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Written by Terry Bird
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A running vocabulary should be instantly available as you read a text, with no irritating search in the back of the book or on the next page or in a mini alphabetical list. Clicking on words on online texts is fun but very slow for learners.
Although I have produced running vocabularies for 35 years or so, they have recently taken a sharp step forward with the advent of new technology, a successful utility for typing Greek on the PC (Antioch), and the possibility of downloading whole Greek and Latin texts and immediately incorporating them into one’s own work.
I think I now have the ideal solution, the page turned sideways (landscape), the text on the left, nicely spaced, and the vocabulary absolutely tailored to the lines, instantly available to the flick of an eye. This is not an edition but a tremendous aid for a first reading. Only some of these RVs have text as well, but all future ones will be like this. Current users seem delighted by the response of their students. |
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Written by Terry Bird
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April 2010. All the AS texts for Latin and Greek (2009-2011) are available now, as are all the A2 Latin and Greek texts (2010-2012). Running vocabularies for A level cost £23, and for GCSE £16. This cost provides unlimited copies to the institution purchasing.
To see all the current set texts and past texts I cover go below to Read More and then cycle through the four pages by double clicking on Next. Pages 3 and 4 have lots of information
GCSE 2010 (OCR)
Latin
Aeneid 6 two columns with the text in the left column and vocabulary and hints for construing off the ends of the lines in the right column.
Greek
Tales from Herodotus (The Ethiopians)
Odyssey 9: two columns with the text in the left column and vocabulary and hints for construing off the ends of the lines in the right column.
GCSE 2011 (OCR)
Latin
Aeneid 2 : two columns with the text in the left column and vocabulary and hints for construing off the ends of the lines in the right column.
Greek
Tales from Herodotus (Infancy of Cyrus)
Odyssey 6 : two columns with the text in the left column and vocabulary and hints for construing off the ends of the lines in the right column. |
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Running vocabularies 