Latin Beyond GCSE

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Instead, what we have as far as the content is concerned is the first edition revised only to the extent of certain additions and removals needed to bring it into line with the new OCR specifications (for AS from 2017 (so of limited usefulness for 2017 candidates), for A level from 2018). An interesting feature here is that in the “lightly adapted” passages the Latin text is preceded by an English translation of the immediately previous lines to give students a clear idea of the context.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. 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. 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. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc. is a series of five longer Readings, the longest amounting to 81 lines: Nepos on Alcibiades, Curtius on Alexander and Porus, Livy on Horatius and Scaevola (two separate shorter passages), Cicero”s Tusculans on the fear of death, and Tacitus on the fire of Rome.It could also be used as a revision guide by students but they would need to get feedback from a teacher to see how they’ve done. Chapter Six, entitled ‘Readings’, contains the same passages as in the first edition, but laid out in a much more reader-friendly way; the reference grammar and summaries of syntax likewise contain no (perceptible) changes of substance, but are easier to read. The first part of the book introduces new constructions and the translation of sentences from English to Latin, with practice passages for unseen. SheassureduswearenowbeyondGCSElevelandrecommendedtheJohnTaylor,butwereallyneedtheanswerkeytogetusovertrickysections.

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