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As one school year wraps up and I start preparing for the next, I get to speak with students at the end of their journey to uni, as well as those at the very beginning. One thing is clear in these conversations: the sooner you take the plunge and start truly learning classical languages, the better. If your student is in years 6-9, this is the time to give them a chance to interact with the world of Latin and Classical Civilisation, and start building a strong foundation. My Monday KS2 and KS3 courses are open for registration only until the 10th of July, so please make sure you book this sooner rather than later! If your student is interested in Greek, I will be teaching beginners on Tuesday (pre and post GCSE) and intermediate students on Thursday. I highly recommend students prepare for the Intermediate Certificate in Classical Greek, which leaves the door open to a GCSE and can be used towards UCAS applications - a fantastic bonus to a course that is in itself great fun! For GCSE students, I have set up a Latin Gym on Friday afternoons. This is exactly what it sounds like: a place to build fluency and consolidate vocabulary by reading, listening, writing and speaking. For many students taking GCSE and A-Level, one-to-one tutoring is the best option. If this is the case for your learner, please make sure to contact me as soon as possible, as only a limited number of slots are still available for 2024-2025. To reserve your space in any of these courses, reply to this email, and I will arrange a meeting with you to ensure you are exactly where you need to be. |
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salve Reader! I hope you open this email while enjoying a well-deserved break over the summer. I am writing from my hometown myself, just hours before I head off to France, then back to the northern coast of Catalonia for my yearly holiday. Yes, there will be diving and ancient ruins, so here is a heads-up that I may take a bit longer to reply to emails. This has been quite the week for me. One of the highlights was observing an almost total eclipse with my children and experimenting with the...
salve Reader! If you have been following me for a while, I am sure you have noticed that I discourage my students from learning vocabulary through apps like Quizlet. I promote keeping a written record, reading extensively and using the words in new contexts. Still, I am aware that some students just love the app format. So, after much insistence from students on having a vocabulary list or suggesting an app that works, I have opted for a middle path: an app that has words unlikely to not be...
salve Reader! Do you know the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí? He is the genius behind the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. He believed that love came before any technical considerations, and looking at his ground-breaking architecture, I think we can all agree that his approach worked. This love-first approach is key to language learning. If there is no interest in reading a text to enjoy a story, it is very difficult to find the motivation to look at the grammar holding it together. The...