My Journey through Homeschool Land

Aug. 3, 2006 - Greek, Latin, Spanish, OH my!

To start off our school year I asked the Happy Learners to list the three foreign languages they would like to learn and then to number them in the order of the one they are most interested in first through third.  I was surprise by what I got.  They all wanted to learn Greek along with me and they are doing Latin, then they decided that they should learn Spanish since there are a lot of Spanish speaking people in the United States.  I also have Hebrew, French, Italian, and German on the list now. Only one child wants Hebrew and that was first on the list and only one wants German and is first on that list also, Italian is second on a couple lists and French is third on a couple lists.  So to try and get my mind wrapped around all these different languages and see what is the best way to proceed, I looked through the catalogs and did a little checking on the internet.  I am no wiser than when I started.  I know it will be an expensive venture to try and do all of that.  I know that there are many programs for a few languages and there are few programs for most languages.  I still don't know what the best program is and I don't know how to do so many languages.  I also don't know how many languges I should let them attempt to do.  I have a feeling that the Greek phase will pass as soon as we get finished with the first part of the program.  We are using Elementary Greek and it is a great program so far.  I really like it.  I have been wanting to learn Greek for some time so I figured I would take the time off this summer to start it and although it has only been a month since I have had any time off, I am enjoying it and will continue as they have 3 levels.  I am hoping to be able to read the Greek New Testement.  Okay, off to the dentist now and to ponder my foreign language delema. 

 

 

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