Richard A. LaFleur, PhD
Richard A. LaFleur is the Franklin Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Georgia, Athens. He received a BA and MA from the University of Virginia and a PhD in classical studies from Duke University. He is the author of many Latin text and pedagogy books as well as numerous articles on Latin language, literature, pedagogy, and teacher-training. LaFleur has received numerous honors and awards, including the APA Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics in 1984, the designation of Honorary ACL President for Life in 1987, the ACL Meritus Award in 2007, and the ACTFL Anthony J. Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education in 2013. He is the revision author of Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition (HarperCollins, 2011) and is the author of Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes (HarperCollins, 2010). LaFleur is coauthor with Brad Tillery of Ovid Vocabulary Cards for AP® Selections (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007), Wheelock's Latin GrammarQuick! (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007), Cumulative Chapter Vocabulary Lists for Wheelock's Latin, 2nd Edition (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2011), and Vocabulary Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary for Wheelock's Latin, 2nd Edition (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2011); he is also the producer of Readings from Wheelock's Latin, read and performed by Mark Robert Miner (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2006).
Books by Richard A. LaFleur, PhD
Cumulative Chapter Vocabulary Lists for Wheelock's Latin: Second Edition
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This book contains 40 cumulative vocabulary lists corresponding to the 40 chapters of Wheelock's Latin (7th Edition) that can be used as a handy resource for student study and review, and as a convenient reference tool for teachers preparing quizzes and composing Latin sentences for translation on tests and in class.
Ovid Vocabulary Cards for AP* Selections
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- 978-0-86516-657-8
These vocabulary cards allow students an easy way to memorize Latin vocabulary words that appear five or more times in the AP* Ovid syllabus selections. The cards are divided into three groups: (1) words occurring 15 or more times, (2) words occurring 9–14 times, and (3) words occurring 5–8 times. 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 breeze!
Readings from Wheelock's Latin MP3 Audio
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A 4-CD audio package, converted to MP3, with recitation (in Restored Classical Pronunciation) of all vocabulary and paradigms for the 40 chapters of Wheelock's Latin, as well as dramatic readings of Sententiae Antiquae and narrative passages in the 40 chapters, and lively performances of brief representative selections from the Loci Antiqui.