Why upgrade to Latin without Tears 32-bit?

New OCR Passages

This new edition for 2007 incorporates 54 new passages drawn from the OCR GCSE Latin examination papers dating
from 1999 to 2006 - both Foundation and Higher Tiers. This brings the total number of GCSE practice passages to 106.

Adjusting the amount of help available to students

The teacher now enjoys much greater control over how much help is available to students. Although generous help is vital for students revising in isolation, some teachers have complained that there is too much help available to those using the program in the classroom - with the result that students are not always sufficiently challenged to work out the Latin for themselves. In particular, the Analysis Window - which suggests the word order for a literal translation into English - has been said to make things a little too easy at times! In response to teachers’ suggestions, the following new range of Options are available to teachers in possession of a password:

Meaning Button	Can be wholly disabled.
Hint Button	Can be wholly disabled. Otherwise, it can be partly disabled so that only a brief hint is available with none of the exhaustive notes on translation usually provided.
Analysis Button	Can be wholly disabled. Otherwise, it can be partly disabled so that the English order line is hidden.
English Button	Can be wholly disabled.

Disabling/Enabling Selected Passages

Now that some of the most recent OCR passages are available in the program, it may be important for teachers to hold some of these in reserve as genuine "unseens". The new version of the program enables teachers to disable as many passages as they like using their password. The disabled passages are "greyed out" on the Passage menus. It is easy to enable the passages again if necessary.

Maps

One innovation in this new version of the program is the inclusion of seven new full-colour maps of the classical world. These maps that can be viewed on screen: Ancient Rome, Italy, Central Italy, Campania & Pompeii, Greece & the Aegean, Greece and its Cities and Asia. On the CD, there are high-resolution versions of the maps in .tif format suitable for printing directly or inclusion in teaching notes. Please click on the Maps link to view the maps as seen in the program.

Original Latin Texts

Another innovation is the inclusion, where possible, of the original Latin text from which a Latin passage has been adapted. This will be of most interest to teachers, of course, but could offer to more advanced students a stimulating opportunity for comparison and discussion.