by Dwane | Dec 3, 2016 | Latin
Henle Latin is full of some of the most brutal sentences you’ll ever translate. One of my students just included this note to any national security agency might be reading our emails: “To any NSA member reading this, no I’m not a terrorist who...
by Dwane | Nov 30, 2016 | Education, Italian, Latin
The other day, I received a sad email. Here it is: I am looking for someone to practise speaking with using the lingua Latina course as the basis.i have had two tutors but I am still not able to speak the language after 11 years of effort. Do your online courses help...
by Dwane | Nov 29, 2016 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Just to clarify: The syllabus schedule would have us meeting, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14 and Dec 21, then NOT meeting on Dec 28 & Jan 4. GoToMeeting (and thus my calendar) have us skipping Dec 21 and Dec 28 and then meeting Jan 4. ...
by Dwane | Nov 19, 2016 | Education, Latin
Not long ago, while I was working online, an advertisement popped up. It posed a simple question. “Which Latin author do you prefer?” The advertisement, in the form of a survey, gave four choices. I could choose Cicero, Ceasar, Virgil, or Livy. I prefer none of...
by Dwane | Nov 1, 2016 | Education, Latin
This is from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I am in complete agreement. ================================================== I have already mentioned that I had only one year’s instruction in a Latin School, and that when very young, after which I...
by Dwane | Oct 21, 2016 | Latin
I received this email: I was one of your Lingua Latina 1 Students last year. I did not complete the course (I got about 1/3 of the way through) then, (life got in the way) but I would like to, and I was wondering what you think would be the best action for me to...