Latin for reading: A beginner's textbook with exercises

Knudsvig, Glenn M.

University of Michigan Press

This text enables students to learn to read Latin

Latin for Reading: A Beginner's Textbook with Exercises

History

Craig, Ruth S.

Seligson, Gerda

Ancient Civilizations

Latin for Reading: A Beginner's Textbook with Exercises (instructor's manual)

A great many students enter an etymology course with only one goal -- to learn new words with the hope that they will be more successful in classwork, in standardized exams, or in a variety of work-related situations. In A Course on Words students will indeed learn new words, but, more important, they will gain an understanding of how words are built and how they can use this information to analyze new words that they will encounter outside the classroom. They will spend most of the time learning elements of words that will enable them to determine the meanings of many new words in the future. As one student put it, this book seems to "sensitize us to words and get us to think about words." The book is unusual in that it offers both programmed and nonprogrammed material. Each type of material is designed to provide students with the maximum amount of involvement and practice. The students do not simply read definitions of words, as is the case with some courses. Rather, they engage in many different activities; not only defining words but analyzing and building them, and learning to use context to derive meaning. The programmed approach enables students to do the work on their own and receive immediate checks of their answers. Classroom time, therefore, is free for review, reinforcement of programmed activities, work on the nonprogrammed material, and attention to the needs of individual students. The book also includes at the end a set of Supplementary Exercises for each unit. The nonprogrammed materials include "Review Exercises," "Words of Interesting Origin," "Easily Confused Words," and "Latin Phrases." These provide practice in concepts learned in the unit and an opportunity to explore a wide variety of topics, such as eponymous words and the literal meanings of Latin expressions used in English.

A Course on Words

Reference

Sweet, Waldo E.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

This text is a guide to critical thinking and composition courses. It covers just the basics of critical thinking using an acronym called TCDR (Topic, Class, Description, Relevance). The text grounds the student in the basics of the technique and uses exercises to drive lessons home. It also shows students how to use critical thinking across the curriculum. This book has been field tested by over 1,000 students in a variety of schools, including the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois.

Critical Thinking: Building the Basics

Self-Help

Smith, Donald E. P.

Walter, Timothy L.

Success

Wadsworth Publishing Company

This text is a guide to critical thinking and composition courses. It covers just the basics of critical thinking using an acronym called TCDR (Topic, Class, Description, Relevance). The text grounds the student in the basics of the technique and uses exercises to drive lessons home. It also shows students how to use critical thinking across the curriculum. In addition, the new Part Three covers critical thinking in relation to using new computer technology. This book can be used as a main text or a supplement.

Critical Thinking: Building the Basics (Study Skills/Critical Thinking)

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Cengage Learning'

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