Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd Edition, Revised

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Summary: the answer key is easy to get!
Review: "I called the 800 331-3761 phone # someone else posted here & talked to a Marilyn who insists that the answer key is no longer available," writes another reviewer. Well, the Harper customer service people don't always know what they're talking about. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is email the wheelocks address at harpercollins.com (see editorial notes above, on this page), state your status, and you get the username and password for the online answer key! All independent users and teachers get access with no hassle.

Rating:
Summary: the answer key is easy to get!
Review: "I called the 800 331-3761 phone # someone else posted here & talked to a Marilyn who insists that the answer key is no longer available," writes another reviewer. Well, the Harper customer service people don't always know what they're talking about. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is email the wheelocks address at harpercollins.com (see editorial notes above, on this page), state your status, and you get the username and password for the online answer key! All independent users and teachers get access with no hassle.

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Summary: A Latin teacher responds
Review: "I came, I saw, I conquered" is in fact the same thing as "I have come, I have seen, I have conquered." The person who wrote that the first translation is incorrect is, in fact, wrong. The Latin perfect tense, of which this is a well-known and thus effective teaching example, encompasses both of these 'past' translations. When discussing the famous phrase attributed to Caesar, we usually use the first translation to endow the statement with the sense of immediacy and power that (one presumes) Caesar intended to convey.

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Summary: Redeemed, somewhat...
Review: After about a month of letters, faxes, and e-mails, Harper Collins finally provided me, the independent student of Latin, with a copy of the answer key to this workbook. Nevertheless, the valuable time spent obtaining the key detracted from the amount of time I have been able to dedicate to my studies, and therefore, I have been unable to progress very far in the book. My advice: this appears to be a decent workbook, and is certainly valuable in its own right because of the amazing qualities of Wheelock's itself, so if you are willing to put up with a little hassle, this book is for you. If your time and nerves are limited, however, look elsewhere.

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Summary: NO audio cassette??????? Huh??
Review: All the Wheelock books are great, but why no audio cassette? The books tell you to read it aloud. How are you supposed to know if you are pronouncing all the words correctly? Really bad omission!!!!!!

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Summary: Harper Collins won't send the answer book......
Review: even if you write it on school letter head.
This is the "Old Fashioned" way of learning a language. Full of rules, grammar, etc. How many of us learned the grammar, rules, etc before we learned to speak it? I've been against this way of learning language since I was in high school many years ago. It comes with a workbook, but you have to write for it and Harper Collins won't send it. I'm not the only one who has asked for this answer book and not received it. I was totally ignored, even thought I wrote on school letterhead from the principal's office, and wrote them a note explaining that I am a teacher and need it right away to prepare for the Fall class. They couldn't care less. There is no cassette or CD. How can you learn a language without listening to pronunciations? Even in the books it says read aloud, or listen, etc. I gave it one star only because I can't give it minus 5 stars. Transparent Language has a program called "Latin Now!". It is available everywhere. They get to the point immediately, and you are speaking Latin with the proper pronunciation immediately. Take my word for it, unless you are a serious professional, such as a teacher or professor who will eventually teach Latin the wrong way, stay away from this method.

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Summary: Independent learners beware!
Review: For those of us who are embarking on an independent course of study, this is not a good buy. The reason? No answer key. The book is apparently written and constructed with only the academic community in mind. The independent learner was given little thought. The hassle and delay involved in obtaining the answer key is not worth the time that most of us would rather spend enjoying the process of learning Latin.

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Summary: no answer key
Review: I called the 800 331-3761 phone # someone else posted here & talked to a Marilyn who insists that the answer key is no longer available. It's been on back order for over 6 months & the publishers are not sure they are going to print another run of it again ... ever! didn't give me an explanation. This book is useless without an answer key ... & especially useless without pronunciation audio tapes ... I'm returning mine for a refund ...

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Summary: An easy, electronic way to get the answer key
Review: I called the 800 331-3761 phone # someone else posted here & talked to a Marilyn who insists that the answer key is no longer available. It's been on back order for over 6 months & the publishers are not sure they are going to print another run of it again ... ever! didn't give me an explanation. This book is useless without an answer key ... & especially useless without pronunciation audio tapes ... I'm returning mine for a refund ...

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Summary: no answer key
Review: I called the 800 331-3761 phone # someone else posted here & talked to a Marilyn who insists that the answer key is no longer available. It's been on back order for over 6 months & the publishers are not sure they are going to print another run of it again ... ever! didn't give me an explanation. This book is useless without an answer key ... & especially useless without pronunciation audio tapes ... I'm returning mine for a refund ...