by Dwane | Sep 23, 2017 | German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Tip of the Week
I took the last three weeks off. Well… from writing a tip of the week. Just couldn’t find the time. August is the busiest month of the year for me. I spend most of my time getting ready for the upcoming courses, answering questions, registering...
by Dwane | Mar 11, 2017 | Education, German
I received this question: I’ve recently decided that I’m going to do my best to learn German. Do you have any books or anything that you would suggest using? Here is my reply: I love this question. I wish I could get back to studying German full time. I would...
by Dwane | Nov 23, 2015 | Education, German
I received this question: I have heard that you speak German, but I do not know if you are fluent, or if that is one of the languages that you are working towards fluency. Anyway, I have been looking for something similar to Lingua Latina, but in German. Do you...
by Dwane | Nov 17, 2015 | Education, English, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
This week (and probably next week) my etymology students and I will study the Greek and Latin words for, well, word. I find it fascinating to take a look at every word we study in about ten different languages. All of these languages are somehow related to our very...
by Dwane | Sep 5, 2015 | Education, English, German, Grammar, Latin
I received this email: Yesterday, a tutor talked to the parents about the importance of reviewing English grammar no matter what language they are studying. She told us that our kids can’t give the ‘logical’ grammar terms. For example, verbs...
by Dwane | May 21, 2015 | Education, English, German, Spanish
Yesterday, I blogged about the English pronoun “you.” Here is part of the post: Often you will hear people say things like, “I can’t read the King James Version of the Bible. I get tired of the formal ‘thee’s’ and ‘thou’s.’” Funny thing is, those...