<p>We used Artes Latinae. But once my daughter got maybe a third to a half of the way through the second level, we realized she didn’t enjoy studying Latin anymore. It seems you reach the point where there are much longer translations and more words to simply memorize all at once rather than spread out. So we switched to Wheelocks, which was largely review but still something she needed. I guess it reached the point where having a book to review would help.</p>
<p>For people not wedded to a particular pace and/or those who like computerized learning, AL would be great at least in the beginning. Frankly, I haven’t heard of anyone going through both levels. They must exist, but the folks I’ve heard from over the years (admittedly not a great many!) have all gotten bogged down in the same place we did. Still, we thought it was an excellent program for most of the time we used it – and I doubt my daughter would have enjoyed Wheelock’s just starting out.</p>
<p>hsmomstef, what is your son using for Arabic? My daughter is planning on her college junior year in Cairo (one year away). She will study Arabic there but some introductory study next summer would be useful, I think.</p>