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Looking for a Great Latin Curriculum?

October 18th, 2006 | 2 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

I'm almost through the first book of Hans Orberg's groundbreaking Latin curriculum, Lingua Latina. The program consists of two primary text books, two supplementary (but essential!) workbooks, and an answer key as well as optional miscellaneous stuff like CDs of the chapters so one can hear how the Latin is supposed to be pronounced and vocabularly lists. The first text is 35 chapters about a Latin family in the first century A.D. The second is a History of Rome, which I am eager to get into!

The entirety of the book is written in Latin, without any English. The student learns inductively without too much difficulty (at first at least!) since the chapters begin at a low level and gradually increase. Each chapter focuses on a particular grammatical concept, but that always comes second to the story. The story itself is quite engaging and promotes desire to learn what happens next - a motivation that is needed immensely once the more difficult verb forms are introduced.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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