11) to be admired and preserved unchanged. Berard’s text is a perfect complement for anyone learning or teaching using LLPSI, as both texts aim for immersion, comprehensible input, and increased Latin output.Ĭonventional Latin pedagogy and scholarship have tended to view Latin as a static artifact-in Berard’s words, as if Latin were a pinned “butterfly” ( tamquam papilionem, p. According to his overview, Tomus I will correspond to the grammar covered in chapters I-XXII of LLPSI, and the forthcoming Tomus II will correspond to the rest of the first volume of LLPSI (chapters XXIII-XXXV). Berard helpfully offers a concordance for using Vita Nostra in conjunction with Hans Ørberg’s monolingual textbook Lingua Latina per se Illustrata I : Familia Romana (commonly known as LLPSI) (p. Vita Nostra is a valuable addition to a rich and varied corpus of conversational Latin resources.
In his introduction, Berard not only explains his goals and mission with the book, but also acknowledges the many influences on its writing, such as the online Lexicon Morganianum, the renowned and somewhat rare visuelles Wörterbuch Latein-Deutsch, and other useful resources (p. If the reader seeks to be immersed in Latin, what better place to begin than the introduction to the book itself? After a comprehensive table of contents, Berard begins the book with a clear and detailed prooemium entirely written, fittingly, in Latin. Berard, as his handbook aims to equip both teachers and learners of Latin with the tools to navigate their lives through a Latin lens. Vita Nostra is an exceedingly apt title for the present volume by Stephen A.
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