WishboneDawn Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 My daughter came to me all excited last week. She's worked through GSWL and quite a bit of LL Familia Romana and has realized that when she reads Latin she, well, reads Latin. She doesn't translate to English but reads and understands it in Latin. She's delighted. She's also prone to giving me long lectures on the "fascinating" subject of Latin grammar so it seems to be quite adequate for that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhschool Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 What is GSWL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Getting Started with Latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan of Croton Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 We love LL, too. Somehow, you can understand it without translating. When we break into a new reading, sometimes it is a lot to handle all the new elements, but after working with it for a few days, it makes sense! Even to my ancient brain. I'm so glad you're excited, too! Have you subscribed to the Bestiaria Latina blog? Prof. Gibbs will send you a wonderful, visually appealing collection of Latin (and Greek) tidbits therein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 One warning about LLPSI is that it is easy to understand too much from context, and skip over the "hard bits", and miss important things. Make sure that you do all the pensa, and understand why. Make sure that you understand what each word means in the reading, and why it is is what case or tense or mood that it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 One warning about LLPSI is that it is easy to understand too much from context, and skip over the "hard bits", and miss important things. Make sure that you do all the pensa, and understand why. Make sure that you understand what each word means in the reading, and why it is is what case or tense or mood that it is. I have to admit I've pretty much handed it over to her as a self-directed subject. She does about one chapter every two weeks (an hour of work or so every day). She reads the stories, reads the College Companiom, does the pensa, does the related exercises from the Exercitia Latina and then reviews and rereads everything. Latin is one of her big passions and she's committed to wringing absolutely everything she can out of her LL materials. ETA: I do think your point is important though and one parents should consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 We love LL, too. Somehow, you can understand it without translating. When we break into a new reading, sometimes it is a lot to handle all the new elements, but after working with it for a few days, it makes sense! Even to my ancient brain. I'm so glad you're excited, too! Have you subscribed to the Bestiaria Latina blog? Prof. Gibbs will send you a wonderful, visually appealing collection of Latin (and Greek) tidbits therein. No! I'll be doing that now though. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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