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Latin: Start Speaking Today! (Language 30) | 
| Author: Educational Services
Creator: Charles Berlitz
Publisher: Educational Services Corporation
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $17.78
You Save: $4.17 (19%)
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 911977
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Cas & Book
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0910542899
Dewey Decimal Number: 478.3421
EAN: 9780910542890
Publication Date: July 1995
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Good for pronunciation, but not much else... October 19, 1998
46 out of 46 found this review helpful
Though Latin is usually thought of as a written language rather than a spoken one, learning to pronounce a language is a very helpful tool for learning. If this is all you are looking for, you are in the right place. Many examples are given of both secular and church prounciation, but don't expect to find any kind of grammar or other language instruction. This is a resource soley for those that are learning Latin from a book and want to know more about how it should be pronounced.
Better resources. February 20, 2001
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a good tool for learning about Latin phrases used in English. However, I have found more comprehensive tools for learning Latin pronunciation for free on the Web.
 Nothing learned. A bit of pronunciation gleened perhaps. November 26, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This thankfully brief lesson in Latin offers very little in the way of actual instruction. The pauses between speakers is too short to repeat the phrases they are purportedly trying to teach you. The cassettes do give the listener a simplistic language lesson in the applications of Latin and you can pick up on some aspects of both classic and modern church Latin pronunciation through the rapid attempts to repeat the phrases offered. My biggest complaint is that many of the phrases are far too long to be repeated all at once, yet the speaker does not pause in the middle to let you repeat portions of it. Overall, i would say these lessons are not actually for learning Latin, rather for picking out bits and pieces of Latin that you already know.
Misrepresentation January 10, 2001
This is not very helpful in learning Latin. It is helpful in learning latin phrases used sparaticly thoughout english.
 Very Helpful April 19, 2007
After signing up for a Latin class at our local Junior College, I was sad to be informed by the professor that Latin is considered a dead language. I was sorry to hear that as it was really fun to listen to the tapes and follow along in the booklet. That was the easy part.
Latin itself is a very complicated language in my opinion and makes Mandarin look like a piece of cake!
I would definately recommend this material for anyone intersested in learning a little about Latin including every day phrases and some useful quotes to spring on your friends!
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