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Abeka Language and Composition

“Together A Beka Reading and A Beka Language form the complete A Beka Language Arts curriculum, one of the best-designed curriculums available. You can’t go wrong buying the complete curriculum, whether for classroom or home school use.” this opionion is expressed by The National Right to Read Foundation

It has been said that while Abeka is comprehensive, it isn’t very engaging.  It all depends on your child whether Abeka Language Worktexts are a good fit. Children that are visual learners and don’t mind doing daily workbook assignments will probably like Abeka Language. I hear from families that love Abeka and just as often I hear from those who feel that Abeka leads to burnout and is too much like traditional school in its approach.

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Abeka Language and Composition Review by Homeschool Reviews, July 17, 2009

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We used Abeka Language and Composition workbooks more than any other Abeka subject. We used Language B and also Language I,II, and III. We were not a slave to the workbooks. We used them to practice good grammar usage and to learn how to diagram sentences. We did not usually do the composition exercises, Most of our composition was incorporated with our unit studies so we rarely used the composition section of the worktext. We did not complete all the Grammar exercises either. If the children already had a good understanding of what was taught in a Grammar lesson and exercises, there was no need to waste time on it, and I would let them skip those parts in the text. It was all about fitting the curriculum to our children rather than fitting the children to the curriculum.

As I have related in another review, Easy Grammar was our main Grammar text and it only took a year to complete it. We did not see the need to do intensive grammar every year. Using Abeka Language workbooks just provided some extra practice for the children and went further than Easy Grammar in the high school levels.

Those who are pursuing a classical education for their children will probably be happy with Abeka Language workbooks since they provide such a strong background in Grammar as well as a lot of diagramming practice. (I like the diagramming, but my children didn’t) It was because of Susan Wise Bauer’s recommendation of this curriculum in her book, The Well Trained Mind that we decided to cover Grammar beyond the Easy Grammar curriculum.

reviewed by Julie from Best Homeschool Buys

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