by Dwane | Jan 3, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Guys, I will not be around today. My grandfather turns 90 today. I will spend much of the day driving to a party for him. While I am on the road, here is a repost. Of course, if you have never read this… it is a new post. It is an answer to the most common...
by Dwane | Dec 27, 2014 | Education, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
I am thinking of offering a new class in the spring. There are so many English words that come from Latin and Greek roots. Really. Once you start digging, it is astonishing what you find. Growing up, I had no idea how influenced our language was by Classical...
by Dwane | Dec 23, 2014 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
I received this question recently: My son is doing your visual Latin course and he is on lesson 13. When he translates the sentences and paragraphs there seems to be a lot of words that he has not learned yet. Should we look these up or are missing where they are...
by Dwane | Dec 23, 2014 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this question: Is there a particular grammar book for Latin that you would recommend reading and re-reading? Here is my reply: Yes. There is. Short answer: Lingua Latina by Hans Orberg. Long answer: I looked for an answer to this question for years....
by Dwane | Dec 22, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts, Uncategorized, Visual Latin
A few weeks ago, I received this email: Hi! I am enjoying learning Latin along with my daughters age 16,12, and 11. Chapter XII test. Problem 40. The woman has wisdom. The answer key shows the answer to be sapientiam. This led to a spirited conversation of whether...
by Dwane | Dec 20, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
My family and I are in East Tennessee this weekend. For the last fifteen years or so, we have spent at least some of our Christmas vacation out here. Teaching can be a tough way to make a living, but, there are some perks to the job. Teachers get much more time...
