So you really want to learn Latin Book 1

I am a self-learner wanting to truly understand Latin. I picked up Lingua Latina (Familia Romana) including the workbook (and a companion guide) and immediately had an issue--while I seemed able to "read" Lingua Latina and comprehend it when I actually tried to answer the questions in the work book I was CONSTANTLY getting the wrong answer! I believe some might be clever enough to learn via the Natural method without classroom instruction but I am, alas, alone in this endeavor. So, I searched and searched and searched and, to be frank, I judged this book by its cover--anyone who could affix a title to such an illustration seemed sufficiently no-nonsense enough and...IT WORKS! I'm only about half-way through (and I do indeed plan on purchasing the other course books in due time) but I am ACTUALLY LEARNING LATIN! The method Oulton employs seems shockingly simple but very effective (and the YouTube videos are a nice complement). So, buy the book, have a pen and composition book ready (it's ALL about info on the left page/exercises on the right) and get to work!

This is an excellent book. I can see it working in both home-school and brick-and-mortar school environments. It was written by a British author, and so the order of presentation of the cases in declension charts is the UK order: nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative. There is an associated youtube channel. Book one contains 300+ words of vocabulary broken up over ten chapters. It treats the first three declensions with basic uses for all cases, all four conjugations (present, imperfect, future, and perfect tenses, active only), and the verb "to be."The format: material to be learned is on the left hand page, with exercises on that material on the right. It would likely work for the first semester of a high school course or the first year of a middle-school course. A teacher would want to supplement the very short articles about Roman history with YouTube videos and outside reading.The price--at a fraction of what the rapacious textbook companies charge--is very reasonable.The only problem with adopting it for classroom use is that it is produced in the UK. I don't know how easy it would be to buy in bulk in the US. Perhaps it wouldn't be difficult at all.

Great to have answer book.Would be good if both exercise book and answer book were advertised together. Didn't know needed separate answer book until exercise book arrived.

I like the way this presents the subject

I have learnt a lot and it does take you through the paces and answers book to go with it. It's the best way of learning compared to other language books. I wish there are more like this style. Instead of throwing you with lots of pictures and scattered all over the place. This book is an good old fashion logical learning!