Review of Wheelock's Latin Textbook

Antiquated? Not based on recent theories? No supporters in academia? Wow, it might actually be useful!

I started learning Latin by William E. Linney's book Getting Started with Latin (according to me this the best Latin book for absolute beginners) and now I'm using LLPSI. Currently I'm on the chapter 10.

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Great review fella! Helped me in my decision to buy the book and finally learn Latin :)

Good to hear a positive point of view!

Excellent review! I'm really excited to have my own copy of Wheelock's latin! Luckly, here in Brazil, we have some of these previous grammar knowledge, cuz otherwise we couldn't really learn/speak portuguese, a language that demands grammar in everyday practice.

I want to thank you for your review and breakdown/synopsis of the Wheelock Latin textbook. I decided to check back in on YouTube and see if anyone had posted a review because as you stated there aren't really any reviews of Wheelocks Latin. Reading J.P.Mallory's In Search of the Indo-Europeans and several penguin classics publications got me interested in studying a Indo-European language, and I have decided to give Latin a try, mostly because I'm interested in Roman history. Unfortunately, my grammar knowledge is not up to par with what I guess the text requires. I took English courses all the way through highschool public education except for my Senior year if I remember correctly, and I can assure you I didn't learn a damn thing! I know you recommended familiarizing oneself with English grammar terms and concepts, but my question is could these things be learned on my own without needing to take a class on English grammar? Any advice?

Great review! I have been debating for ages whether to learn Latin or not. I finally gave in and purchased a used copy of this book as well as the Henle grammar and first year book. I'm excited!

I have both Wheelock's and LLPSI and I've decided to start with Wheelock's after watching your review. It does require a decent amount of grammar knowledge but I do like to understand everything through and through when I'm learning it. And I think you are spot on about not guessing anything regarding Latin. The language is highly inflected which is worldly different than English. This means a slight difference in declension or conjugation will convey entirely different meanings. Guessing will only worsen this situation. Thank you.

Man I came across this review of the text years ago, and I’m about to pick Wheelock up again and start digging into it, while simultaneously learning Irish and playing around with other text I’ve bought on various Indo-European languages such Greek, Sanskrit and Hittite, plus I’m somewhat of a Roman history enthusiast… I have no idea Mīlle Gratias

Ive been using the Henle text and I like it better. I think its easier to remember long term cause you do so many exercises. I also like how its more gradual so you remember the grammar more naturally.

Great review. I’ve been using Kennedy’s Latin primer. I’m using it in conjunction with online tutorials and I’ve recognized there’s some pronunciation problems in Kennedy’s primer particularly with some vowels. Do you have any thoughts on Kennedy’s and if so would you recommend using wheelocks to supplement with or to study afterwards on its own? Thanks for any input. Appreciate it.

Thank you for the review. Do you have any resources on Classical pronounciation? I'm using Henle Latin and it's working fairly well... I feel like I need more help though and Wheelock's may fill that need.

i feel lucky since in high school i was taught what a case is what preposition(post position is) cause of my native language hindi and then sanskrit which carried onto english even the aspect. be the infinative

Hi. Thank you for this video. Can you tell me/us if this book contains an answer key to the exercises posed in each chapter? If so, is it a full key, or does it only show answers for select questions (as some mathematic texts do, to my frustration).

Do you have any experience with "A Primer for Ecclesiastical Latin"? I'm undecided between purchasing Wheelock's or the above mentioned book. I'm mainly interested in Catholic writings, but would like to read some of the classics as well. Thanks!

1 month later and I'm about to finish CAPVT XV. Very satisfying and rewarding experience so far. I use LLPSI and 38 Latin Stories alongside for more sources of fun/facile reading material. But I do sometimes have trouble telling adjectives from nouns as they often share the same endings and tend to decline in the same manner. Any advice on this issue?

I used Wheelock's for 3 semesters in college Latin. My 4th semester we read the Aeneid. Of course after about 25 years I don't remember much. I'd like to get refreshed. Maybe I'll break out my old Wheelock's. Now my daughter is learning Latin in 6th grade (!)

It's what they use at UNLV so I'm assuming that it has good value!

It's an excellent work.