by mariek » Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:20 am
<br />Well, yes, the title does say "Intensive Course", but for some reason I find their approach much easier. I guess their format speaks to me better so I find it more palatable. Everyone learns best from different approaches. M&D speaks best to me, while Wheelock speaks best to Klewlis, while BLD speaks best to Episcopus, etc. It's kinda like how managers have to use different approaches to manage their staff because each employee reacts best to a different style.<br /><br />Both BLD & M&F have a lot of exercises for practice. Actually, I think BLD has more practice exercises, though I haven't actually sat down to count them.<br /><br />I do, however, prefer the sentences in M&F as they seem like more "normal" or more "realistic" sentences (for lack of a better description), the sentences even seem more "natural". It seems so obvious when you look at the Dialogues (the Boys Sextus and marcus) or short "stories" (Niobe & her Children) in BLD vs. the short "stories" (Aeneas) in M&F.<br /><br />