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Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius: added link to audio pronunciation guide.

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	There is a Sodalitas consecrated to the promotion of Latin in Nova Roma, the [http://www.novaroma.org/wiki/Sodalitates_%28Nova_Roma%29#Sodalitas_Latinitatis Sodalitas "Latinitas"].		There is a Sodalitas consecrated to the promotion of Latin in Nova Roma, the [http://www.novaroma.org/wiki/Sodalitates_%28Nova_Roma%29#Sodalitas_Latinitatis Sodalitas "Latinitas"].
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		+	You can learn to pronounce the names correctly of key magistrates and senators of Nova Roma using [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Of5S6Mi6Wy1fEiSH1jo2Mmc1Ab8WVdWx?usp=sharing this audio guide]. ''NOTE: You must right-click and download the .pps file first - do not try to open in Google Drive as the audio will not work.''

	The citizen of Nova Roma can also find other ways of putting Latin into practice through the Internet:		The citizen of Nova Roma can also find other ways of putting Latin into practice through the Internet:

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	===Learning Latin===		===Learning Latin===

−	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages as Italian and Japanese.<ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref> There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study. <ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref> Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [http://www.aclclassics.org/ American Classical League] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels.<ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref> The USA's [http://www.njcl.org/ National Junior Classical League] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.	+	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages as Italian and Japanese.<ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref>There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study.<ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref>Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [http://www.aclclassics.org/ American Classical League] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels.<ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref>The USA's [http://www.njcl.org/ National Junior Classical League] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.

−	Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials.<ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref> A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref>The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]</ref>	+	Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials.<ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref>A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref >The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]
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	There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.		There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.

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	The '''''lingua Latina''''' is the language of Rome. It is the most apt and only authentic vehicle to fully express the Roman culture, to gain access to her literature, her ideas and philosophies, to immerse oneself in her ethics and virtues, to not only understand but also intimately adopt and perfectly embody her complete world-view and way of life; it is also the only language in which the Roman religious rites can be duly performed. Nova Roma shows the essential importance of this language in all its terminology; the different positions of government, the official names of the laws and decrees, the names of the virtues are all expressed in Latin. It is one of the the goals of Nova Roma to promote the Lingua Latina and its revival in all circumstances of life among its citizens.		The '''''lingua Latina''''' is the language of Rome. It is the most apt and only authentic vehicle to fully express the Roman culture, to gain access to her literature, her ideas and philosophies, to immerse oneself in her ethics and virtues, to not only understand but also intimately adopt and perfectly embody her complete world-view and way of life; it is also the only language in which the Roman religious rites can be duly performed. Nova Roma shows the essential importance of this language in all its terminology; the different positions of government, the official names of the laws and decrees, the names of the virtues are all expressed in Latin. It is one of the the goals of Nova Roma to promote the Lingua Latina and its revival in all circumstances of life among its citizens.

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: Lingua Latina moved to Latin language: This is an English article, needs English title

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Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: latin grammar navigation box

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latin grammar navigation box

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	The '''''lingua Latina''''' is the language of Rome. It is the most apt and only authentic vehicle to fully express the Roman culture, to gain access to her literature, her ideas and philosophies, to immerse oneself in her ethics and virtues, to not only understand but also intimately adopt and perfectly embody her complete world-view and way of life; it is also the only language in which the Roman religious rites can be duly performed. Nova Roma shows the essential importance of this language in all its terminology; the different positions of government, the official names of the laws and decrees, the names of the virtues are all expressed in Latin. It is one of the the goals of Nova Roma to promote the Lingua Latina and its revival in all circumstances of life among its citizens.		The '''''lingua Latina''''' is the language of Rome. It is the most apt and only authentic vehicle to fully express the Roman culture, to gain access to her literature, her ideas and philosophies, to immerse oneself in her ethics and virtues, to not only understand but also intimately adopt and perfectly embody her complete world-view and way of life; it is also the only language in which the Roman religious rites can be duly performed. Nova Roma shows the essential importance of this language in all its terminology; the different positions of government, the official names of the laws and decrees, the names of the virtues are all expressed in Latin. It is one of the the goals of Nova Roma to promote the Lingua Latina and its revival in all circumstances of life among its citizens.

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: /* Learning Latin */ added some link from the earlier vesrion

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	There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.		There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.
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		+	Some other Latin learning resources on the Internet are:
		+	*[http://www.cherryh.com/www/latin1.htm Latin1], fabulous resources for beginning Latin students.
		+	*[http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/SubIndex/latinbackg.html Latin Background Studies], original studies and background essays on the Latin language by William Harris.
		+	*[http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=latin&IAM=URL_latin About network search for "Latin"]
		+	*[http://library.csbsju.edu/rqs.phtml?subject_id=20 CSB/SJU Latin Language and Literature], from the Alcuin and Clemens Libraries.

