Category Archives: Latin

Adding a conversational component, dialogues, listening exercises, and recitation are only the first steps to making a Latin class more living.  Eventually, the goal is to eliminate all use of English from the Latin classroom.  This will mean learning (1) how to introduce vocabulary without giving the English equivalent; (2) how to facilitate students learningContinue reading “Living Latin: Teaching Latin in Latin”

The Nature and Importance of Latin, from a Traditional Catholic Perspective Why Latin Is the Right Language for Roman Catholic Worship  Liturgical Latin: Its Origins and Character The Nature of Latin, within its Historical and Linguistic Contexts What is Latin? Latin language history & Latin language timeline, Latin literature What is Latin? CONTINUED: New LatinContinue reading “Living Latin: Background & Basics”

I would recommend sticking with Ecclesiastical Latin videos until one’s pronunciation is well established, whatever one’s age or level of Latin. Silus et Maria – YouTube The simplest videos I could find are produced by the GrecoLatinoVivo Youtube Channel from the Centro Nazionale di Studi Classici.  There are, as I write, twenty-two videos in theContinue reading “Living Latin: Recordings of Spoken Latin, Using Ecclesiastical Pronunciation”