by Dwane | May 21, 2016 | Education, Italian, Latin
Someone emailed me recently. She wanted to know how to pronounce the Latin alphabet. I should have sent her this: Yep. You read that correctly. That is how you pronounce the Italian alphabet. Correct. And, that is also how the catholic church pronounces the Latin...
by Dwane | Feb 8, 2016 | Education, English, Greek, Italian
I received some questions from a former student: So I’m taking an astronomy class this semester, and just learned about perihelions and aphelions in ellipses. I’m thinking it has a Greek (ancient Greek) tie in, since Helios was the old sun god in Greek...
by Dwane | Feb 3, 2016 | Italian, Motivation, The Future
Now and then, someone asks me to take them to Italy. “You should lead tours to Italy, Mr. Thomas!” Ther is only one problem. I have never been to Italy. I was once a spelunker. I have explored more caves than I could count. I could take you into some...
by Dwane | Jan 13, 2016 | Education, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Spanish
I received this sad email from one of my students: I wanted to talk to you because I feel like I’m having more trouble this year compared to last. I’m able to figure out a sentence, but the fluency of being able to read or hear a sentence and understand its meaning...
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...
