OXFORD LATIN COURSE (TEACHERS BOOK 4 READER)

THIS SECOND EDITION OF THE OXFORD LATIN COURSE COMBINES FEATURES OF BOTH MODERN AND TRADITIONAL METHODS OF LATIN TEACHING FROM FIRST STAGES TO GCSE. PART III IS ACCOMPANIED BY A READER CONSISTING OF EXTRACTS FROM CAESAR, CICERO, CATULLUS, VIRGIL, LIVY AND OVID. COMPLETELY REVISED AND RESTRUCTURED IN THE LIGHT OF A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF CLASSICS TEACHERS, IT PROVIDES AN APPROACH TO LATIN BASED ON THE READING OF ORIGINAL TEXTS. PARTS I-III ARE BUILT AROUND A NARRATIVE DETAILING THE LIFE OF HORACE, BASED CLOSELY ON HISTORICAL SOURCES, WHICH HELPS STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES OF CICERO AND AUGUSTUS.