Comments on: Wheelock’s Latin 6th Edition Answer Key

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:25:43 +0000

Wheelock’s *does* have an answer key, one which can be requested from the publishers. I’m going to edit this post to reflect that, and then, perhaps, this army of Latin teachers who find my behavior appalling will get off my back.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:22:52 +0000

Mark:

I’m sorry you’re disgusted, but as I tried to explain previously, my concern isn’t really directed at high school (or college) students learning in a classroom environment. My blog is very clearly aimed at self learners such as myself, and for those people, accessing an answer key is quite helpful.

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:29:38 +0000

The link does not work anymore, for some reason…

By: Dead Language

Dead Language — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:53:59 +0000

the new link does not work:(
please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:32:30 +0000

A suggestion? There are plenty of Latin texts out there with answer keys. Ecce Romani. Cambridge Latin. Latin for Americas. All of them have teacher books with answers. Wheelocks does not have an answer key, but there are plenty of others that do.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:31:04 +0000

Oh, and Josh, your “If students don’t want to learn, they don’t want to learn” mantra clearly demonstrates that you have no educational experience. If students don’t have an easy out, it forces them to put more effort into it. That’s the case the vast majority of the time.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:25:43 +0000

I’m frankly disgusted that this is available by simply searching for this online. I’m another Latin teacher, and the fact that my students can simply Google a sentence from Wheelock and find this answer key is ridiculous.

Just to let you know, students do get expelled for plagiarism. The students, of course, are responsible for making the decision to use this, but life would be much easier if this was not available. Or, would require some kind of verification sign-on that would prevent students from wanting to access it.

Please keep in mind that this isn’t helping the academic process at all for high school students. All it does is encourage them to be lazy and copy these.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:23:23 +0000

Oops, someone already said all this for me. Correction to: I agree with Josh!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:22:11 +0000

The tests will determine whether the students are able to understand the material. Not having the answers is simply an unnecessary handicap. I struggled for years with math because I didn’t understand the process. Once I had answer keys available to me I could check my work and find my own errors. It helps a great deal. Furthermore the book is designed for self-study as well as school-study. If I don’t have answer key and I don’t have an instructor how am I going to get anywhere?

My one confusion is that my text does appear to have an answer key. It is the revised sixth edition, maybe they started including them.

By: L. E.

L. E. — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:52:59 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this! I was an avid student of Latin in high school, over a decade ago now. I decided recently to refresh my skills and relearn on my own what I’ve forgotten over the years. Bought Wheelock’s, as I was told it was one of the better books these days. Imagine my surprise when the book arrived and didn’t have any way to verify any of my translations. Talk about frustrating! So, I’m very grateful for the pdf key you’ve posted! Now, I can get back to work in earnest! Thank you!