Synopses & Reviews
The Familia Romana Latine Audio album consists of thirty-one MP3 files. Each file consists of an audio recording of a chapter of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Pars 1: Familia Romana. The readings are all in the restored classical pronunciation as read by Hans Ørberg. All chapters are included except for the last four, which Hans Ørberg never recorded.
The readings may also be streamed—but not downloaded—through both the Familia Romana Online Ancillaries Course and the Familia Romana Comprehensive Course at courses.pullins.com.
For classroom use, please purchase a site license at http://focusbookstore.com/sitelicenselingualatinaaudio.aspx. Otherwise, upon your purchase of Familia Romana Latine Audio, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use these files for your personal, non-commercial, entertainment use. You may copy, store, transfer and burn these files only for your personal, non-commercial, entertainment use. You are not granted any synchronization, public performance, promotional use, commercial sale, resale, reproduction or distribution rights for this content.
About the textbook: Hans Ørberg’s Lingua Latina per se illustrate (ISBN 978-1-58510-423-9) is the world’s premiere textbook for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes. It is the only textbook currently available that gives students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but allows them to think in the language. It is also the most popular text for teachers, at both the secondary and collegiate levels, who wish to incorporate conversational skills into their classroom practice.
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Sporting full-color illustrations, this edition of Familia Romana adds vividness to Hans Orberg’s already premiere textbook for learning Latin through the natural method. As part of the Lingua Latina: per se illustrata series, Familia Romana presents grammar and vocabulary through context, illustrations, and a well-developed system of notes. By not having to constantly translate, students come to understand the Latin through itself and are prepared for thinking in the language. Although the text is accessible to students as young as 9, the test is advanced enough for college-aged learners, and beyond. Since it is written entirely in Latin, Orberg’s series can communicate to students regardless of their native tongue. Thus, no list of vocabulary and translations is provided in this volume. FOCUS Publishing does, however, provide free vocabulary lists with translations at http://focusbookstore.com/LLdownloads.aspx.
In my own experience as a Latin student, it was not until I used the Lingua Latina series that I really came to understood Latin grammar. Even though it also strengthened my ability to both write and speak in Latin, it was my ability to understand texts and to sight read that was most improved. I enjoyed the edition without illustrations and found it most useful, but this edition proved an upgrade. The more vivid illustrations gave me stronger mental images for the vocabulary I was learning. I recommend this version of Familia Romana most warmly.
- http://www.bookwormsblog.com/, 09/01/2011
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Hans Ørberg’s Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world’s premiere textbook for Learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes. It is the only textbook currently available that gives students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but allows them to “think” in the language. It is also the most popular text for teachers, at both the secondary and collegiate levels, who wish to incorporate conversational skills into their classroom practice.
Lingua Latina incorporates the following features:
- The most comprehensive treatment of Latin grammar available in an elementary textbook
- A vocabulary of almost 1,800 words, reinforced by constant and creatively phrased repetition, vastly expands the potential for later sight reading
- A complete line of ancillary volumes, exercises, and readers both in print and online
Seasoned secondary and college teachers often find their own reading facility enhanced by using Lingua Latina.
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Hans Orberg's
Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. The Natural Method encourages students to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but instead by teaching them to think in the language: students first learn grammar and vocabulary inductively through extended contextual reading and an ingenious system of marginal notes. Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is also the most popular series for those teachers at both the secondary and collegiate levels who wish to develop Latin conversational skills in the classroom.
Familia Romana (the main book of Pars I of the
Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) contains thirty-five chapters and describes the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. It culminates in readings from classical poets and Donatus's
Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millennium. Each chapter is divided into two or three lessons (lectiones) of a few pages each followed by a grammar section (Grammatica Latina) and three exercises (Pensa). Hans Orberg's impeccable Latin, humorous stories, and the Peer Lauritzen illustrations, reproduced in full color, make this work a classic. The book also includes a table of declensions, a Roman calendar, and a word index (index vocabulorum).
The
Lingua Latina series incorporates the following features:
- The most comprehensive treatment of Latin grammar available in an elementary textbook.
- A vocabulary of almost 1,800 words, reinforced by constant and creatively phrased repetition, vastly expands the potential for later sight reading.
- A complete line of ancillary volumes, exercises, and readers both in print and online.
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This text is for a first year Latin course and uses the immersion approach; students learn Latin by using only Latin. The thirty-five chapters describe the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. and culminate in readings from classical poets.
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Hans Oerberg’s Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world’s premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes. It is the only textbook currently available that gives students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but allows them to think in the language. It is also the most popular text for teachers, at both the secondary and collegiate levels, who wish to incorporate conversational skills into their classroom practice.
Familia Romana (Pars I of the Lingua Latina series) contains thirty-five chapters and describes the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D., and culminate in readings from classical poets and Donatus’s Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millennium. Each chapter is divided into two or three lectiones (lessons) of a couple pages each followed by a grammar section, Grammatica Latina, and three exercises or Pensa. Hans Oerberg’s impeccable Latinity, humorous stories, and the Peer Lauritzen illustrations make this work a classic. The book includes a table of inflections, a Roman calendar, and a word index, index vocabulorum.
The Lingua Latina series incorporates the following features:
- The most comprehensive treatment of Latin grammar available in an elementary textbook.
- A vocabulary of almost 1,800 words, reinforced by constant and creatively phrased repetition, vastly expands the potential for later sight reading.
- A complete line of ancillary volumes, exercises, and readers both in print and online.
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Student guide in Spanish for Lingua Latina: Part I: Familia Romana provides an overview of the chapter stories and grammar found in each chapter.
