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Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

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German: Goethe Institute

Spanish: Instituto Cervantes

French: Alliance Francaise

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Beth Gibbons – singing Penderecki/Gorecki Symphony #3

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(00:00) - Intro with Elizabeth Weber-Edwards
(01:59) - A brief introduction to learned languages
(08:15) - How do you learn languages?
(14:06) - Some principles for choosing a way to teach a language
(21:52) - Which language should you pick?
(30:41) - Break
(31:34) - How language learning fits into classical education
(41:23) - What to look for in a quality online language class
(54:51) - It's never too late to learn a language!

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