![]() Keller and Russell have included various drills, sentences (English to Latin and Latin to English), synopses, and the like. These are much more intensive than those found in most basic grammar textbooks. The textbook is supplemented by a workbook containing perforated pages with additional exercises. LTRL is intended for middle- and high-school students (two or two and a half years) and college level students (two to three semesters) (xx). They also acknowledge use of the Packard Humanities Institute from which they obtained Latin literature up to Justinian I. Fleischer’s Latin: An Intensive Course and to H. Keller and Russell acknowledge their debt to F. To that end, Keller and Russell use selections from original authors, rather than “several volumes of stories in Latin written not by ancient authors but by the authors of the books themselves.” They also claim to teach about Roman “domestic life and culture” through ancient authors, rather than by giving the “tidbits of information” found in other texts (xvii). The primary goal of its authors, Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell, is to teach students to read Latin, rather than merely translate. Learn to Read Latin (LTRL) is a new introductory text offering an attractive alternative to others of its genre, such as Wheelock, Ecce Romani, or the Cambridge and Oxford Latin courses. ![]()
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