Tag Archives: foreign languages

Graduation Speeches

It doesn’t really feel like it’s time for graduation here at Legacy Institute, but it is. Perhaps my many years of American education with a late summer starting time and a late spring or early summer finish has conditioned certain … Continue reading →

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I, Tertius, Wrote This Epistle: A Musing On The Language Of The Renewed Covenant Texts

Who is Tertius, and why does he matter? For students of the Bible interested in very obscure facts, Tertius is the scribe who wrote Romans for Paul. He shows up in Romans 16:22, which reads: “I, Tertius, who wrote this … Continue reading →

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Lotus Land

While I was watching the last part of Confessions of a Shopoholic and awaiting the beginning of the Pacquiano-Mosley fight, I was called up (a bit earlier than I had expected) to the Legacy Farm (about 2km away from the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Complete Idiot’s Guide To Learning Italian

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Learning Italian, by Gabrielle Ann Euvino Like The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning French [1], this particular book is a humorous take on learning a foreign language.  The book is (in what appears to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Everything Learning Italian Book

The Everything Learning Italian Book, by Ronald Glenn Wrigley, MA When one has read (and enjoyed) books that combine amusement with instruction (like the Idiot’s Guides), it is a bit of a letdown to read a book that offers no … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Complete Idiot’s Guide To Learning French

Complete Idiot’s Guide To Learning French, by Gail Stein So, in my continuing attempt to bone up a little bit on foreign languages, at least so I would be able to understand primary source documents in French, I read this … Continue reading →

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Language Studies and Graduate School

In my continuing series on graduate school, I would like to talk today about one of the often-neglected areas of study for the graduate student:  foreign languages.  Though not often planned in advance, graduate students in history need to show … Continue reading →

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