by Dwane | Jan 26, 2015 | Tip of the Week
I subscribe to Bill Myers’s Tip of the Week. I thought you might be able to use this one. Maybe you should choose your favorite Latin word as your password. 🙂 Bill Myers Tip of the Week – January 24, 2015...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, Latin
If you are learning Latin, chances are, you will need some help. Free help is good. You will find plenty of free help on YouTube. After filming Visual Latin, I began loading free videos to YouTube. I try to load a video every day of the week, but Sunday. Naturally,...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
The verb porto, in Latin means, to carry or, to bring. In all its glory, the verb is: porto, portare, portavi, portatum. English pulls quite a few words out of this particular Latin hat. Before we get to that, however, let’s take a look at the way Romance...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, Latin, Q&A, ScreenCasts
In the homework section of Lingua Latina, chapter 10, is a question that causes trouble for many of my students. The question, “Quid agunt mercatores” hinges on the verb “agunt”. The verb, which means, to do, is fully conjugated...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin
ThinkOutsideTheBorder: Tip of the Week – January 24, 2015 ==================================================== If you are learing Latin, chances are, you will need some help. Free help is good. You will find plenty of free help on YouTube. After filming Visual...
by Dwane | Jan 23, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
The real reason I abandoned the Restored Classical pronunciation. My greatest problem with the “restored classical pronunciation”, is that its proponents tend to be pushy. They spend a lot of time emphasizing the “correct” pronunciation. They spend a...
by Dwane | Jan 22, 2015 | Education, English, Grammar, ScreenCasts
Here is the latest video in new series, Diagramming English. In this video, you will learn how to diagram prepositional phrases. These videos are particularly helpful for students learning Latin via First Year Latin by Robert Henle. In “Henle” Latin, the...
by Dwane | Jan 21, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this email: Hi! I use Visual Latin with my older children, and will start it later with my boys who are in 2nd & 3rd grade. Is there any way to add Latin now with them? Just start learning vocabulary? Or are there concepts they can start learning now?...
by Dwane | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Nostalgia: a longing for home; a longing for better days. From Greek νοσταλγία (nostalgia), which further derives from νόστος (a return home), and ἄλγος (pain, suffering).
by Dwane | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Adult: a person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. From Latin adultus (mature, ripe, fully grown).
by Dwane | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts
Diagramming Predicate Nominatives is a lot like diagramming Direct Objects. There is just one little twist. Find out what it is...
by Dwane | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email: Dwane, My daughter is currently on Lesson 15 of Visual Latin. When I go to check her “Reading and Translation” part, she goes for a literal translation compared to yours. Do you have any suggestions to correct this or should I not worry about...
by Dwane | Jan 19, 2015 | English, Grammar, ScreenCasts
Ever wondered how to diagram Indirect Objects? No, of course you haven’t. Oh well, if you ever do wonder, watch this...
by Dwane | Jan 19, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
abyss: a bottomless pit; an unfathomable depth; or even, a hopeless situation. From Greek ἄβυσσος (bottomless). This word breaks down into ἀ (not) and βυθός (deep place). I’ve never seen this abyss, though I hope to while traveling “out West” this...
by Dwane | Jan 19, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Expert: a person with a particular skill, special knowledge, or a person who knows a lot about a particular subject. Expert derives from the Latin expertus (tried, tested, proven by experience). Expertus is the past participle of the verb experior (to test, to put to...
by Dwane | Jan 17, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts
Ever wonder how to diagram a prepositional phrase? There really isn’t much to it. Find out how to do it in this...
by Dwane | Jan 17, 2015 | Ebook, Greek, Latin, Motivation, The Future
I’ve been studying languages for over 20 years. Along the way, I’ve picked up some tips and tricks. Sign up for the “Tip of the Week” and, every Saturday, I’ll send it straight to your inbox. Of course, if you don’t want another email in your bulging inbox, you can...
by Dwane | Jan 17, 2015 | Tip of the Week
Last week, I recommended you find time to listen to your target language every day. But… how much time should you spend listening? Personally, I try to spend two hours a day listening to the language I am learning. These days, it’s Greek. If you study three hours a...
by Dwane | Jan 16, 2015 | Education, Motivation
I named my site “Think Outside the Border” for many reasons. I grew up overseas. When you grow up outside, you see America from the outside. It just happens that way. More and more people are “thinking outside borders” when it comes to...
by Dwane | Jan 15, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts
The next video in the English diagramming series is here! I am slowly working my way through the famous First Year Latin text by Robert Henle. This is not my favorite Latin book (Lingua Latina, by Hans Orberg is.), but, I have quite a few students working their way...
by Dwane | Jan 14, 2015 | English, Latin, ScreenCasts
In one of my online Latin classes, the First Year Henle Latin class, we take a grammatical approach to learning Latin. Unfortunately, there is simply never enough time to cover all that we need to cover. With this in mind, I am launching a new Chalkboard series on...
by Dwane | Jan 13, 2015 | Motivation
This article resonated with me. For years, I have wanted to work from home. I have spent some time working in drama filled, toxic environments and found myself, often, eager to strike out on my own. These days, I am home about half the time. I divide my working...
by Dwane | Jan 12, 2015 | Education, Latin, Motivation
This year, I am taking a team of students through First Year Latin, by Robert Henle. We set out to read the book in two years. As we read, however, I am realizing it would be better to speed up. We need to read the book in one year. Better to rip a band-aid off in...
by Dwane | Jan 10, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Motivation
You have already completed one language program. You spent the first few years of your life listening to your parents. Whether you knew it or not, you were enrolled in a language immersion school. For the first few years of your life you slept – a lot. You...
by Dwane | Jan 10, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin, Tip of the Week
You have already completed one language program. You spent the first few years of your life listening to your parents. Whether you knew it or not, you were enrolled in a language immersion school. For the first few years of your life you slept – a lot. You...
