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Medulla project: website, summary and core values
I have launched a permanent home for the Medulla project on GitHub at this link: https://foundinantiquity.github.io/Medulla/ It is currently in the form of a static webpage (created from the GitHub repository’s ReadMe file) outlining the rationale and procedures of the project. GitHub was chosen for hosting for a number of reasons. GitHub provides transparent public…
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The business case for Latin textbooks adopting the Medulla cross-compatibility standard
I am very pleased with the amount of feedback I have received on the Medulla project since first proposing it. One person wrote in to ask why any new textbooks would take on a premade open source core grammar and vocabulary sequence rather than coming up with their own. After all, there would be no…
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The Medulla: A Proposal to Break Out of Closed Latin Textbooks and Create an Open-Source Curriculum
In this essay I will propose how we can create an open-source Latin curriculum, which I nickname the Medulla, or the bone-marrow. This curriculum can serve as the common core for a diverse new generation of Latin textbooks. Have you ever daydreamed about writing your own Latin textbook from start to finish, knowing deep down…
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We need to talk about Latinitas.
We need to be allowed to talk about Latinitas in the context of Latin teaching. What follows is a 7,000 word explanation why. In the course of this essay we will explore the effects of mandating a veneer of public positivity about CI Latin novellas and why this is problematic. As a community we need…
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Do we have too many English translations of the Aeneid?
Recently, I wanted to compare many different English translator’s approaches to a particular line in Vergil’s Aeneid, but I discovered that there was no easy reference chart online listing all English translations of the Aeneid. The few aging websites that had some partial bibliographies only listed a handful of translations, and did not include notable…
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Nothing new under the sun: Learning Latin through all four modes in 1887
Recently I was emailed by someone asking what I thought about an essay called “The Art of Reading Latin: how to teach it” by W. G. Hale of Cornell University published in 1887. The essay is a fascinating document in that it advocates for the incorporation of reading, listening, speaking, and writing in Latin instruction,…
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The case for professionalising in CI Latin independent book publishing
I’ve been an amateur producer of web content almost all of my life. But as I reflect on the publication and positive reception of The Lover’s Curse: A Tiered Reader of Aeneid 4 I’ve come to a greater appreciation and respect for the professional, mainstream, slow-moving avenues of book publication. There is an argument that…
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Tiered Readers to be Published in the Near Future (Tiered Readers, Part 4 of 4)
It’s so close! The launch party for The Lover’s Curse: A Tiered Reader of Aeneid 4 is happening this weekend at the following times (click here to join, or click the thumbnail below): This is my final post in the series celebrating the publication of Latin tiered readers throughout the ages. While Part 1 shared…
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Tiered Readers in Recently Published Works (Tiered Readers, Part 3 of 4)
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Tiered texts in 20th Century Textbooks (Tiered Readers, Part 2 of 4)
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