Comments - Latinum Podcast - eLatin eGreek eLearn2024-03-29T07:30:16Zhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=727885%3ABlogPost%3A3605&xn_auth=noHi Evan, thanks for posting t…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2007-07-31:727885:Comment:36272007-07-31T14:42:27.188ZLaura Gibbshttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/lauragibbs
Hi Evan, thanks for posting the sample materials here. As someone who has taught modern languages, I feel so comfortable with this approach - the "simple bits" is such a good way to teach Latin, and I always found it discouraging that many Latin learning materials focus on such difficult texts, based on enormously long periods and sentences, when language learning happens so much more effectively with the "simple bits" approach.<br />
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In addition to question and answer, another way to get "simple…
Hi Evan, thanks for posting the sample materials here. As someone who has taught modern languages, I feel so comfortable with this approach - the "simple bits" is such a good way to teach Latin, and I always found it discouraging that many Latin learning materials focus on such difficult texts, based on enormously long periods and sentences, when language learning happens so much more effectively with the "simple bits" approach.<br />
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In addition to question and answer, another way to get "simple bits" of Latin to people is by means of proverbs, hundreds of which are just two or three or four words long. I used proverbs really effectively in my teaching (plus they are just plain fun), which is why I put together the Latin Via Proverbs book (I've got a website for that at <a href="http://latinviaproverbs.com">LatinViaProverbs.com</a> and I've been posting the audio at <a href="http://audiolatin.com">AudioLatin.com</a>.<br />
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Another "simple bits" approach is segmenting the text, which is something I always do with my students - you can see that at work in the Latin fables I've been posting here each day at eClassics. If you segment a text for students, it's a huge help - they may be reading long sentences, but they can see how the sentences are really made up of "little bits" like the little bits of Latin they are practicing here in the book you are promoting.<br />
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Three cheers for "simple bits"! I guess we could call them <em>partiunculae minimae</em> in Latin!<br />
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