by Dwane | Sep 4, 2015 | Latin
I received a series of questions about my online classes. Some of you may find this helpful. My answers are going to look like this. Good morning, I am writing to you ask a few questions about your online class for Lingua Latina. My 13-year-old daughter (turns 14 on...
by Dwane | Aug 31, 2015 | Latin
The real reason I abandoned the Restored Classical pronunciation. My greatest problem with the “restored classical pronunciation”, is that its proponents tend to be pushy. They spend a lot of time emphasizing the “correct” pronunciation. They spend a lot...
by Dwane | Aug 17, 2015 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
Someone asked: “Is there a particular grammar book for Latin that you would recommend reading and re-reading?” Here is my short answer: Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. Here is my long answer: I have looked for an answer to this question for years. Really. ...
by Dwane | Aug 15, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this inquiry: “When reading the chapter ever day are they (we, I’m trying to do this with her) suppose to be reading in English, Latin or both? Also: We are using the Cassell’s Latin Dictionary both Latin-English and English-Latin. Many of...
by Dwane | Aug 11, 2015 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email from a Visual Latin user. He gets it. I added the Vulgate into the course on purpose. “Of course, your winning personality and humor won me over immediately when I first found your VL program online. The bite size portions and the...
by Dwane | Aug 7, 2015 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this inquiry: Comment: I’m teaching Visual Latin to a group of 8th graders. I’m wondering if there is a chart or resource somewhere that tells me which nouns belong in which declension as they are introduced lesson by lesson? I’d like to...
