by Dwane | Aug 5, 2014 | Education, English, Grammar, Latin, ScreenCasts
by Dwane | Aug 1, 2014 | Ebook, Education, Latin, Motivation
I need some help. We are often reminded that kids today don’t read as much as they once did. I don’t know if that is true or not. I do know they have more distractions today than they once did. I am working on a short, attention grabbing, engaging...
by Dwane | Jul 29, 2014 | Education, Grammar, Latin
Lingua Latina, by Hans Ørberg, saved my teaching career. For years I taught Latin. For years I watched my students struggle. I watched them memorize long lists of words and long lists of Latin endings. Worst of all, I watched as they struggled to read rudimentary...
by Dwane | Jul 28, 2014 | Education, English, Grammar, Latin
In the introduction to his book, A New Latin Grammar, (which is now an old Latin grammar), Charles Bennet defines the Restored pronunciation. “The following pronunciation (often called Roman) is substantially that employed by the Romans at the height of their...
by Dwane | Jul 27, 2014 | Education, Italian, Latin, Travel
I intend to run an experiment on myself soon. I am going to teach myself Italian. This experiment will happen right here on the blog. My goal: to speak and read Italian by Christmas. We’ll see. I wanted to run this experiment on myself this summer. Other...