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This book is the students manual in Spanish with a guide to pronunciation, instructions and information on key points to be noted in each chapter. This book is especially valuable for Spanish-speaking students working on their own or in homeschooling.
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Spanish version of #00501 Latine Disco
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This student manual, in English, for Familia Romana includes a guide to pronunciation, instructions, and information on key points to be noted in each chapter. This book is especially valuable for students working on their own or in homeschooling, though also useful for school or university students.
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This student’s manual, in English, for Familia Romana (Lingua Latina Pars I), includes a guide to pronunciation, instructions, and information on key points to be noted in each chapter. This book is especially valuable for students working on their own or in homeschooling, though also useful for school or university students.
Hans Ørberg’s Lingua Latina per se illustrata is the world’s premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes, giving students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to translation. Familia Romana is the backbone of the Ørberg series. Further information on Familia Romana and all titles in this widely adopted series can be be found at www.hackettpublishing.com.Hans Henning Ørberg (1920–2010) received his MA in English, French and Latin from the University of Copenhagen in 1946. He taught at various Danish high schools until 1963 and at the Grenaa Gymnasium until 1988. From 1953 to 1961 he served on the staff of the Nature Method Institute, Copenhagen. He is the author of the Latin course “Lingua Latina secundum naturae rationem explicata” (1955–56); the course was revised in 1990–91, with a number of supplements, under the title “Lingua Latina per se illustrata”. His books were published by Domus Latina, a publishing house he founded in Denmark, and they are distributed in the English-speaking world by Focus Publishing.
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MAC CD-Rom contains entire text of Familia Romana with interactive pensa, audio for the first 31 chapters, entire text of Roma Aeterna with interactive exercises, and Exercitia Latinia I and II with interactive component and audio for exercises.
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This is the CD-ROM version of the Lingua Latina series, for MAC users.
Hans Ørberg’s Lingua Latina per se illustrate is the world’s premiere textbook for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes. It is the only textbook currently available that gives students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but allows them to think in the language. It is also the most popular text for teachers, at both the secondary and collegiate levels, who wish to incorporate conversational skills into their classroom practice.
Contents of the CD-ROM:
- the complete text of Familia Romana
- the complete text of Roma Aeterna with Indices
- Exercitia Latina I
- Exercitia Latina II
- Grammatica Latina, a Latin morphology
Start by reading the Latin text while listening to the recording. Then read and reread each lesson (marked I,I, III in the margin) and study the section Grammatica Latina carefully, before you pass on to the Pensa.
Minimum requirements
Mac OS X version 10.3, 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4, 256MB RAM, 700MB Hard disk space, 1024x768 screen resolution, and QuickTime player version 6.5.
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Hans Ørberg reading chapters 1 to 31 of his popular Lingua Latina per se illustrate: Pars I (Part 1) Familia Romana textbook in the restored pronunciation of classical Latin.
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Latin/English vocabulary list for each chapter in Lingua Latina: Part I: Familia Romana.
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This book is designed to provide background to the methodology and philosophy of the Lingua Latina series. It includes the prefaces to many earlier editions and to some worldwide editions of Lingua Latina. It also includes a wealth of teaching tips and strategies for the book as a whole and for each of the specific chapters in the first book. It should provide invaluable for instructors at colleges, schools and at home.
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Contains list of Roman consuls and their triumphs (Fasti consulares and Fasti triumphales), a name index (Index nominum) and a word index (Index vocabulorum) of all the words used in both parts of the course. An integral supplement to Roma Aeterna.
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Familia Romana Latine Audio: Ecclesiastical Pronunciation allows students immerse themselves in this engaging performance of Hans Orberg’s Familia Romana. Each character in the book is read with a different voice, all using ecclesiastical pronunciation.
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Familia Romana Latine Audio: Ecclesiastical Pronunciation allows students to listen to Hans Orberg’s Familia Romana in this engaging performance of the book using ecclesiastical pronunciation. The Latine Audio: Ecclesiastical Pronunciation album includes 33 tracks covering chapters 1–33 of Familia Romana, Hans Orberg’s premiere textbook for learning Latin via the Natural Method. The characters in the book are all read with different voices, helping students immerse themselves in this instructive, engaging book. Produced and read by Patrick Owens and his colleagues in the Classics Department at Wyoming Catholic College.
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Entirely composed in Latin, Part I, Familia Romana, provides an excellent introduction to Latin, including the essentials of Latin grammar and a basic vocabulary of over 1500 words. The thirty-five chapters describe the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D., and culminate in readings from classical poets and Donatuss Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millennium. Each chapter is divided into two or three lectiones (lessons) of a couple pages each followed by a grammar section, Grammatica Latina, and three exercises or Pensa. Hans Ørbergs impeccable Latinity, humorous stories, and the Peer Lauritzen illustrations make this work a classic. The book includes a table of inflections, a Roman calendar, and a word index, Index vocabulorum.
About the Author
Hans Henning Ørberg (1920–2010) received his MA in English, French, and Latin from the University of Copenhagen in 1946. He taught at various Danish high schools until 1963 and at the Grenaa Gymnasium until 1988. From 1953 to 1961 he served on the staff of the Nature Method Institute, Copenhagen. He is the author of the Latin course “Lingua Latina secundum naturae rationem explicata” (1955–56); the course was revised in 1990–91, with a number of supplements, under the title “Lingua Latina per se illustrata.” His books were published by Domus Latina, a publishing house he founded in Denmark, and are distributed in the English speaking world by Focus Publishing.