Add Spoken Latin to Your Language Ability It’s a simple truth: Latin is a language, and was spoken long before it was ever written down. The language developed with an eye (or ear) to oral communication, and this has been its main use for most of its life. To really […]
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Understanding Latin from the Inside Out Much of Latin seems counter-intuitive to English-speaking students. Seemingly arbitrary and very difficult features of the language like cases, word order, and the incredible number of verb forms not only make the language difficult to learn, they also take a major toll on student […]
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Correcting Our Understanding of Grammar Grammar, as the foundation of language, is an essential element in all good writing. And yet very few opportunities exist for us as adults to think about grammar in a focused way, to explore and question those rules that we so often teach more by […]
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Languages Were Made to Be Spoken The student of French of Spanish comes home on the first day having learned to say a few simple phrases. From the first moments in the classroom, they are beginning to speak in another language, taking the step towards thinking with a foreign mind. […]
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The Path to Better Latin Reading Ability It’s time (at last!) to read Latin Most of those who study a Modern language are studying it in order to be able to speak it, and so they focus on words and expressions that will help them get around a country, have […]
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A Community of Latin Pedagogues Teaching Latin can be hard. For some of us, we’re the only teacher at our school, and, aside from the loneliness of not having others to talk to about what we do, there is the constant pressure to justify our existence. Perhaps we are part […]
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Empowering your Child’s Study What would it take to empower your child’s study of Latin? For you to be able to confidently offer advice and encouragement as a parent, and to have resources to send them to when they need help getting unstuck? The study of Latin isn’t like the […]
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Interventions and Conversations about the Study of Latin These events are single evening discussions offered periodically over Zoom. Although these events are free, registration is required. To learn when they are being offered and for registration windows, join the mailing list. Unlocking Latin: Transforming Your Study of Latin In this […]
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Learn Latin in 20 Weeks Latin is a complex language, and its grammar is not intuitive to native speakers of English. And while there are many resources out there, learning it by yourself remains incredibly challenging, and fraught with peril of misunderstanding. An experienced teacher can greatly accelerate pace of […]
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