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Launching a new Ancient Greek YouTube channel
As I’ve been making more Ancient Greek language videos on my Latin channel, it has become increasingly clear that it is best if these Greek videos have their own home on a dedicated channel for Ancient Greek content. So now I’m launching a new channel for Ancient Greek comprehensible input – Found in Antiquity: Ancient…
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12 Reasons why Latinists are not learning Ancient Greek
Are all Latin enthusiasts also engaged with learning Ancient Greek, and vice versa? The poll results are in, and while there’s an overlap, there are also big segments that loyally stick to just one of the languages. In this post, I will investigate why not everyone learns both Latin and Ancient Greek, focusing in particular…
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The Gospel of Matthew, Greek audiobook in Lucian
I’m creating a Creative Commons audiobook of the Gospel of Matthew, narrated in the original Ancient Greek language, using Lucian Koine Greek pronunciation. Audio and video materials I am making YouTube video versions of the audiobook chapters, with text synced to the narration. Here is the full YouTube playlist. In addition, the audio files for…
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The internet brings spoken Latin back into classrooms
This article was originally written for the Iris publication of the Classics Association Victoria. The print version will come out in March 2022 at the annual conference. I will also be presenting a talk on incorporating spoken Latin in classrooms. Thanks to the internet age, we now have ways of teaching and learning Latin that…
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Aeneid poster for sale, and other merch!
I’ve opened a merch shop for Found in Antiquity, to support my YouTube channel and my work in creating more comprehensible input in Latin and Ancient Greek! Aeneid Poster I’ve just started adding products, but let me show you this pretty poster: These are the first 11 lines of the Aeneid, the epic poem about…
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A living Latin project: LingQ’s 60 Mini-Stories
2023 update: The first 10 mini-stories are finalised! Here are the links to all audio files: Would you be interested in partnering with us to translate 60 Mini-Stories into Latin? This is an open, Creative Commons project in which we have the ability to create adaptations, videos, and supporting materials without fear of infringing copyright,…
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How to boost your Latin acquisition up to 1200%
If language acquisition is driven by comprehensible input, we want to maximise the amount of input for our students. But how can we do this without overloading an already crowded curriculum and burdening students with extra tasks? We have to do less of some things in order to make room for better things. In this…
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A complete guide to Classical Latin pronunciation: the sounds of Golden Age Latin
I have now made a Classical Latin pronunciation series on Youtube! Check out the first three parts here: These videos are suitable for complete beginners and advanced students alike. I speak 100% in Latin, with no English in these videos. This means I make no verbal descriptions of the sounds or comparisons to any variety…
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Grammar Analysis scores don’t correlate with unseen translation ability
Some of the types of assessments Latin teachers have been traditionally setting are quite weird, the kind of things that aren’t normally done in any other languages. Consequently, it is hard to find recent research on whether what we are testing really matters. Perhaps one of the strangest things we do is Grammar Analysis, where…
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Why I’ve changed my mind on Comprehensible Input (but still can’t stand LLPSI)
I used to seriously question the Comprehensible Input method for learning ancient languages, but now I strongly recommend it as fully authentic and the best method for gaining reading fluency and becoming a lifelong learner of ancient languages. However, I still cannot bring myself to recommend the Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata textbook (LLPSI) as…
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