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| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5215 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 9 of 17 31 January 2010 at 2:51am | IP Logged | |||||
There is this podcast called Latinum. I downloaded it to see if it would help me in my Latin (so I could get by easily without studying), but I never listened to it. There's plenty of lessons, I would try it if I were you. http://latinum.mypodcast.com/ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5378 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 10 of 17 31 January 2010 at 3:14am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, Teach Yourself courses are "hit or miss" nowadays lol I've heard the Russian one was really good, and the Portuguese one would make better firewood than educational material. I thinking about purchasing the Russian one myself in the jfuture. I'll be sure to let other members know how it is. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| neurosport Diglot Newbie United States diy-av.net Joined 5243 days ago 12 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English, Russian* Studies: French, German, Spanish | Message 11 of 17 31 January 2010 at 3:19am | IP Logged | |||||
This "podcast" made me seriously angry. How hard would it have been for him to also post the text along with the audio? Also, wouldn't it make more sense to say the translation before Latin? I have no words (that are fit to print) to describe how i feel about his "work" there. The stress of fuming over it has shortened my life enough already. I hope i never see it again. As Nietzsche said "It is not so much the suffering as the senselessness of it that is unendurable." He makes a good case for Eugenics. Edited by neurosport on 31 January 2010 at 3:26am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5288 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 12 of 17 31 January 2010 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
I very much agree with you, that language learning through a textbook is not a preferable method. I tried to learn Italian that way, and it was of little use. One point worth noting however, is the difference between Wheelock and most other textbooks. For example, in the Spanish class that I am taking, we have discussed the following chapters from the textbook: colours, numbers, time/date, the family, appliances and rooms, food, and restaurants. While the grammar introduced is excellent, on my trip to Spain this summer, I highly doubt I'll need to say, "My cousin's godfather has a toaster that is 1,764,643,245 times better than the one in your kitchen." An extreme example, but my point is that the vocabulary in textbooks is usually categorized and simple, but not overly useful, and with too much emphasis on numbers past 100. On the contrary, Wheelock introduces a wide variety of terms every chapter, most of which have nothing to do with each other (except of course many words are associated with things of the past, i.e. sword, horse, Senate, etc. but this is to be expected with Latin)
Just some brain-storming here, but I wonder if some Italian resources may be helpful to you. Movies or other audio produced for the Italian market, but in Latin. I don't know if these exist, but I assume the study of Latin there is more common than in other countries. You could also go to the local Catholic church, I'm sure the priest wouldn't mind directing you to some good resources. Edit: I pressed Post by accident before I had finished writing. Edited by canada38 on 31 January 2010 at 1:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6753 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese | Message 13 of 17 31 January 2010 at 3:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Neurosport , try this English-latin site
latinforum.org Latin and everything related to it. Online Latin language discussion. Or you can try also http://latino.logosdictionary.org/preslatino.htm is a latin-italian course done by students if you don't understand Italian glossary when you study it then go to http://glossaries.logo s.it here you'll find 1270 glossarues .ciao 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hcholm Heptaglot Groupie Norway Joined 5854 days ago 43 posts - 65 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Swedish, Danish, German, French, Polish Studies: Czech | Message 14 of 17 31 January 2010 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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News in Latin: http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/
Asterix in Latin: http://www.amazon.com/Asterix-Gallus-Latin-Rene-Goscinny/dp/ 0828849412/ref=pd_sim_b_1 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5215 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 17 31 January 2010 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
Sorry for shortening your life lol. Like I said, I never tried it, and I guess I won't now. Edited by Johntm on 31 January 2010 at 9:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| millnerlondon Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom latinum.org.uk Joined 5996 days ago 16 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English*, Latin, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 16 of 17 01 February 2010 at 2:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The Latinum podcast contains a complete course, from very basic, right up to very
advanced. You are supposed to read the textbook,(Currently three textbooks are available in audio - Adler, D'Ooge, and Underwood) and then listen to the audio. Obviously, listening to the audio without looking at the textbook first is not going to work very well - but for Adler, actually, you don't need the textbook. Nor do you need it for the Vestibulum - where sentences in the beginning are only 2 words long, and yes, they are given Latin-English-Latin, but even a 6 year old can cope with that - as the text was written for 6 year olds. The Adler course is used by thousands of people, and many of those are now starting to aquire ability to speak Latin. Latinum is a very complex site - as over half a dozen textbooks are now offered on it as audio books. You need to read the user manual carefully before starting the course. The method of Latin-English-Latin is deliberate. Your brain will collect the grammatical information. I am curious, where did you start listening? Did you read the extensive FAQ first, that explains how to use the material? Obviously, if you jump into a 5 year course - which is what Latinum is - in the wrong place, you're not going to be very happy. http://latinum.mypodcast.com 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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