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Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

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German: Goethe Institute 

Spanish: Instituto Cervantes

French:  Alliance Francaise 

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ANNOUNCEMENT: We will record a Q&A episode at the end of this season. If you have questions for Susan or Susanna, send them to [email protected].

  • (00:00) - Intro with Elizabeth Weber-Edwards
  • (01:59) - A brief introduction to learned languages
  • (08:15) - How do you learn languages?
  • (14:06) - Some principles for choosing a way to teach a language
  • (21:52) - Which language should you pick?
  • (30:41) - Break
  • (31:34) - How language learning fits into classical education
  • (41:23) - What to look for in a quality online language class
  • (54:51) - It's never too late to learn a language!
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