Season 2 · Episode 6
Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)
The Well-Trained Mind podcast · Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett
May 1, 202456m 36s
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Show Notes
German: Goethe Institute
Spanish: Instituto Cervantes
French: Alliance Francaise
Beth Gibbons – singing Penderecki/Gorecki Symphony #3
ANNOUNCEMENT: We will record a Q&A episode at the end of this season. If you have questions for Susan or Susanna, send them to [email protected].
- (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!