Sunday 16 December 2012

Customer Feedback for Latinum

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onya_post:
Seastar,

I have Song School Latin - we use it, it is a fine program. It isn't gong to get you very far however, You have to ask what is your ultimate goal for Latin? We use Evan Millner's products https://sites.google.com/site/janualinguae/. It is much better and has tons more material than when we first started using the site 6 years ago. My 17 y/o can speak Latin fluently. That is what I wanted. He does not need to do translation - he just reads it. I am not that good. 

We are in the process of creating a full Latin curriculum using Little Reader. I'd been waiting for v3 to come out so I could start. We are starting with  - The Orbis Sensualium Pictus. That is free online - I think Evan's reading of it is $1.99. the first thing I am doing is putting all vocabulary in that fits with the LR format. Then I'll create files that will tie it all together. From there we'll move to either Dooge or Alder. My oldest did both. 

We also used a couple other programs before I found Latinum - but Evan picked out the best resources for getting as close to Latin Immersion as possible. He also has a free video course on youtube that you can use to teach yourself . A book I have used alot in the beginning was Demystifying Latin. But Evan has so many materials and they are so cheap and thorough that you don't really need it.