Latin Beyond GCSE

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P. xii: Elision is defined as the “process by which the final vowel or syllable of a word is in effect knocked off”: in fact it is only the vowel which is knocked off (together with nasalizing m) leaving any preceding consonant intact. Despite lack of funding and institutional support, not since the mid-twentieth century have comics in the region been so dynamic, so diverse and so engaged with pressing social and cultural issues. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and is now Lecturer in Greek and Latin Language at Manchester University, UK. It also seems a pity (though this is a criticism of the prescription rather than of the author) that students are asked to scan a couple of lines without commenting on some metrical effect that they have uncovered, such as a spondaic line or an effectively delayed main caesura.

The only one that came anywhere near this was Latin As Literature by Anthony Verity, long out of print and too advanced in any case for present-day Advanced students. Again as with Latin To GCSE, there is no assistance given with how to answer the types of questions that will be set in the language papers of the exams, except for translation into Latin, which very few candidates attempt. Some suggested translations seem less than helpful in the actual context, and other words are not glossed though used in a slightly unusual sense. This is the old crossword-puzzle approach and can be made to work as a pencil-and-paper exercise: in addition students can be told to identify as short a vowel followed by another vowel in the same word and not forming a diphthong. Bringing together authors from across Latin America and beyond, and covering examples from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, the book sets out a panoramic vision of Latin American comics, whether in terms of scholarly contribution, geographical diversity or interdisciplinary methodologies.It is to be hoped that the forthcoming revision of Greek Beyond GCSE, the last of Taylor's course books to be revised, will be a proper revision in the full sense of the word.

g. sentence types, coordinate clause, period, correlative) and terms that could be better explained (e. So it is perfectly understandable that one would want to make it as simple as possible for the learner. For example, the jussive subjunctive has two new examples (where there were none in the first edition): statim proficiscamur! Comics Beyond the Page in Latin America demonstrates the importance of studying how comics circulate in all manner of ways beyond print media.It offers a comprehensive survey of Latin grammar in a more engaging way than the traditional grammar book, and it provides plenty of exercises to reinforce the grammar that has been learned and give practice in applying it. John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and now teaches Classics at Manchester University, UK.

The standardisation of the language that resulted in Classical Latin covered a period of some 300 years. urges “close attention to detail in getting the form and ending of every word correct” and recommends the looking up and rechecking of every word except the most common. A new edition of this popular textbook aimed at intermediate students, especially those taking Latin AS or A Level, or university students who have taken beginners Latin courses.In fact the tenses used are exactly the same as those for subordinate clauses in indirect speech, which such a table (see point 9) would show at a glance. He is the author of City in Common: Culture and Community in Buenos Aires (SUNY, 2016), and the co-editor of Comics and Memory in Latin America (Pittsburgh University Press, 2017; also available in Spanish as Cómics y memoria en América Latina (Cátedra, 2019)) and Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America (ILAS, 2019).