by Dwane | Jul 18, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Cynosure: the center of attention. Think of a dinosaur. He is always the cynosure. Incidentally, if I were half horse, and half man, I would be the centaur of attention. A Cynosure can also be something that serves as a guide. Polaris, in the constellation Ursa...
by Dwane | Jul 17, 2015 | Latin, Visual Latin
A student is bewildered by the differences between the indicative mood and the imperative mood. This topic appears in Visual Latin lesson 12. Here is her mother: She does not understand how to change the words to indicative or imperative. The endings seem to vary so...
by Dwane | Jul 17, 2015 | Education, Greek, Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
I received this question: I am going to start my rising 6th grader in Latin this year. We have decided to use Visual Latin – Thank you! She started a Mandarin class last year and has decided to continue. I saw one of your interviews on foreign language and it...
by Dwane | Jul 17, 2015 | Education, Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
Over the summer, I have been corresponding with a Latin learner out West. In one of our conversations, she admitted this: By the way, I am 65 years old, so I am no spring chicken, but am wanting to learn Latin to increase my vocabulary. I also do substitute teaching...
by Dwane | Jul 16, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: I was wondering if students needed any other book besides the Lingua Latina book? There appear to be a couple of other books that are part of the Lingua Latina ‘program’. Here is my reply: The only other piece I would recommend...
by Dwane | Jul 15, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: I have a reluctant Latin learner (6th grader). We purchased visual Latin a couple months ago, but will be starting classical conversations in the fall. So what the difference is between visual and henle and which would be better for him? Here...
