Abandon Latin

I received this sad email from one of my students: I wanted to talk to you because I feel like I’m having more trouble this year compared to last. I’m able to figure out a sentence, but the fluency of being able to read or hear a sentence and understand its meaning...

Help with classical pronunciation?

I received this email: In your Visual Latin, you explain the difference between classical and Ecclesiastical pronunciation.   Which do you use in these courses or do you continue to differentiate?  We  use classical and finding courses that don’t make learning...

Henle Latin… do I start over?

I received this email: My son was taking your Henle 1 class on Wednesdays at 3pm.  He started getting very overwhelmed when you started covering new material (he’s currently in Challenge B with CC) and he felt like he didn’t have time to keep up and...

Can we join Henle Latin mid-year?

 I received this question: My daughter has had Henle Latin for a year and a half through Classical Conversations.  We are currently moving to another state and so we have to withdraw her from the Classical Conversations class she is in.  Since I am no Latin scholar,...

Lingua Latina 29 question

I received a brainy question from one of my Lingua Latina students… ================================================== Hi, Mr. Thomas –  I hope your week is off to a great start! I had a question from chapter 29.  I know the difference between gerunds...

Help with Henle?

I received this comment: Hi! My dd started classical conversations this year as a freshman (challenge 1). We had no prior exposure to Latin.  We quickly realized we could not keep up with her class that had been doing Henle for 2 years. We started over on our own.  We...