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    Ancient Greek or Latin lessons and tutoring for English speakers (all levels)

    Methods are flexible depending on your level, goals, and preferences. For example, we can
    - use the traditional grammar-translation method
    - read something in Greek or Latin that you're interested in together
    - practice having a conversation in Greek or Latin
    - go over questions that came up during a course you're taking.

    All questions are good questions!

    Some quotations from my evaluations when I taught Latin and Greek as a grad student:

    "Silvio was a delight to work with. His mastery of [Greek] is impressive, and his joy at sharing his
    enthusiasm for it is inspiring."

    "Silvio is the most patient human being I have ever met. . . . He is very understanding in how difficult Latin can be and never talks down to us like we're stupid."

    "I have nothing bad to say about this instructor . . . he has made learning a completely new language (not to mention a dead language) engaging and easy."

    Location

    Online via webcam

    General info

    Age:
    Teenagers (13-17 years old)
    Adults (18-64 years old)
    Seniors (65+ years old)
    Student level:
    Beginner
    Intermediate
    Advanced
    Duration:
    30 minutes
    45 minutes
    60 minutes
    90 minutes
    120 minutes
    The class is taught in:English, Spanish, Esperanto, Latin, Greek

    About Me

    Vivo en la comunidad multicultural de Monteverde, Costa Rica. Estudié filología clásica por trece años en los Estados Unidos. Después de algunos cambios en mis prioridades personales, me interesó menos hacer investigación académica, pero sigo con una pasión para los idiomas y para ayudar a que la gente los aprenda.

    I live in the multicultural community of Monteverde, Costa Rica. I studied Classics for thirteen years in the United States. After some changes in my personal priorities, I became less interested in doing academic research, but I still have the same passion for languages and helping people learn them.

    Education

    Bachillerato universitario - Grinnell College (filología clásica, matemática)
    Maestría - University of Georgia (filología clásica)
    estudios posteriores en University of California, Los Angeles

    BA - Grinnell College (Classics, Mathematics)
    MA - Univeristy of Georgia (Classics)
    further study at University of California, Los Angeles

    Experience / Qualifications

    Hablante nativo del inglés. Tengo cinco años de experiencia enseñando temas de cultura y lenguas clásicas, la mayoría de ellos como instructor de latín o griego.

    Native speaker of English. I have five years of experience teaching classical culture and languages as a TA, most of them as a Latin or Greek instructor.
    The methods will depend on your level, your goals, and your preferences. For example, we can do - conversational practice - reading something in English on a topic that interests you - traditional lessons - resolution of doubts that arise in a course I don't think formal grammar is absolutely necessary to learn a language, but I do have training in it, so if you have grammar questions, I'm prepared. I know that all languages are difficult to learn, and English is a little more difficult than expected. Every question is a legitimate question!
    Methods are flexible depending on your level, goals, and preferences. For example, we can - do conversation practice - read something you're interested in in Spanish together - have a traditional lecture with practice exercises - go over questions that came up during a course you're taking. I don't believe that formal grammar is absolutely necessary to learn a language, but I've learned a fair amount about it, so if you want to go there, I'm prepared to go there. All questions are good questions! Some quotations from my evaluations when I taught Latin and Greek as a grad student: "Silvio was a delight to work with. His mastery of [Greek] is impressive, and his joy at sharing his enthusiasm for it is inspiring." "Silvio is the most patient human being I have ever met. . . . He is very understanding in how difficult Latin can be and never talks down to us like we're stupid." "I have nothing bad to say about this instructor . . . he has made learning a completely new language (not to mention a dead language) engaging and easy."
    Methods are flexible depending on your level, goals, and preferences. For example, we can - do conversation practice - read something in Esperanto that you're interested in together - have a traditional lecture with practice exercises - go over questions that came up during a course you're taking. I don't believe that formal grammar is absolutely necessary to learn a language, but I've learned a fair amount about it, so if you want to go there, I'm prepared to go there. All questions are good questions!
    The methods will depend on your level, your goals, and your preferences. For example, we can do - the traditional method of grammar and translation - reading an ancient text that interests you - conversational Greek or Latin practice - resolution of doubts that arise in a course I know that all languages are difficult to learn. Every question is a legitimate question! Some quotes from my evaluations from when I taught Latin and Greek as a graduate student: "Silvio was wonderful to work with. His command [of Greek] is impressive, and his joy in sharing his enthusiasm for it is inspiring." "Silvio is the most patient human being I have ever met... He is very understanding of how difficult Latin can be and never talks to us as if we were fools." "I have nothing bad to say about this instructor...he has made learning a completely new (not to mention dead) language attractive and easy."

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