from the description “- Roll-over a translated word to hear it pronounced.” I hate reading L2 words before I know how they sound, since naturally I imagine my L1 sounds.

So, I’d love to “roll over” the translations and hear the pronunciation; I try and try, but no sound. Yes I’ve googled “roll-over” in all permutations, but nothing.. any clues? thanks

the standard russian layout is totally messed up, like shuffled. to use that one I would actually have to buy one with the russian symbols and look at the keyboard. which I never do.

If you love SRS and incremental reading, but want something you can use on the road on your Android or iOS device, vote for an incremental reading implementation in Anki here:

http://anki.uservoice.com/forums/63835-general/suggestions/2686540-incremental-reading

Reading the exchange regarding the answer key for Wheelock’s Latin book has been very interesting, so much so that I had to make a few comments.

I learned Latin as an adult who returned to school to get a Master’s degree in the Classics. I had never learned Latin in grade school, high school, undergrad, or church ( I was raised Baptist) so I started from zero. I did learn Spanish and French so I thought, how hard can Latin be? I had no clue of what it would take to learn Latin – a LOT of hard work. I enrolled in an aggressive summer program and failed miserably. (The professor wrote me a note suggesting I withdraw from the class, which I did.) In the fall, I took the accelerated beginning Latin class where students learned two semesters of Latin in one semester. This worked much better. Our professor used the Wheelock’s Latin book for our class. As a resourceful student, I was able to obtain the answer key to the book, NOT because I wanted to cheat, but because I really needed to know that I was translating the exercises correctly. Our professor reviewed some of the exercises in class but she never really graded us on completing them. We had plenty of of other materials to better test our learning.

As an older adult in the same class with students who were young enough to be my children, I refrained from sharing the fact that I had the answer key to the book. I understand some of the teachers’ concerns that students will just copy the answers and not do the work. I shared this concern because I remember being a younger student and the tactics and shortcuts we were tempted to take. While I had great respect for my fellow students in class, because of their youth, I thought it might be better to let them create their own good study habits. I’m not saying that they would have cheated – after all, our school was a Catholic institution – but I didn’t want to play the role of tempter.

That said, I would have to agree with Josh when he states that some students simply don’t want to learn anyway. True students of Latin are going to do the work. If they cheat, they don’t want to learn Latin anyway, and the proof will be in their grades. If they do cheat or don’t do the work, but somehow still seem to learn Latin, chances are, those students are just gifted. Trust me, I know. I was in class with some of those “kids” who just “got it.” Man, was I jealous.

For the teachers of Latin, why not use other materials to help the students learn the language, as Jeremy suggested? Just relying on Wheelock is not enough. Plus, with the proliferation of the internet, teachers must become much more savvy in their teaching techniques. Students are pretty sharp these days. Teachers just have to be sharper.

If you are teaching yourself Latin or are refreshing your knowledge (as I am now), having the answers to the exercises is mandatory. How are you supposed to know if you’re learning the language correctly otherwise? Oh, and if it’s relevant in anyway, I did earn an “A” in that Latin class, even with having the answers to the book. That was one of the hardest “As” I’ve ever earned because I found that for me, learning Latin requires doing the work. Period.