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Latin 101

Mar. 2nd, 2019 11:50 am
badrubbish: Dumbledore, in very dramatic lighting. (dumblediva)
Goal: basic (or better yet, intermediate) knowledge of Latin. 

Plan of action: 
1. Finish Wheelock's cover to cover. One chapter per day gives 40 days, and 2-3 off or slow days per week will mean I can expect to be about halfway done by April Fool's, and finished by at latest mid-May; the task should take 8-11 weeks.
2. As of chapter 5 (completed 7 March, right on target), I feel comfortable beginning to read 2–3 pages per day of an at level reader. Eventually increasing that amount and transitioning into, say, 20+ pages per day once I'm done with Wheelock's should give me a good base a reasonable timeframe—I'll just need to source material.

Additional learning resources:
1471 basic Latin words, by category (there are 23 categories; take your time with each). 
Other misc resources 
Reading material, further instruction 
Online discussion forum
More reading material
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

I can revisit Old English (which I've found a delightful old textbook for), Greek, Sumerian, etc in May–July if I feel like it. Alternatively, I may want to order a more advanced Latin text via interlibrary loans in late April. 

Rules: 
1. Ideally, one new chapter + one review chapter per day. I can shift that around based on difficulty, but shouldn't exceed three chapters per day (including review!). 
2. If I want more content, work on memorising the 1471 most common words. 

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