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I've been working away on writing course notes for λαλεῖτε, which is designed to be a course in "how would you learn to speak Ancient Greek, as if you were doing a course for a modern language and learning the basic language that a CEFR-A1 course
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Best Friend When it comes to language learning, time is your friend. It's there every step of the way, and you are going to be spending a lot of it to get anywhere. And so don't sweat it. Enjoy the ride. It will take time, and
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I mostly write about classical languages here, Greek and Latin, but long time readers will know that I have been a long-time learner of Scottish Gaelic [1] . I thought it might be informative if I wrote a little bit about what I'm currently doing for my Gaelic
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χαίρετε πάντες! I'm here today to let you know about new and upcoming courses that I'm offering in Q4 of 2025. There are a few different things going on, so this post will explain them as well as my course offerings. Most of the courses below
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Two things occasion my reflection today. Firstly, the crisis now engulfing U Chicago, and its internal documents circulated, regarding cutting humanities, languages in particular, sending students off to other institutions, trying to get AI to teach languages. There's a lot more to be said about that, and this
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If you haven't heard elsewhere, Gregory Stringer, an excellent and experienced Latin speaker and teacher, is running a course starting in September geared towards the new AP Latin course covering Pliny. He and I talk about the new curriculum, his new workbook, and the course in this video.
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It's probably everybody's favourite question for me, and one of my least favourite, because I know how much people want this to progress, and I want it to progress, and it's ... slow-moving. So in today's post I want to tell you
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Firstly, this term I have a class on Niels Klim's Iter Subterraneum, a wonderful piece of speculative fiction, verging on sci-fi, from the 18th century. I have moved this class from Sunday evening to Tuesday, US time. So if the time/day was not suitable for you
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I'm pleased to announce here the launch of my book, Ὁ ἐπὶ Τροίᾱν Πόλεμος (the Trojan War). The novella is a translation and adaptation of Bellum Troianum by Brian Gronewoller, it's a 5000 word novella for Elementary-Mid readers. It's a great little book,
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My next term of classes is due to start in late July, so it's time I tell you about them! Firstly, the four-sequence introductory courses in Greek: Greek 101 (Athenaze 1-8) Greek 102 (Athenaze 9-16) Greek 103 (Athenaze 17-24) Greek 104 (Athenaze 25-30)
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Just a quick post today to say that I've scheduled a Greek 101 class for the coming term, in case you were waiting for one. It's earlier in the day than I normally offer a class, which might suit European night owls, or people who are
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I'm pleased to announce the upcoming classes for my next teaching term, starting the end of April/beginning of May. Greek 102 (Athenaze chs 9-16) Greek 103 (Athenaze chs 17-24) Greek 104 (Athenaze 25-30 + extra) What about Greek 101?? I do hope to run an