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sayersThe greatest single defect of my own Latin education
In a speech to the Association for the Reform of Latin teaching, Dorothy Sayers relates her own experience learning Latin and explains why Medieval Christian, rather than classical Latin, should be the focus of a Christian education.

 

Part I: Dorothy Sayers speaks about her experience learning Latin: Sayers recounts the frightening words she heard her father utter to her when she was only six years old: "I think, my dear, that you are now old enough to begin to learn Latin."

Part II: Latin grammar: the most practical subject: Five advantages to an early grounding in Latin.

Part III: Suggestions for teaching Latin--beginning age and pronuncation: Why you really shouldn't wait to teach Latin, as well a little meditation on the question: Can you really imagine Caesar saying "Waynee, weedee, weekee"?

Part IV: The case for Christian Latin: Sayers expresses her regrets that Medieval Latin was ignored in her formal Latin education and why it needs to be the gateway to classical Latin.

Part V: Summary : Seven suggestions on "Latinizing" your children, and C.S. Lewis' recommendations for Christian Latin readings.


 

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