Athens, Franklin, and all those Latin endings.

I received this question: I want to ask you for some guidance with Henle Latin and my (our) student. She is doing really well at translating Latin into English.  However, when we go English to Latin, she consistently gets endings wrong (although she usually has the...

Become a “chicken entrepreneur”.

They say there is another recession coming.  Let’s hope not.  I have plenty of bad memories from the last one. Now may be the time to become a “chicken entrepreneur”. What am I talking about? I first heard of this concept when I read Michael...

Google Translate

Some of my students use Google translate before they send me their homework.  Google translate is great for individual words, and for pronunciation practice.  With full sentences and paragraphs, things can get...

Wheelock’s Latin?

I received this question: I have a question about your Latin course. My daughter is 14 and she has just started an online Latin course that uses Wheelock’s Latin. She is having a very hard time with it, there seems to be an overwhelming amount of information in...

Praise for Via…

“What you do by telling others in a practical and efficient way how to learn Latin well is to tell them in a practical and efficient way how to do anything well. You obviously love language, and you can see in the resources you offer and the points you discuss...