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Gilder, Richard

 
9781418446710: Via Facilis: Mastering Latin and Understanding Language
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ISBN 10 : 1418446718 ISBN 13 : 9781418446710
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

Via Facilis:Mastering Latin and Understanding Language, is an introductory Latin text forstudents from grade 6 through college. VF presumes no prior critical analysisof language. VF employs both traditional grammatical deductive andreading-based inductive pedagogies in a hybrid method. VF begins the learningof Latin through English, which the students know and scrutinize, howeversubconsciously. Once the students are actively aware both of the basic elementsof the English sentence, and of their composition and arrangement therein, theyturn their focus to Latin. VF helpsstudents develop sensitivity to the structure of Latin: how its sentences buildand change. The keystone of VF is Building Blocks. Each chapter's BuildingBlocks require students to continually revisit the same words, an aid tovocabulary acquisition. Revisitation calls attentionto word order. The various permutations from block to block enable students tosee Latin's flexibility. Students can read original Latin with real comprehension at anearly stage because of their solid grasp of the morphology and syntax of thelanguage fostered by a keen awareness of how the Latin sentence builds.Finally, students develop a consciousness of the fundamental workings and idiosyncracies not just of English, but of language ingeneral.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Via Facilis:Mastering Latin and Understanding Language, is an introductory Latin text forstudents from grade 6 through college. VF presumes no prior critical analysisof language. VF employs both traditional grammatical deductive andreading-based inductive pedagogies in a hybrid method. VF begins the learningof Latin through English, which the students know and scrutinize, howeversubconsciously. Once the students are actively aware both of the basic elementsof the English sentence, and of their composition and arrangement therein, theyturn their focus to Latin. VF helpsstudents develop sensitivity to the structure of Latin: how its sentences buildand change. The keystone of VF is Building Blocks. Each chapter's BuildingBlocks require students to continually revisit the same words, an aid tovocabulary acquisition. Revisitation calls attentionto word order. The various permutations from block to block enable students tosee Latin's flexibility. Students can read original Latin with real comprehension at anearly stage because of their solid grasp of the morphology and syntax of thelanguage fostered by a keen awareness of how the Latin sentence builds.Finally, students develop a consciousness of the fundamental workings and idiosyncracies not just of English, but of language ingeneral.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr.Richard Gilder III has taught Latinand Greek to students from 5th grade through graduate school. Currently heteaches Latin, Greek, and Spanish to 7th, 8th, and 9th graders at Tuxedo Park School, a pre k - 9 coeducational day school in Tuxedo Park, NY. He is also adjunct lecturer of Latin and Greek inthe Foreign Language for Reading Knowledge Program at the Graduate Center ofCUNY.Dr.Gilder graduated cum laude from South Kent School in 1980. He received his B.A. from Haverford College (1984), his M.A. from City University of New York (1991), and his Ph.D.from the University of Pennsylvania (1997) - teaching and coaching all the while.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1418446718
ISBN 13 
9781418446710
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
344
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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