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For someone who is interested in learning Latin on their own, what is a good resource? The article specifically mentions that Fr. Foster's book is ill-suited t

For someone who is interested in learning Latin on their own, what is a good resource? The article specifically mentions that Fr. Foster's book is ill-suited to self learners and is more appropriate for a classroom setting.

jhbadger 10y ago
If you are interested in the "Living Latin" as a spoken language as Foster teaches, you can't really do that on your own. But really, most people interested in Latin aren't really interested in that but really just want to read Latin. And you certainly can do that on your own. There are lots of textbooks, but probably the most popular is Wheelock's Latin which has the advantage that if you don't understand a particular exercise, you'll have no problem finding someone to explain it to you on the Net.
- sparcpile 10y ago
  The Oxford Latin Course is a good standard college-level introduction. There is also Lingua Latina if you want to go full immersion.
  - drakenot 10y ago
    Is Lingua Latina appropriate for self-learners?
    - cpr 10y ago
      We've used it with our home-educated high schoolers (though with tutors), and it's also used at the International Theological Institute in Vienna, where some of our kids go. Seems like a good program.
johan_larson 10y ago
Gutenberg has a free textbook from 1911. No idea whether it's any good or not. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18251 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18251
sherr 10y ago
The "Latinum" YouTube channel seems good when I looked it over last : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEekt9eu1g-yEGq6XUlRSIg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEekt9eu1g-yEGq6XUlRSIg
cafard 10y ago
The Cambridge Latin series--which my son used in school--looked better to me than the ones I remember from my own youth.