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ScottScheule
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| Message 25 of 26 19 August 2011 at 5:46pm | IP Logged |
millnerlondon wrote:
If you want to speak Latin, you can do so every single day in the audio-visual
locutorium (chatroom) on Schola - having to get to a 'conventiculum' or latin-immersion
week is no longer necessary though attending these is very useful, not everyone can
either afford to, or is free at the right times - since New Year, the locutorium on
Schola has been fully functional. It is used regularly by a pool of around 50 people,
with a hard core of regulars. There is no longer an excuse if you want to speak Latin.
The reason for becoming fluent as a speaker, is to increase your reading speed, and to
get rid of the bad habit of translating into another language as you read. Sometimes up
to 20 people are in the locutorium at the same time. Usually there are around 5 or six.
As with any language, the key to fluency is consuetidine.
The goal is not to 'resurrect' spoken Latin - it never died, there has been a continual
progression of second language Latin speakers, from Roman times to the present. The
number of speakers now is the lowest it has ever been since the fall of the Roman
Empire.
http://schola.ning.com
There is a short youtube clip which demonstrated how to use the locutorium - you just
need to know which buttons to push, to speak, and to be heard, and to have multiple
conversation partners - up to 5 at a time.
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This is fantastic. I can't believe I haven't found this earlier.
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Tetraglot
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| Message 26 of 26 19 August 2011 at 9:31pm | IP Logged |
Latin DEFINITELY should be spoken during the lessons. It would simply help with memorizing vocabulary and grammar structures. Language that's not spoken = useless (IMO)
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