Latinteach Articles
Latinteach Articles
GRAMMAR TRANSLATION
Also known as Deductive; “Parts to Whole”; Grammar-based; Preceptive.
Presents the morphology of forms first, followed by rules of syntax, which are then applied to translation from Latin into English.
PRIMA LATINA
For grades K-3-Memoria Press
Consumable workbook format
Some religious content
LATINA CHRISTIANA
For grades 3-6; A beginning grammar-translation based textbook
Consumable workbook format
Memoria Press
Some religious content
LATINA CHRISTIANA II
For grades 3-6; a beginning grammar-translation based textbook
Second in the Latina Christiana series
Memoria Press
Consumable workbook format
FIRST FORM LATIN
In Beta Testing
Memoria Press
HENLE LATIN, FIRST YEAR
Originally intended as a secondary school level. Could be used by middle school students.
Published by Loyola University Press
Some religious content
HENLE LATIN, SECOND YEAR
Originally intended as a secondary school level. Could be used by middle school students.
Published by Loyola University Press
Some religious content
JENNEY LATIN I
Originally intended as a secondary school level text. Could be used by middle school students.
Previous editions: Smith’s Latin Lessons
Originally published by Allyn and Bacon
JENNEY LATIN II
Originally intended as a secondary school level text. Could be used by middle school students.
Previous editions: Smith’s Latin Lessons
Originally published by Allyn and Bacon.
LATIN FOR AMERICANS, LEVEL I
Originally intended as a secondary school level text. Could be used by middle school students.
LATIN FOR AMERICANS, LEVEL II
Originally intended as a secondary school level text. Could be used by middle school students.
LATIN IS FUN, BOOK ONE
Consumable workbook format
Amsco Publishers
LATIN IS FUN, BOOK TWO
Consumable workbook format
Amsco Publishers
LINGUA LATINA, BOOK ONE (JOHN TRAUPMAN)
Originally intended as a secondary school level text.
Could be used by middle school students.
Amsco Publishers
Title is easily confused with Lingua Latina Per Se Illustra by Hans Oerberg
LATIN PREP, BOOK I
Galore Park Publishers (UK)
LATIN PREP, BOOK II
Galore Park Publishers (UK)
SO YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN LATIN, BOOK I
Galore Park Publishers (UK)
SO YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN LATIN, BOOK II
Galore Park Publishers (UK)
SO YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN LATIN, BOOK III
Galore Park Publishers (UK)
WHEELOCK’S LATIN, ED. RICHARD A. LAFLEUR
Currently in its Sixth Edition, Revised
USING LATIN I
Out of print, unlikely to reprinted
Previous editions: Latin, Book I: Language, Literature and Life
USING LATIN II
Out of print
Previous editions: Latin, Book Two: Language, Literature and Life
AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD/PROGRAMMED LEARNING
Based on Structural Linguistics with an Oral Component
ARTES LATINAE
Originally published by Encyclopedia Britannica; Currently published by Bolchazy-Carducci
LIVING LATIN: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH
Out of print
READING METHOD
Also rooted in Structural Linguistics; Inductive Method; “Whole to Parts”
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT ONE
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT TWO
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT THREE
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT FOUR
OXFORD LATIN COURSE, PART I
OXFORD LATIN COURSE, PART II
OXFORD LATIN COURSE, PART III
OXFORD LATIN READER
ECCE ROMANI
Soon to be re-published in a new edition
LATIN FOR READING
University of Michigan Press
Successor to Latin: A Structural Approach by Waldo Sweet
MINIMUS
Intended for grades 3-6, can be used as a prelude to any reading course, especially Cambridge
MINIMUS SECUNDA
Intended for grades 3-6, can be used as a prelude to any reading course, especially Cambridg
READING LATIN
College and university level textbook. Could be used with secondary school students.
A project of the Joint Assocation of Classical Teachers
FUSION METHOD
Eclectic Method which combines Grammar-Translation, Reading Method, Optional Oral Conversational Communicative Method
LATIN FOR THE NEW MILENNIUM, BOOK I and II
Bolchazy-Carducci
DIRECT METHOD
Sometimes called the Natural Method. Latin is taught as a living language and classwork is presented, as much as possible, in the target language. Forms and syntax are taught in Latin.
LINGUA LATINA PER SE ILLUSTRATA: FAMILIA ROMANA
(BOOK I) (HANS OERBERG)
Title is easily confused with Lingua Latina by John Traupman.
Distributed in the U.S. by Focus Publishing.
LINGUA LATINA PER SE ILLUSTRATA: ROMA AETERNA
(BOOK II) (HANS OERBERG)
Title is easily confused with Lingua Latina by John Traupman
Distributed in the U.S. by Focus Publishing.
PIPER SALVE
TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE STORYTELLING (TPRS)
Blaine Ray Method
Note: A growing number of teachers are using Cambridge Latin Course (traditionally considered a Reading-Based curriculum) and Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata (Direct Method)with TPRS methods.
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT ONE
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT TWO
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT THREE
CAMBRIDGE LATIN, UNIT FOUR
LINGUA LATINA PER SE ILLUSTRATA: FAMILIA ROMANA
(BOOK I) (HANS OERBERG)
Title is easily confused with Lingua Latina by John Traupman.
Distributed in the U.S. by Focus Publishing.
LINGUA LATINA PER SE ILLUSTRATA: ROMA AETERNA
(BOOK II) (HANS OERBERG)
Title is easily confused with Lingua Latina by John Traupman
Distributed in the U.S. by Focus Publishing.
VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT
SONG SCHOOL LATIN
For K-3; A vocabulary building program
Classical Academic Press
WORDS AND IDEAS
Intended for secondary school and university level
Published by Bolchazy-Carducci
Monday, August 18, 2008
Updated: Saturday, September 6, 2008
Latin Textbooks Organized by Teaching Methodology
This is a quick reference list of Latin language textbooks, organized by teaching methodology. Methodologies represented in this list include Grammar-Translation, Audio-Lingual Method (ALM), Reading Method, Fusion Method, and Direct Method.
See the Latinteach Resource Guide for Latin Language Teaching Methodologies, to explore the philosophies behind each of these textbooks.
For advice on evaluating a Latin textbook, see Gareth Morgan’s article Textbook Analysis: A Refresher Course at the Texas Classical Association website.