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Fable of the Day: De Viro maligno et Daemone

Title: De Viro maligno et Daemone: The Wicked man and The Devil, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir malignus cum plurima perpetrasset scelera et saepius captus et carcere conclusus arctissima et pervigili custodia teneretur, Daemonis auxilium implorat qui saepenumero ei adfuit et e multis eum periculis liberavit. Tandem iterum deprehenso et solitum auxilium imploranti… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 16, 2007 at 11:36am — No Comments

History of "Modern Language" Latin teaching.

I've been doing some research into the development of the idea of

teaching the classical languages using modern intuitive methods.

An early 'modern method' teacher, called Jean Manesca, appears to have written the first fully

developed modern language course in the early 1820's - designed for

French, he was keen to see it adopted for the classics, and actively

promoted the idea. His "Oral system of teaching Living Languages Illustrated by a Practical Course of… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on August 14, 2007 at 5:36pm — 3 Comments

Fable of the Day: De Amne

Title: De Amne suum fontem conviciis lacessente: About the Stream who harangued its spring with complaints, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Amnis quidam suum conviciis fontem lacessebat ut inertem qui immobilis staret nec ullos haberet pisces, se autem plurimum commendabat quod optimos crearet pisces et per valles blando murmure serperet. Indignatus fons in amnem velut… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 14, 2007 at 9:28am — No Comments

Working Hard

Still working hard on the podcasts. I've re-jigged most of the images for Latinum, giving the site a new look. I've used my photos from Berlin and Potsdam, for the most part.

While looking for material to make a Latin-French version of the Latinum podcast, I came across a book by Jean Manesca, which apparently served as the model for Ollendorff. Manesca's appears to have been the first 'intuitive' language course written - the grand-daddy of them all. Ollendorff follows Manesca very… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on August 14, 2007 at 6:26am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Asino et Scurra

Title: De Asino et Scurra: The Donkey and The Buffoon, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Asinus indigne ferens scurram quendam honorari et pulchris vestibus amiciri quia magnos ventris edebat sonos, ad magistratus accessit petens ne se minus quam scurram honorare vellent. Et cum magistratus admirantes eum interrogarent cur se ita honore dignum duceret, inquit: "Quia maiores… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 13, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Aesop's Fables Widgets

There's no fable of the day today because I've spent the afternoon working on my Schoolhouse Widgets for the Fall semester. There are two fable widgets in particular that might interest folks here - one in English, and one with the Latin texts. You can add these widgets to any webpage that allows javascript. If you have a Blogger.com blog, you can add them with a single click! I've also got Google Gadget versions available for most of these, for any of using iGoogle (fun!) as your browser… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 10, 2007 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Agricola

Title: De Agricola militiam et mercaturam affectante: The Farmer aspiring to the arts of war and of business, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Agricola quidam aegre ferebat se assidue terram volvere nec perpetuis laboribus ad magnas divitias pervenire, cum nonnullos videret milites qui actis proeliis ita rem auxerant ut bene induti incederent et lautis epulis nutriti beatam… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 9, 2007 at 10:41am — No Comments

podcast update - technology

I've just returned from a vacation in Berlin and Potsdam. Lots of neoclassical and baroque architecture....

Today I went to Turnkey on the Charing Cross Road, and bought a new usb microphone to record my podcast with - a Samson C01U - a big clunky thing.

I recorded a couple of episodes, and then realised things were not quite right - after a few hours of messing around trying to get things right, I resorted to google and found the answer I needed on the Audacity pages on… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on August 7, 2007 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Cera

Title: De Cera duritiem appetente: The Wax, seeking to become hard, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Cera ingemiscebat se mollem et cuicumque levissimo ictu penetrabilem procreatam. Videns autem lateres ex luto multo molliori factos in tantam duritiem ignis calore pervenisse ut multa perdurarent saecula, se eiecit in ignem ut eandem duritiem consequeretur. Sed statim igne… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 7, 2007 at 1:38pm — No Comments

more on text/audio interference.

Hi Jeltzz,

Thank you for your comment below.

I think you're pretty much right, and this approach would suit quite a few students. I think having the text available is important for many learners - epsecially for new vocabulary, maybe for pre-audio, or post-audio study or review, but not together at the same time, as you suggest works for yourself.

