Continues great approach begun in Minimus.
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Minimus Secundus continues the rich combination of language instruction, Roman-British culture, grammar concepts, vocabulary, Roman culture, British culture, photos of real museum artifacts, and stories from classical times that characterized Minimus.
Flavius's family is picked up 5 years later, after the daughter is married. They are transferred to York, and the move is detailed. The difficulty of the Latin accelerates noticeably.
I found the use of the Minimus series added a break in formal instruction that was eagerly anticipated in every day's lesson. The comic-strip illustrations and the continuing story holds interest high.
I very much appreciate the approach of using forms that have not yet been explicitly introduced, and then explaining grammar concepts one at a time after their use in the stories. It is a natural learning approach that works well for my students.
The photos of real artefacts that my students have themselves seen in the museums adds great immediacy, and the fact that the Roman life is set in Britain, with a British family slave, also makes the material much more relevant.
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