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Great choice! Latin is easy enough to pick up fairly quickly but rigorous enough that it gives students a good taste of a highly inflected language. He should be able to make a lot of progress in a year or two with a demanding teacher. </p>
<p>If he has the time and interest this summer, it wouldn’t hurt to at least start looking through [url=<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Wheelocks-Latin-7th/dp/0061997226/]Wheelock[/url”>http://www.amazon.com/Wheelocks-Latin-7th/dp/0061997226/]Wheelock[/url</a>]. As with most Indo-European languages, amassing a sufficient vocabulary for reading purposes is the most time consuming part of the learning process. These days there’s lots of good resources on the internet and even Latin apps for smartphones. </p>