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Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

Update: 2024-05-01
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German: Goethe Institute 

Spanish: Instituto Cervantes

French:  Alliance Francaise 

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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 podcast@welltrainedmind.com.


  • (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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Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett