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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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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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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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I've held off writing this for a few reasons, but time is running out on me. Firstly, I enjoyed a summer holiday here in Australia, and did my best not to work. That was successful, but now it's time for me to return from sun and
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I know that you are used to me announcing projects and not exactly completing them. It's a character flaw. I'm working on it.Over on my patreon I have begun releasing, one a week, short 100-ish word stories. These stories are composed with very restricted
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χαίρετε πάντες! After 5 years of teaching students their way through Athenaze in an online environment, I've become very familiar with the book and its main narrative, and I've taught a lot of people all the way through both volumes now. In 2025, as part of
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Not the most inspiring title for a blog post, I know. Yesterday I was beginning to explain grammatical case to some new students, and it's the first time many of them have dealt with this concept at all, and my teaching method with them so far hasn'
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A little while back I became involved in a discussion about whether it was okay to use/teach people to use the 2nd person negative aorist imperatives. E.g. is it okay to teach learners to say μὴ φάγε or similar. This is the kind of thing that should be
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It's been a very long time since I've taught Greek in-person. Before the coronavirus. But it's going to happen. When? Monday nights, 7:30pm-9:30pm, for 10 weeks starting October 14th. Where? Lane Cove Anglican Church, Sydney, Australia. (please don't