by Dwane | Oct 22, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
My students in Lingua Latina classes just learned the difference between active and passive verbs. My students in Henle Latin are about to learn the difference. Hopefully, this video will help a...
by Dwane | Oct 21, 2015 | Latin
For those in chapter 21 of Lingua Latina, question 2 is going to get you. Unless… you watch this: Who hit...
by Dwane | Oct 17, 2015 | Education, Latin
Quite a few of my students struggled with this question this...
by Dwane | Oct 17, 2015 | Education, Latin
It’s no secret. I think the New Testament is the greatest intermediate textbook when you are learning a language. As soon as you are done with the grammar of a language, you are going to want something to read. Read the New Testament. Here is the New Testament...
by Dwane | Oct 16, 2015 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email a few days ago. It inspired me. I hope I am still pushing myself mentally at 65! “Just a note to let you know I am a new subscriber to your email list and love it! The above one about archives.org is very interesting. Also, your email...
by Dwane | Oct 16, 2015 | Education, Latin
by Dwane | Oct 16, 2015 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this comment: Comment: Are there any additional worksheets for Latin 1 lessons? We could use some extra practice starting with lesson 7. Here is my reply: For extra practice, there are several things you can do. I always recommend that students start...
by Dwane | Oct 15, 2015 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this from one of my online students: I am having problems with Pronouns. Do you have a recording I could listen to that could help? Here is my reply: Well, there is always Visual Latin lessons 19 and 20. These may help as...
by Dwane | Oct 15, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Hi Mr. Thomas! I had a question about the Lingva Latina. I have trouble with the HW assignments after the chapters, because I feel like it is stuff I have’t learned. For example the translating to English. In the normal work there is none of...
by Dwane | Oct 14, 2015 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email: Comment: We are loving Visual Latin. Just came across a word in lesson 16B, that relates differently from what the answers state. Question #40. Ovis ultra campum est. The answer book says The sheep is beyond the river. Should it not be...
by Dwane | Oct 14, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin, Q&A
I received a question you are probably all asking: I am wondering which things(lists/endings/etc) need to be memorized in Visual Latin I for High School? I do not want to kill the joy my daughter is experiencing with your program by memorizing every list; however, she...
by Dwane | Oct 9, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this comment: We love your home school products! I have a question about Visual Latin. My children and I completed the first 25 lessons and did the worksheets as we completed each lesson. We even took a few days in between some of the episodes to memorize...
by Dwane | Oct 9, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: We are using Visual Latin and really enjoying it. Do you have a Latin/English dictionary that you recommend? I see several on Amazon and was wondering if you prefer one. Thank you for your time. Here is my reply: As for dictionaries…,...
by Dwane | Oct 5, 2015 | Education, Motivation
For seven years, my family of seven lived in a 900 square foot apartment. We owned it. So, technically, it was a condo. The name change did not change the size of the place. It was still small. For seven years, my wife and I slept on a mat in the living room/dining...
by Dwane | Oct 3, 2015 | Tip of the Week
This was a tip from Bill Meyer’s Tip of the Week. Thought you might enjoy it as well. =================================================== Using the Wayback Machine Have you ever wondered how long a particular web site has been around? Or what it looked like...
by Dwane | Oct 3, 2015 | Education, Latin
An online magazine, interested in promoting Visual Latin, had some questions for me this week. I thought I would share my answers. Here are their questions: – How many hours is the course? Specifically each video lesson, and how long it will take on average to...
by Dwane | Oct 2, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this comment: We ordered the Visual Latin program and love it. I would appreciate a phone call or phone number to contact someone and ask about recommend methods for memorizing the case endings. Here is my reply: I wish there were an easy answer to this....
by Dwane | Oct 1, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
I received this email: Hi there, I ran across your blog in my internet search for “Henle Latin diagram answers” I am a Classical Conversations Challenge A tutor and learning Latin right along with my students this year. I am struggling because the...
by Dwane | Oct 1, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: I bought Visual Latin for my 6th grader. He is really enjoying the classes. I find that as we move on in the lessons he is not getting enough practice from only 1 worksheet per lesson to understand the concept. Are there more practice...
by Dwane | Oct 1, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this series of questions: I am a bit confused about the comment on page 6 under the Heading #4 in the Visual Latin teacher’s guide, “Tests are designed to be used only with VL after completing all three sections. If you are using Lingua Latina,...
by Dwane | Sep 29, 2015 | The Future, Travel
I am sadly watching Europe collapse. Europe is home to me. Born in Oxford, and raised primarily in England, Holland, and Germany, I can’t wait to get back. I work hard. In many ways, I work hard so that I can afford to go back. I miss home. This letter made...
by Dwane | Sep 28, 2015 | Education, Motivation
For years, I have subscribed to Bob Bly’s newsletter. Now and then, I think of unsubscribing. After all, I get about 100 emails a day. I try to respond to all of them. It would be nice to receive only 99. Just when I am about to unsubscribe, he does...
by Dwane | Sep 28, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: My daughter is doing Challenge 1 with Classical Conversations. Is there a way for her to purchase the video lessons of your classes. Would that be auditing the class? We have also purchased VL – which we all LOVE – and that...
by Dwane | Sep 26, 2015 | Latin
I received this email: I have a couple questions for you. My son is only completing the exercise you give for homework. He’s not learning vocabulary or grammar rules. My daughters are always meticulous with Latin writing everything down. They do pretty well in...
by Dwane | Sep 26, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this email. We are super struggling with Henle. Obviously, we are in a CC community, and I’ve tutored for many years. But all four of my boys, along with me, are stuck on verbs. Am considering ditching Henle and simply doing VL only. Am sure...
