by Dwane | Feb 7, 2015 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week
My students know that I am constantly reminding them to listen to the language they are studying. But, what should you listen to? This is an easy question to answer for modern languages. There is more than enough available. In fact, so much is available, it’s easy...
by Dwane | Feb 7, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Tip of the Week, Uncategorized, Visual Latin
ThinkOutsideTheBorder: Tip of the Week #5 – February 7, 2015 =================================================== My students know that I am constantly reminding them to listen to the language they are studying. But, what should you listen to? This is an easy...
by Dwane | Feb 6, 2015 | Education, German, Motivation
I received this comment: Hello Mr. Thomas (I almost called you Dwane because my class refer to you by that), I want to switch from learning Latin, scholastically, to German or Norwegian. The problem is that I don’t have a clue what resources would be good, other...
by Dwane | Feb 5, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Motivation, The Future
I am about to give you some advice that I do not intend to follow. Usually, this is not my modus operandi. I tend to ask my students to do only what I myself am willing to do. I read this blog, however, and found it inspiring. You might find it inspiring as well....
by Dwane | Feb 4, 2015 | Education, English, German, Italian, Latin, Tip of the Week, Visual Latin
Hey, everyone! I will be talking here about one of my favorite subjects in a few weeks. So… you know… if you have nothing to do for Valentines… http://www.ihomeschoolstudio.com/2015/01/06/foreign-language/
by Dwane | Feb 3, 2015 | Education, Latin, Motivation
This year, I am teaching a Latin course for students in Classical Conversations. We are reading through the text First Year Latin, by Robert Henle. I am going to be honest. Mr Henle’s book is not my favorite Latin book. It is no secret that Lingua Latina, by Hans...
