My Impressions of Lingua Latina
You may have never heard of Lingua Latina . It's a pretty obscure series, even among the world of Latin books. There are hugely popular books such as the Cambridge Latin Course , then the ones which are well-known in Latin enthusiast circles, like John Taylor's Latin Beyond GCSE. Lingua Latin doesn't have the same wide appeal as those titles, but it does have a dedicated fanbase. And when I say a dedicated fanbase, I mean dedicated. There are popular online who absolutely swear by this thing and promote it as much as humanly possible. Some even go as far to say that it's so good that it makes all other Latin books completely obsolete. So I thought, I better read it and see what I think! Here are my impressions of the first part of Lingua Latina : Familia Romana ! For those who don't know the book, it's very different to the likes of the Cambridge Latin Course . It does not use the traditional grammar and exercises approach but prefers the &