Latin Beyond GCSE

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For one thing, this is not helpful to learners when they have to engage with unadapted texts (but see below my comment on modern editions of texts, many of which are in effect adaptations). As for home learners, these would struggle to prepare themselves for A level (or AS level) using this course only, even with supplied answer keys to the exercises. I used John Taylor's "Essential GCSE Latin" constantly whilst studying for the exam and found it the most useful of all my Latin books. This new edition is brought in line with the new OCR specifications and benefits from a completely redesigned layout, with added colour and images.

Description Latin Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS and A Level in Latin. Although this is not really a criticism, as it's far better to be over prepared than underprepared). Grammatical explanations are a sort of updated (but not updated enough) Kennedy - still a little prolix (what's with the notes-within-notes in 8pt?

There is no evidence that this was its basic or original function; in fact there is evidence to the contrary. The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials.

For those not familiar with the English system, GCSE is the General Certificate of Secondary Education, previously known as O Level; it is based on an examination taken at the end of the last year of general education, known variously as the Fifth Form or Year 11, in practice normally at age sixteen. No explanation is given about how the lengthy (32 pages) section of reading passages (all prose) should be used. However, in spite of the imperfections, there is no other book that I know of with the same aims, objectives and (most importantly) examinations-oriented content as this one. P. xi: Aspect is defined as “the expression of type of time”: it is, rather, an aspect of the action of the verb, unrelated to time. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.It is to be hoped that the forthcoming revision of Greek Beyond GCSE, the last of Taylor's course books to be revised, will be a proper revision in the full sense of the word.