North American Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Student's Book

This is a great second text for me, as a self-learning adult. My other resource has been Lingua Latina, which has the accompanying audio which is GREAT. The pros of this are: -explanations in English of the grammar -A slower, more gradual introduction of grammar points -each chapter has a section on historical/ cultural information which I find is EXTREMELY helpful -it is very user friendly Cons: -no audio, that is, they made audio, it's hard to find and extremely expensive Note: I did manage to procure the CDs for Unit 1 and Unit 2. Paid a lot. They were produced with a whole repertoire of actors , so you get many voices, not just one, plus accompanying sound effects. However, they make no effort to differentiate the long vowels from the short, and not infrequently get the stress on the wrong syllable.

I took Latin in middle and high school and this was the book series I learned from. I since majored in Latin in college and studied the works of Vergil, Ovid, Caesar, Cicero, etc. I later taught Latin to k-8 students. At first I was using a book called "Latin for the New Millennium" and it moved way too fast and was far too boring and tedious for middle schoolers. So, I transitioned to Cambridge and the students all immediately fell in love with it. This is the best book series for learning Latin, especially for younger folk. It's not "perfect" but it introduces the language in an approachable and fun way through telling stories. It also has abundant supplementary materials that can be found online as well as tests and quizzes etc.. For adults and college students, Wheelock is probably a better choice as it has a more systematic approach to the language.

Only 1 page had writing on it and only a little cover damage. It was in good condition for the price.

This is a high quality series that makes learning Latin fun (I'm in my 60's!). It puts the language in the context of culture and history. The story is compelling with interesting charachters.

This is the textbook for our son’s Latin class at school, we ordered a copy for home since the school textbooks remain in class. It’s been great for reference and helps with homework.

Useful for learning Latin in the 9th grade. Who learns Latin in middle school? Anyway, kid level instruction learning some Latin vocabulary and how you use them. I found it fun anyway though no substitute for slugging out the grammar anyway. If you have the collegiate tomes already, you can entertain yourself with this series. May actually remember some of it.

This was amazing. Caecilius est meus pater, et est in horto. I would die for Grumio, Clemens, and Cerberus. I laughed, I cried, I experienced the full range of human emotion with this book. For the first time in my life I think I truly understand what it means to love unconditionally because of this book. I don’t know much Latin, but that isn’t the point. Buy this book.

This book is well written and a real boon to younger students who are starting out in Latin. I'm a teacher and I plan to use this method.

I'm an amateur polyglot in Sydney. Long story cut short, I ended up buying all the N American & "England" version CLC text-books. Here are some info I love to share with Amazon patrons: 1. N American version CLC offers 4 student books in total. The ones that I bought are hard cover 5th edition. It is just delightful to flip thru the books and all the illustrations/manga are in colours! 2. "England" version CLC offers 5 student books in total. The current stocks available in their website (i.e. University of Cambridge online store) are 4th edition, only in soft cover. Those illustrations are in mono colour. To compare these 2 versions, there are minor differences, text wise, in sample sentences of each chapter. But it differs a lot in their culture & civilisation sections respectively. Most of the CD recordings available on Amazon for N American CLC are thou 4th edition, whereas on Cambridge website the CDs (& the books) are all 4th edition. Nonetheless, the accent adopted in the recordings is quite adherent to reconstructed classical way. In addition, "England" version provides abundant amount of audio tracks; 2 CDs come along with each text book. In short, I have fallen in love with this CLC series. It comes with large amount of dialogues and texts (fully supported by audio), grammatical notes, and cultural info. A must-have for Latin lovers :-)

Muy buena adquisición! Siendo sincero, hay cosas con las que complementar el estudio del latín, y que harán más fácil la apropiación de esa lengua. La información que tiene este texto es muy interesante y útil. Llegó en excelentes condiciones.

Gostei bastante do livro, conforme anunciado no site, mas essa eh a versão nome-americana, existe também a versão inglesa.

I had a lot of fun with this book. I'm pretty new to Latin (about 4 months of self-study) and this was the perfect way for me to improve my latin Grammer and reading skills. Great for vocabulary, basic grammar (including the first 3 noun declensions, the 4 verb conjugations, present, imperfect, and perfect tense. All complemented with context in English between stories. The stories start a little basic, but as your vocabulary expands and your understanding of grammar increases the stories get much more interesting. By the end I was captivated while reading in Latin! Definitely a great book for the Latin novice.

My son uses it regularly.