by Dwane | Jul 17, 2015 | Education, Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
Over the summer, I have been corresponding with a Latin learner out West. In one of our conversations, she admitted this: By the way, I am 65 years old, so I am no spring chicken, but am wanting to learn Latin to increase my vocabulary. I also do substitute teaching...
by Dwane | Jul 17, 2015 | Education, English
I received a series of questions about the online vocabulary class. I am very interested in auditing this class but before I commit, I have a few questions: 1. What are the major differences between taking this class versus auditing it? 2. If I would audit this...
by Dwane | Jul 16, 2015 | Education
I am a fan of google translate. But, it has limitations. This infographic provides a good breakdown. http://verbalink.com/services/translation-services#translation-infographic
by Dwane | Jul 16, 2015 | Motivation, The Future, Van on the Run
Not long ago, I was in Lake Tahoe, California. Near our hotel was a park bench. On the park bench sat a statue of Mark Twain. Or, Samuel Clemens. Whichever you prefer. Here he is: As I stared at the statue I wondered, “What was Mark Twain doing in Lake...
by Dwane | Jul 16, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: I was wondering if students needed any other book besides the Lingua Latina book? There appear to be a couple of other books that are part of the Lingua Latina ‘program’. Here is my reply: The only other piece I would recommend...
