Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall Buth" <randallbuth AT gmail.com>
To: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Cc: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] teaching communicatively


> This seems to suffer from an all-or-none fallacy. I was just
> talking to someone yesterday who SPEAKS Latin. He even
> uses a 'modern' pronunciation. He doesn't mind that it is not
> exactly like Cicero (i.e. KIKERO to academics). What he has
> noticed is that his reading and general feel is much better
> than before he could speak, and that those who do not
> speak Latin do not get into the language in the same way
> and to the same depth. Maybe your mileage varies, but this
> seemed pretty much on target. And I suspect that students
> who could handle an oral Latin lecture 3-4 centuries ago
> could read Latin literature much more comprehensively and
> accurately and appreciatively than someone today who only
> learns to painfully crank out compositions, if they even get
> to that level.

Cum quibus dixit?  Vivis hominibus quos tangat, aut in linea?

mens curiosa...

Barrius