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Second Year Latin, Test 4
For those interested, Test 4 of Second Year Latin by Robert Henle is now up. If you decide to check it out, please let me know if you spot any mistakes. Here it is: https://dwanethomas.com/module-1/lesson-4-test/ Live classes start again on September 3rd, right after...
Does Henle two meet twice a week?
I received this question: Hello Mr. Thomas, My students are moving on to Henle 2 in the fall. Your schedule for next year states T and Th 11am-12noon EST. They prefer the live classes and would like to know if the schedule means that they're attending 2 live classes...
Could I see an example class?
Visual Latin is a professionally filmed series. I do not personally sell it. It is available here from Compass Classroom. Once they have completed Visual Latin many of my students want to further their Latin studies. That's where this site comes in. Every year I...
Early morning Henle Latin, anyone?
I've been on the road for a while. Weddings in New York, and stuff like that. But, I am home now and intend to go no where for a long time. To force myself out of bed early every morning (I love to sleep in) I am considering an early morning Henle Latin class. At...
Does Henle Latin work well with Lingua Latina?
I received this question: My son is enrolled in Classical Conversations and heading into Challenge II this fall. He has done Henle I for the past 3 years and this past year, the second semester really got away on him... all those verb tenses. He scheduled his hour of...
Should I start with Henle Latin, or Lingua Latina?
I received this question: Hi, confused over the statement for Lingua Latina, where it says 'postponed til we finish Henle Latin'. Why on earth would finishing Henle Latin be a precursor to starting Lingua Latina? I thought Lingua Latina stood on its own as the...
Who wants to be a millionaire? Not me.
In his book, The Four-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferris asks a question we should all ask ourselves as we work. The question goes something like this. "Would you rather earn $50,000 a year, but set your own hours, and have plenty of free time? Or. would you rather work 80...
Lingua Latina survived
While searching for information on the long defunct Nature Method Language Institute, I ran across an old advertisement. At one time there were French, Spanish, English, Russian and Latin books in the series. Only the Latin book, Lingua Latina, survived. I have...
Henle Latin and transcripts
I'll get to Henle Latin and transcripts in just a moment. First, I need to let you know that I have been up to something this summer. This summer I have decided to go a different direction. I was going to teach some summer courses. Like a republicrat, I changed...
Snort.
Hopefully not in your house. Certainly not in mine. Still... this made me laugh out loud. And, these days, little does. Saw it on Twitter.