by Dwane | Feb 25, 2016 | Education, English, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
For the first time in 20 years, I will not be in a classroom next school year. For the last five years, I have raced home after school to start teaching online from 3 o’clock in the afternoon until 6 o’clock in the evening, or so. The problem is, my mind...
by Dwane | Feb 24, 2016 | Education, English, Latin, Spanish
I received this question: I’m 26 and currently learning French and later want to learn Spanish. The only problem is that I have quite a bit of trouble with grammar. Do you think the visual Latin course would be helpful to learn French and Spanish? Here is my...
by Dwane | Feb 8, 2016 | Education, English, Greek, Italian
I received some questions from a former student: So I’m taking an astronomy class this semester, and just learned about perihelions and aphelions in ellipses. I’m thinking it has a Greek (ancient Greek) tie in, since Helios was the old sun god in Greek...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2016 | Education, English, Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered why animals make different sounds in different languages? Here’s the...
by Dwane | Dec 7, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Logo-maniac: One who is obsessively interested in words. From Greek λόγος (logos) and μανία (mania), meaning: madness. I think this is me. I am not sure that is a good thing….
by Dwane | Nov 23, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Looking for a vocabulary list for the famous Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg? You can also access the vocabulary on Quizlet. Just type in Lingua Latina. Or, you can find the vocabulary in alphabetical order here: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ll1/MasterVocab.pdf Or,...
