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| burntgorilla Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6387 days ago 202 posts - 206 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Danish | Message 57 of 103 07 August 2007 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
But furyou_gaijin was talking about speaking, as in words coming out of your mouth, not speaking in the sense of knowing the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 58 of 103 08 August 2007 at 10:52am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Nunc Loquamur and unit 1 of the Cambridge Latin course came in a week ago. Both are quite good. The first book is something like a supplementary conversation text, and it's one of the first things I wanted to get my hands on. It has short dialogs on the most basic expressions (how are you, what time is it, you have the wrong number, how much is this).
The Cambridge Latin Course textbook not only teaches Latin, it goes into Roman culture, which provides a wider context for my language learning. I think this is the first time I actually decided to READ a textbook for fun. This would've never happened to me in school, but for some reason, I enjoy reading this textbook. ;) -Latin audio- A friend of mine recorded the entire Tridentine Mass text in Latin, as well as all of Mark's gospel. Listening to them over and over can seem a bit boring at times, but it's helpful. I've noticed that listening to longer chunks of material seems to be more effective than repeating shorter chunks. In other words, I prefer listening to several chapters of Mark's gospel, rather than repeating chapter 1 several times. Interestingly, I've listened to the first chapter so many times, that I know what it's saying even though I don't fully understand all the grammar or the vocabulary. I'm particularly using the Listening-Reading audio book approach with bilingual texts. Unfortunately, I've been quite busy that I haven't had a lot time to really concentrate on my learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6634 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 59 of 103 08 August 2007 at 11:13am | IP Logged | ||||||||
furyou_gaijin, now I see why you said those two quotes were unrelated. I interpreted your post a different way.
I did answer it
JasonChoi, what courses have you kept using? Are there other courses besides the podcast one that you stopped using? Also you could try using Wikipedia in Latin to practice your Latin reading ability: http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_prima 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 60 of 103 09 August 2007 at 4:46am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I haven't used any particular texts in the past week. I have to admit, I do see some value in using the podcasts, but it'll require that I edit out all the English, which I don't mind doing. I just don't have time right now.
My biggest problem is that I get bored with reviewing material too often. I suspect this is partly why listening to some of the Latinum podcasts over and over seemed a bit tedious. I may consider getting back into Latinum since much of the phrases are useful (it's good to hear the differences of declensions spoken aloud), but for now, I'm focusing on Nunc Loquamur for basic conversations, and I'm listening to my mp3s of the Tridentine Mass and Mark's gospel to improve my pronunciation/reading. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6634 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 61 of 103 09 August 2007 at 10:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Are the mp3s of the Tridentine Mass and Mark's gospel from a website, course, or did you get your friend to record them?
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| tmesis Senior Member Mayotte Joined 6591 days ago 154 posts - 146 votes Speaks: English* | Message 62 of 103 09 August 2007 at 10:52am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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- Edited by tmesis on 17 February 2008 at 2:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6329 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin* | Message 63 of 103 09 August 2007 at 10:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Ok, this clarifies. I am not the one to dispute the general usefulness of Latin. Having spent the last 3 days in the Republic of Moldova, I have survived mostly by relying on picking out the Latin roots and the context... Suprising how far it can actually get one. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6302 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 64 of 103 09 August 2007 at 12:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I've already explained this in my previous update. My friend recorded them. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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