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When I became conscious of my error, I decided to finally pick one textbook (Collar & Daniell's "First Year Latin") and go through it without spending too much time on a particular lesson. The main reasons were the tediousness of the translation exercises and a certain kind of obsession over the analysis of rules, id est, every rule had to make complete & absolute sense to me, so much so that often I would spend large amounts of time looking for other ways to phrase a rule, and all the while neglecting the Latin text itself.
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For the first couple of months I could not manage to stick to one particular textbook. Some of them were in Spanish, others were in English, but they all had a common feature: the lessons focused heavily on grammatical rules and translation. I began my Latin studies almost 3 years ago with the traditional textbooks. I have already shared my experience with this book elsewhere, but I shall re-tell it nevertheless. That time, however, would today still be years away had it not been for a little book you and I cherish dearly. I cannot wait until it's my turn to share my knowledge of Latin with other people. I envy you! I envy you for landing such a great job as a Latin teacher! That is indeed a privileged position to be in, for you now have the potestas to mould the minds of young boys and girls and extend their literary horizons to include the Classical world. being that they are allowed only three years (i think) to become fairly fluent in the language it is a great sign of approval for Orberg and his method.Īnyway best of luck and tell us how you get on. also i feel that LL is a bit tricky if you are on your own although their is always this great website to post your questions.įinally from what i have read recently on the orberg digest traditional seminiaries (i.e st thomas aquinas ,winona ,minn') have taken LL as their basic text for beginners. i now feel a better balance in my studies more listening and speaking rather than just all reading and writing as per wheelock etc. i record the 40 minute sessions (telephone conversations) using skylook and write out the questions and answers during the week. my tutor ( dr ann martin) suggested it although i had intended to take it up myself when i was sufficiently well versed with the dowling method.įor the last three months or so we have been covering one chapter a week. VI kalendas iulianas MMVIIIĬongratulations on your new teaching job. Beatus ille qui Latine hoc modo noverat!ĭata epistula die Mercurii a. Hoc est quod de ratione oerbergiana puto. In volumine alterô iam planissime discipulus inductus est in summam culturam latinorum auctorum ut sine dolore auctores classicos perlegat. Præterea iam in volumine primo is qui id studet culturâ latinâ fruitur, nam cognoscere traditionem classicam incipit mediô volumine sine mora.
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Impossibile aut prope difficile Tusculanas Ciceronis plane aggredi intellegere mihi videtur quum hoc nunc verbum in lexicone quæris, tunc ubi verbum actionis esse nescis, iam iamque moriris. Non tantum huius causâ oportet Latine discere secundum talem rationem sed etiam quia Latine multi discipuli discunt quaqua videamus sine certâ comprehensionê suorum auctorum. Rationem naturalem sequi vel oerbergianam mihi quam optime videtur quia sic erudiebantur illi homines magnifici sicut Montaigne, Erasmus, Lipsius, Valla, Arias Montano, Leone Battista Alberti, Servet, Rodolphus Agricola, Grotius, &c. Hoc tempore secundum volumen quod Roma Æterna inscribitur lego atque per id laboro aeque atque quosdam libros ab auctoribus quibusdam Latinitatis recentioris (faciliores generatim classicis mihi videntur propter multitudinem verborum illorum). Ergo igitur novam lectionem facere constitui atque abhinc quattuor vel forsitan tres dies alteram lectionem perfeci. Post quinque menses, ut credo, volumen primum legendi desini atque non satis fuisse credebam, namque meâ mente non omnia vocabula ibi data fixa erant neque omnes Grammaticæ notitias nanciscebar. Novem circa menses volumina duo huius methodi emi atque quosdam libros ab ipso Oerberg editos ut iam auctores qui classicos dicuntur legere quam proxime inciperem ac haud desperarem. Quæris de meô usu Linguæ Latinæ ab illô Oerberg et non sine lætitiâ de hoc tibi loqui possum. Gundisalvus Lucio suo peritissimo plurimam salutem dicit: I've edited some errors I've seen here so the message I've sent you could be a bit different. I´ve sent it to your e-mail address but I make it public here.