We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. Also, there is no section on comparative clauses, though for some reason this may not be included in the specifications. There is a confusion between facts and statements or implications of facts in certain constructions, e. 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. Since this review is written principally for readers familiar with the first edition, I shall not rehearse here those of its contents that have been retained; and nothing of consequence has been removed.

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. I chose it particularly for the Latin-English translation exercises, which are varied and useful, and I have no regrets. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Big minus is the layout of the grammar sections: in both Chapters 1 and 2, and in the reference grammar section, it is difficult to find what one wants, or more generally to find one's way around.

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. Useful easy practice sentences followed by unseen passages which become progressively longer and more challenging as the students progress. The Section B (Cicero) passages, divided into (i) lightly adapted passages (5) and (ii) shorter unadapted extracts (10), have only 5-7 lines of Latin. Some suggested translations seem less than helpful in the actual context, and other words are not glossed though used in a slightly unusual sense. It also reminds us of the need to think about the creative role of comics in societies with less established comics markets than in Europe, the US and Asia.

The (many) different uses of quin need to be explained; they are not confined to expressions of doubting and preventing. I happen to be one of three quite elderly ladies working without a teacher and we are finding this book invaluable. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc. For example, the jussive subjunctive has two new examples (where there were none in the first edition): statim proficiscamur!To conclude, as I have said, the fact that the book does not have any obvious or natural competitor will in itself ensure healthy sales, if mainly in those parts of the UK and the rest of the world that use the OCR specifications. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, 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. Short reading passages of AS standard in chapters 1-3 (most of adapted extracts from Latin authors) to illustrate new language material and to revise material already learned.

Complex grammatical points which have been met at GCSE are recapitulated using examples as well as description/explanation. And, as I said, this course would not help them directly to prepare for half of the examination requirements; for that a different sort of book would be needed.The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. He is author of Greek to GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016) and Greek Beyond GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), co-author of Writing Greek (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011) and Greek Stories (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), and also author or co-author of a number of Latin textbooks. These could be usefully supplemented with groups of revision sentences in Latin arranged by construction, as in Greek To GCSE. What is presented here is a more distant view, written by one who taught in an English school at this level for a decade forty years ago and has since been involved in the development of Latin language teaching at school and university level in New Zealand. 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.