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.
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.