Great Books Forum7-12 Languages
Machen’s New Testament Greek for Beginners
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J. Gresham Machen
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Level: 7-12
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On the second version: “This book is intended primarily for learners who are beginning the study of the Greek Testament either without any previous acquaintance with the Greek language or with an acquaintance so imperfect that a renewed course of elementary instruction is needed. This revision, over seventy-five years since the first edition was published, retains much of the character and organization of the first edition while accommodating readers today who lack an understanding of Latin and grammar necessary for fully comprehending the original edition. For an introduction to the Greek Testament.” – Amazon
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Picta Dicta: Ancient World
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Roman Roads
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Level: 3-8
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“Picta Dicta – Ancient World is especially well-suited for elementary or junior high students and focuses on vocabulary and concepts from the ancient world. They learn the English and Latin for over 500 concepts in ancient history to establish an unparalleled foundation for later study in Latin, English literature, foreign languages, history, and the sciences.
This course includes several tracks at different difficulty levels, so every child will find the course both achievable and challenging.” – Roman Roads
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Picta Dicta: Natural World
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Roman Roads
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Level: 3-8
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“Picta Dicta – Natural World is especially well-suited for elementary-age students, and focuses on a specific and important set of vocabulary—the natural world. Students learn the English and Latin for over 400 nouns from the natural world to establish an unparalleled foundation for later study in Latin, English literature, foreign languages, history, and the sciences.” – Roman Roads
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Picta Dicta: Vocabulary Builder
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Roman Roads
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Level: 7-12
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“Picta Dicta – Vocabulary Builder is geared towards Jr. High, high school, and college students, and focuses on general reading vocabulary including verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and nouns for over 1,000 Latin words and concepts. It is designed for students seeking proficiency in reading Latin. It uses Multi-dimensional learning that provides students with a deeper understanding of words: pictures, sounds, context, definitions, translations, lexical information, and more.” – Roman Roads
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Rudiments of Anglo-Saxon
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Logos Press
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Level: All
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“Sure, half of English on the whole may come from Latin, but the lion’s share of everyday conversation–the real meat of our language–comes from Anglo-Saxon. If you want prose with a backbone, you should be studying the rumbling tongue of Anglo-Saxon. It was the language of Alfred the Great, and it gave us the tale of Beowulf. It’s the source of vivid English words like ache, inkling, limber, lynch, and marshmallow.
Simply put, Rudiments of Anglo-Saxon is a distillation of the more academic and abstracted Old English grammars. Rudiments won’t bury you in verbiage or leave you feeling like you should have been a linguist. In Unit One, the beginner will learn step-by-step basics of Anglo-Saxon grammar, from new letters like thorn and eth to strong and weak adjectives and beyond. Unit Two, while guiding the student through much of Mark’s Gospel and Beowulf, introduces the fundamentals of translation from getting the right dictionary to deciphering poetry. Altogether, the textbook contains enough material for thirty-two happy weeks spent ransacking the Anglo-Saxon word-hoard.” – Logos Press
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Wheelock’s Latin
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Harper Collins
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Level: 7-12
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“While it covers five noun declensions and four conjugations as does Wilson’s Latin Grammar, it is far more comprehensive in treatment with copious explanations, practice exercises, translations, and word etymologies. (An answer key is in the back of the book.) It is probably more comparable to Jenney Latin in scope, but it is much less expensive than Jenney Latin. The price makes this a very appealing option.
The reading level is obviously higher than most high school programs, including Jenney Latin, as evidenced by the following typical explanatory paragraph: “The personal agent by whom the action of a passive verb is performed is indicated by ab and the “ablative of agent”; the means by which the action is accomplished is indicated by the “ablative of means” without a preposition, as you have already learned in Ch. 14.”
The text is proudly humanistic; the foreword tells us that “Frederic Wheelock set about to create a Latin text that would give students something to think about, a humanistic diet to nurture them both linguistically and philosophically.” Consequently, parents must ensure that the philosophic influence of this text is used in a worldview context to consider the ideas presented, weighing them against biblical Christianity. The text is being used with at least one online course where I expect that this will happen, but it will be more challenging to ensure the necessary discussion if students use the text for totally independent study.” – Cathy Duffy Reviews
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