by Dwane | Mar 7, 2015 | Education, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Tip of the Week, Travel
Think Outside the Border Tip #10 – Who wants to learn Italian? According to Frederick Bodmer, in his book, The Loom of Language, French, Spanish, and Italian derive directly from Latin. “The deeper we delve into the past, the more French, Spanish, and...
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...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Vocabulary
This summer, I read The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer. Years ago, I read Lingua Latina, by Hans Orberg. I was discouraged with Latin and ready to quit. Orberg’s book showed up at the right time. Were it not for his book, I would not be a Latin teacher...
