Car time = Learning time.

by | Feb 21, 2015 | Tip of the Week

Do you spend a lot of time in the car? According to Anne Lutz Fenandez in her book, Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on our Lives, Americans spend eighteen and a half hours a week in their cars!  That’s more than two and a half hours in the car…...

Start reading.

by | Feb 14, 2015 | Latin, Tip of the Week

Chances are, someone in town teaches Latin.  Sign up.  Learning from an expert has its advantages. Be careful with this one, though.  Find out the style of teaching the teacher is using.  Interview former students.  Can they read in Latin?  Can they speak Latin?  Do...

Joining a local language class

by | Feb 14, 2015 | Education, Motivation, Tip of the Week

Chances are, someone in town teaches Latin.  Sign up.  Learning from an expert has its advantages.   Be careful with this one though.  Find out the style of teaching the teacher is using.  Interview former students.  Can they read in Latin?  Can they speak Latin?  Do...

Listen to Latin

by | Feb 7, 2015 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week

My students know that I am constantly reminding them to listen to the language they are studying. But, what should you listen to? This is an easy question to answer for modern languages.  There is more than enough available.  In fact, so much is available, it’s easy...