Gwynne's Latin by Nevile Gwynne

Gwynne's Latin by Nevile Gwynne

Suitable for anyone interested in learning Latin, this title helps you teach more Latin in half an hour than you would learn from years of being taught Latin at school. It includes a section on everyday Latin usage, which discusses all the Latin words and idioms we still use today, such as 'quid pro quo' and 'sui generis'.

Over the last decade, there has been a minor Latin revival, but it is a watered-down version of the language that has been revivedRigorous Latin lessons are as dead as can be, except in a handful of grammar schools and private schools. So N.M. Gwynne is entering upon virgin territory with this timely guide to learning Latin properly. A former businessman and now a Latin tutor, he had a smash hit last year with Gwynne's Grammar , a rigorous guide to English grammar. Now he's applied the same winning formula to the most influential language of them all -- The Spectator * The Spectator *
This little book makes a great case for learning Latin, not least because of the countless Latin words and phrases in our daily English -- The Independent on Sunday * The Independent on Sunday *

Mr Gwynne is the much loved and passionate educator who is on a crusade. He believes in old-fashioned values, that the modern school system is hopeless – and that keen and close study is the only way to become an enlightened and better person. Now living in County Wexford, Ireland, and in his 70s, N M Gwynne was formerly a successful businessman in London and Australia. On retirement in the 1980s, he took up teaching and soon found that his traditional methods, universal up to the 1960s and refined and perfected century after century up till then, had become all but unique. Subjects he has been teaching – in classrooms, in lecture halls, and nowadays mostly privately – include English, Latin, Greek, French, German, mathematics, history, classical philosophy, natural medicine, the elements of music, and "How to start up and run your own business”. He has taught all over the world and thanks to the internet and Skype, he has sometimes found himself, at different times in a single day, teaching as far apart as India, Europe and western USA.

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ISBN 13	9780091957438
ISBN 10	0091957435
Title	Gwynne's Latin
Author	Nevile Gwynne
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ebury Publishing
Year published	2014-04-10
Number of pages	256
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