I also think that the language gets into your head better without exposure to too much text. You need the language to read ther… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on August 7, 2007 at 4:06am — No Comments

what is truth? veritas = satire V is there any point to this?

what is truth? veritas = satire V is there any point to this?

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Added by mike thomas on August 7, 2007 at 3:10am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Ulmo et Silere

Title: De Ulmo et Silere: The Elm and The Willow, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Ulmus in ripa fluminis nata, siler sibi proximum irridebat ut debile et invalidum quod ad omnem vel levissimum undarum impetum flecteretur, suam autem firmitatem et robur magnificis extollebat at verbis quod multos annos assiduos amnis impetus inconcussa pertulerat. Semel autem maxima undarum… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 6, 2007 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Leone et Mure

Title: De Leone et Mure: The Lion and The Mouse, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Leo laqueo captus in silva, cum se ita irretitum videret ut nullis viribus se inde posse explicare confideret, murem rogavit ut, abroso laqueo, eum liberaret, promittens tanti beneficii non immemorem futurum. Quod cum mus prompte fecisset, leonem rogavit ut filiam eius sibi traderet in uxorem.… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 2, 2007 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Latinum : Podcast Update

lobus disseminuus

Adler XIIII Pensum Quartum Decimum B pg 55 - 58

has just been published

Episodes C and D are on the way - D is being crunched by my computer as I write this entry in… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on August 1, 2007 at 11:28am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro et Uxore Bigamis

Title: De Viro et Uxore Bigamis: The and The Woman who Remarried, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir quidam, defuncta uxore quam valde dilexerat, duxit alteram et ipsam viduam, quae assiduo ei prioris mariti virtutes fortioraque facinora obiiciebat. Cui, ut par referret, ipse quoque defunctae uxoris mores probatissimos prudentiamque insignem referebat. Quadam autem die… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 1, 2007 at 7:04am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Heremita et Milite

Title: De Heremita et Milite: The Hermit and The Soldier, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Heremita quidam vir sanctissimae vitae militem hortabatur ut relicta saeculi militia quam absque Dei offensa et animae discrimine pauci exercent, tandem se corporis traderet quieti et animae consuleret saluti. Cui miles: Faciam, inquit, quod mones pater. Verum enim est quod hoc tempore… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 31, 2007 at 11:11am — No Comments

The Use of Moodle and Virtual Reality in Classics Teaching

[Admin's note: Below is a recent post from Dr. Lisa St. Louis -- I wanted to feature it here on the main blog so it wasn't buried in our discussion histories.]

I am attaching the first paragraph of the paper "The use of Moodle and virtual reality in Classics teaching" which was a joint submission by

Dr. Shawn Graham and Dr. Lisa St. Louis of Robert Welch University. Dr.

Graham was not able to join me in Nashville for ACL so I did the honors

for both of us. The slides… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on July 31, 2007 at 6:52am — No Comments

Latinum Podcast

The Latinum Podcast keeps surprising me with its uptake. Since I started it, the number of file downloads have steadily been rising:

29 file downloads in March

5737 file downloads in April

7409 file downloads in May

25 450 file downloads in June

42 700 file downloads in July

The structure of the Lessons is very simple - Adler uses a methodology which was very popular in the mid 1800's - teaching with question-answer sequences. This is particularly useful for… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on July 31, 2007 at 6:01am — 1 Comment

Fable of the Day: De Coriario et Urso

Title: De Coriario emente pellem ursi a venatore nondum capti, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Coriarius ad venatorem accedens, emit ab eo pellem ursi pecuniamque pro ea protulit. Ille sibi in praesentia pellem ursi non esse, ceterum postridie venatum profecturum, ursoque interfecto, pellem eius ei se daturum pollicetur. Coriarius animi gratia cum venatore in silvam… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on July 30, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Gesture and learning

I read a study some months ago, about students who gesture while learning - the first study I read related to language. Today, I read a similar study http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070725105957.htm

but this time, dealing with maths problems, also indicating the positive role of gesture in learning.

The study related to hand gestures and speaking is here:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050511105253.htm

Language aquisition and mathematics… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on July 30, 2007 at 1:27pm — No Comments