by Milito » Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:46 pm
The second text that I used in learning Latin was North and Hilliard, (in conjunction with reading Caesar's Gallic Wars) and the text after that was Bennett (in conjunction with reading Vergil). Bennett is posted on Textkit (thanks, Jeff!)<br /><br />I find that Bennett is a good reference when I am working through a Latin text, and am trying to figure out why a word is in some form or other. Bennett goes into a lot more fine detail than Wheelock does, and he also uses examples taken directly from both Caesar and Cicero. (I can't add anything about North and Hilliard, because I used it.... about .... 8 years ago now, and don't remember much.......)<br /><br />In any event, the "just jump in and read" approach seems to work pretty well after the basics are in place, and I suppose that's why I find Bennett a useful reference - it does go into the extra details. I'd recommend at least giving it a look.<br /><br />All that being said, I'm also thoroughly sold on Moreland and Fleischer, too. As its title says, it's set up as a course, so does duplicate Wheelock, but it also provides a second explanation, which is also useful. <br /><br />Kilmeny<br /><br />
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