How I am teaching myself French

Most people come to this site looking with one question.  “Can you help us get through the Henle Latin series?” The answer is, “Yes.  I can.  I think it may destroy my sanity in the end, but, yes.  I can help you get through the Henle Latin...

I’m back.

I took the last three weeks off.  Well… from writing a tip of the week.  Just couldn’t find the time. August is the busiest month of the year for me.   I spend most of my time getting ready for the upcoming courses, answering questions, registering...

Should we keep going in Latin?

I received this letter: Comment: Hi, My son is going into ninth grade and is taking Lingua Latina with you. He really enjoys it but also wants to learn other languages. We didn’t do a good job of passing on our Spanish to him and he wants to learn it before he...

Wheelock’s Latin?

I received this question: I have a question about your Latin course. My daughter is 14 and she has just started an online Latin course that uses Wheelock’s Latin. She is having a very hard time with it, there seems to be an overwhelming amount of information in...

French?

One of my former students wants to learn French.   He asked for my advice. Here it is:  Whenever starting a new language, I always start with the free, and excellent DuoLingo.   My 14-year-old daughter started tinkering around with their French course while we were in...