provenance61 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 We are considering enrolling our son in Memoria Press' online First Form Latin class for next year. Does anyone have any recommendations for teachers, or feedback/suggestions to us in choosing a section and instructor? This is really important to us, as it will be our son's first online class. He also does best with written material, and has a little more difficulty with information presented orally. So we are looking for a teacher who is not a quick/loud talker or encourages a classroom with a great deal of commotion. The sections we are looking at primarily list Paul Cable and Catherine Tinnis, but any feedback on instructors' styles and the First Form online class in general (at Memoria) would be very much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 There is no commotion at all. The only person with an open mike is the instructor. The students answer by typing in the chat box. T was in Kevin Dray's section and she liked the class a lot, but I'm sure all of the instructors are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SophiaH Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Bumping to see if anyone else has experience with any specific instructors? I'm thinking about outsourcing Latin this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 We used MP online and had Paul Cable. I would say you will be pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 For those of you who have used Memoria Press online classes, can the student watch the session again at a later time? So, for example, if the student is not good with an oral presentation, can they listen to it again, pausing as needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbelle Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Yes you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowefamily Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 My 5th grader, with no-one in the family having any prior experience in Latin, signed up for First Form Latin 1 online last fall. He managed to hang on to it for about 3-4 months and then he found that the course was moving faster than he could process given his other coursework. We ended up dropping the course and restarting with Prima Latina and DVD lessons which let him progress at his own pace. This has worked much better, and we hope to do Latina Christina 1-2 in the same fashion this year. I have to say that I was not impressed with the MP online course..it seemed like there was about 20 students and the teacher just went through the material w/ minimal checking to see if everyone was getting the content. Yes, audio feedback was possible and questions were occasionally asked, but my son didn't really feel that he got any help or that the teacher even noticed when he fell behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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