafe, Perry ISBN: 0801312027 Publisher: Prentice Hall (K-12) Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $70.25 |
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Title: Earth Science: The Challenge of Discovery ISBN: 0669180483 Publisher: D C Heath & Co Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $73.96 |
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Title: Adventures for Readers: Athena Edition ISBN: 0030986281 Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $82.65 |
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Title: Mathematics Structure and Method Course 1 ISBN: 0395480981 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $72.60 |
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