By Brad Tillery, Richard A. LaFleur

Description

Repetitio est mater memoriae (repetition is the mother of memory): these vocabulary cards allow students an easy way to memorize Latin vocabulary words as they appear in each chapter of Wheelock's Latin, one of the most popular first-year Latin books of all time. Students can memorize Latin to English or English to Latin, and use the cards to help them memorize the full lexical forms of the Latin vocabulary words. These cards make vocabulary review a snap! A convenient cross-index of cards helps students locate the number of a particular card; a summary of grammatical forms from Wheelock's Latin allows students faster and easier access to these references while studying.

Special Features

• 877 numbered vocabulary cards, arranged chapter by chapter, on perforated cardstock
• full Latin vocabulary entry on one side (with macrons, accents, and complete principal parts for verbs and nominative and genitive forms for nouns)
• English meanings given in Wheelock plus select derivatives/cognates on the other side
• easily assembled storage box for cards, on cardstock
• alphabetical list of all Latin vocabulary entries, with card numbers for cross-reference
• grammatical form summaries, reproduced from Wheelock's Latin, for fast and easy reference

Comments and Reviews

IT'S IN THE CARDS

The folks at Bolchazy-Carducci have definitely been busy this year. I just received a flyer in the mail advertising Vocabulary Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary for Wheelock's Latin by R.A. LaFleur of the University of Georgia and Brad Tillery of Heritage High School in Conyers, Georgia. Designed specifically for use with the 6th edition of Wheelock's Latin, the perforated cards are numbered and arranged according to chapter with full vocabulary entries, including macrons, and accent marks. The cards come with "easily assembled storage boxes" and an alphabetized crossreference list. The set is $20. Undoubtedly, they could also be used with any other Latin textbook. I have not seen a full set of the flashcards yet, but the word on the street (actually, from listmembers on the Latinteach discussion list at http://www.latinteach.com) is positive.

— The Classical Outlook
Winter 2004
Vol 81, No 2

Latin teachers have been waiting a long time for this invaluable accompaniment to Wheelock. At long last students will have no excuses for not memorizing their vocabulary.

— Professor Ward Briggs
University of South Carolina

I use Wheelock with my high school students, and those kids who have bought the cards love them. They find the cards much like cell phones and laptop computers—time saving life-simplifying technology! As one of my sophomore boys put it: "It's, like, all done for you and everything, ya know?" I make a big pitch for them on parents' night because they really seem to be helping: no one with the flash-cards is doing poorly on the vocab quizzes. Go figure—behaviorism at its best! I might add that we emphasize Latin/English derivatives and vocabulary in general (as a sort of sequencing for AP). And, since the words in Wheelock are derived from authentic ancient texts, the students are in a really good position to approach author-level Latin when they get there. I'm a big fan of Wheelock's Latin vocabulary and a big fan of these flashcards.

— Daniel DiCenso
High School Teacher