<p>I’ve completely exhausted the ap tests offered by college board that are not (fine arts or foreign language), so I’m aiming to self study 1 of the foreign language ones this year: AP Latin (since I have the most knowledge background in this language). I’ve self studied numerous things (13 of my AP tests were self studied), but I find for the first time in my life that I have no idea how to go about self studying for this. Some things helping this are: the revised curriculum of AP Latin for the 2012-2013 school year, the lack of any FORMAL latin lessons (self taught myself 1st, 2nd, 3rd years latin), lack of a PR or Barron’s prep book, lack of a vocab list, etc.</p>
<p>I need help. Please!!!</p>
<p>Can someone help me get started on a path to self study AP Latin?</p>
<p>Rosetta stone along with practice materials released by the college board? I’m clueless, but Rosetta stone is great. The scores on the exam for the new curriculum for the first year should be interesting.</p>
<p>The problem here is that it is not that profitable for a test prep company to supply for Latin considering the smaller number of students that take it. The best method is to buy a book that has the lines in it you need to translate and the notes, then translate all of which is in the required latin section. Make sure to write down words you don’t know and develop an understanding of what you’re reading. AP Latin is very hard. I took Latin for five years and only took one of the Latin AP exams because I didn’t want to put myself through taking it again (I took them back when two Latin exams existed). If you search amazon for AP Latin, you can also find some books on there that may be helpful. I found that “Excelability in Advanced Latin” was very good, but I don’t know if you can get the solutions manual if you are not an instructor.</p>
<p>I would recommend the following:
First, get the two Lingua Latina books by Orberg. Read the first one throughly to review the basic vocab and grammar, and at east the first chapters of the second one, which contains a prose version of the first half of Aeneid. This shouldn’t be too difficult considering your three years of self study.
Then, in the school year, spend half an hour each day going through the required lines of the two books. Try to understand the Latin naturally, and use translations(I recommend Loeb, which are good quality translations in public domain) only to clarify difficult points. Assuming you have the whole school year, aim for half a page of Caesar or 10-15 lines of Vergil every night.
Finally, to put the icing on the cake, read the required English translations and check the Course Description on the AP website for sample test questions. Also search the web for a list of latin literary devices(about 20) to help you with the Free Response. That should cover at least 95% of the exam.</p>