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Podcast: Ad Navseam
Episode: How to be a Latin Guru, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 63)
Description: Whatâs the best way to learn, retain, and teach Latin? The old school, passive âgrammar and rote memorizationâ route or the hip, (relatively) new active, âspoken and living languageâ approach? You donât need to be versed in COBOL or FORTRAN or know your way around those punch-cards that used to operate refrigerator-sized computers back in the â70s to answer that question (though it might help). Dave and Jeff are here to share the stories of their own journeys through various Latin curricula on both sides of the desk. Hear what led Dave to embrace the âactive spokenâ methodâthe highs a...