Latina Loquenda - Latin Must Be Spoken

As you might already know, it's my job to show you that you can speak Latin!  Now I know that might be intimidating, but I promise you can.  After all, you study Latin and you are good at it.  That's why you're here.

At Latin Academy, you are going to get to participate in some really cool culturally based immersion events.  On the one hand, this course will help prepare you for those events.  On the other, I'm here to share my love of speaking Latin with you and show you that Latin is alive and well.  When you study it as a living language, which we will, not only will you get to experience life through it, but you'll begin to find yourself reading and understanding it with out the need to always translate and labor over grammar.  In class, I will teach you new and helpful phrases and give you opportunities to practice.  Outside of class, I’ll be your spoken Latin guide, here to answer your questions and encourage you along the way.

We will start slowly and learn to manage expectations.  The goal will be to teach you to communicate effectively.  You don't need to speak perfectly, that comes with much time and practice.  No one expects you to be Cicero or Virgil, let alone speak exactly like a Roman.  We live in a completely different world than they did, so our Latin will naturally be different.   All you have to do is come in with an open mind and you give it your best.

- Magister Yates

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I'm so excited to meet every single one of you!  Less than a week to go!