	===Using Latin===		===Using Latin===

M. Lucretius Agricola: /* Learning Latin */ fix up external links

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Learning Latin: fix up external links

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−	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages as Italian and Japanese.<ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref> There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study. <ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref> Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [~~American Classical League~~ http://www.aclclassics.org/] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels.<ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref> The USA's [~~National Junior Classical League~~ http://www.njcl.org/] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.	+	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages as Italian and Japanese.<ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref> There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study. <ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref> Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [http://www.aclclassics.org/ American Classical League] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels.<ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref> The USA's [http://www.njcl.org/ National Junior Classical League] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.

	Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials.<ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref> A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref>The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]</ref>		Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials.<ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref> A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref>The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]</ref>

M. Lucretius Agricola: /* Learning Latin */ grammar

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Learning Latin: grammar

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−	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages ~~such~~ as Italian and Japanese. <ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref> There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study. <ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref> Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [American Classical League http://www.aclclassics.org/] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels. <ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref> The USA's [National Junior Classical League http://www.njcl.org/] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.	+	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages as Italian and Japanese.<ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref> There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study. <ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref> Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [American Classical League http://www.aclclassics.org/] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels.<ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref> The USA's [National Junior Classical League http://www.njcl.org/] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.

−	Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials. <ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref> A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref>The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]</ref>	+	Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials.<ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref> A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref>The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]</ref>

	There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.		There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.

M. Lucretius Agricola: update with the current facts, add references

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update with the current facts, add references

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−	~~A greater number of people nowadays have had no previous contact with~~ the Latin language ~~during their education; but~~, of ~~those who have had Latin~~ as ~~a subject before~~, ~~most have ended up hating it~~, ~~forgetting it~~, ~~or both~~. ~~This is no surprise~~, and ~~shouldn~~'~~t lead us~~ to the ~~wrong conclusions~~.	+	Latin continues to be studied widely across Europe and in the Americas. A recent study placed Latin as the fourth most popular high school language in the United States, ahead of such contemporary languages such as Italian and Japanese. <ref>Draper, J. B., & Hicks, J. H. (1996). Foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools, fall 1994. Foreign Language Annals, 29(3), 304-306., cited in Stewart-Strobelt, J. and H. Chen(2003). Motivations and attitudes affecting high school students' choice of foreign language. Adolescence. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767]</ref> There is a long history of investigation into the academic benefits of Latin study. <ref>Smith, M. and H. Douglass, (1937). The Relation of High-School Latin to Marks in the First Year of Arts College. The School Review, Vol. 45, No. 9 (Nov., 1937), pp. 695-701 The University of Chicago Press</ref> Bodies such as the [http://www.promotelatin.org/ National Committee for Latin and Greek] (NCLG) and the [American Classical League http://www.aclclassics.org/] (ACL) in the USA continue to promote the benefit of Latin study at all levels. <ref>NCLG archive of Latin and Greek promotional material: http://www.promotelatin.org/latin.htm</ref> The USA's [National Junior Classical League http://www.njcl.org/] has local chapters at secondary schools across the country. The state and local chapters sponsor many activities that offer students the opportunity to speak and use Latin as a living language.

−	~~:First of all, nothing can possibly be learnt without '''motivation''', and~~ the ~~adolescents that are normally subjected~~ to ~~the study~~ of ~~Latin are rarely properly explained~~ the ~~purpose~~ of ~~it all~~. ~~Its value within~~ the ~~catholic church —which has practically disappeared after the language reforms of the II Vatican Council— doesn't impress them anymore;~~ and their ~~teachers don't show overt support~~ for ~~any engaging set~~ of ~~ideals~~, ~~Roman or otherwise~~, ~~that might attract the students to the language~~.	+	Although the "grammar-translation" method continues to find applications, there has been a revolution of methods and materials. <ref>See e.g. the range of materials offered by [http://www.latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html LatinTeach].</ref> A recent piece in the L.A. Times referred to a high school Latin class as "very up-to-date and thoroughly engaging". The author states that his "...son and many of his classmates devote a couple of after-school hours each week to their high school’s Latin club and recently spent a Saturday hosting similar groups for a day’s worth of Latinate activities".<ref>The rise and fall of Latin, By Tim Rutten November 28, 2007 in L. A Times print edition E-1 [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/28/entertainment/et-rutten28]</ref>

−	~~:Secondly, the teaching '''methodology''' is made so unnecessarily dry that it is~~ a ~~miracle if anyone actually does learn anything at all. The teachers have been so conditioned —and condition their students— to consider Latin a dead language that none~~ of them can actually realize that language learning is an innate capacity of humans that should be ever so natural and easy if only the language was taught the natural way, that is by actively using it, through listening to it and speaking it, as all other languages that people normally do learn. They stubbornly try to teach the Latin language against the grain of any natural language learning, and they obviously fail.	+	There are a growing number of [[online resources for learning Latin]] as well as schools such as the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens. The Latin language can also be learned in a pleasant and efficient manner at the [[Academia Thules]] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.
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−	~~The Latin language can be learnt in a more pleasant and efficient manner, and it is officially taught this way in Nova Roma at the~~ [~~http://www.academiathules.org/ Academia Thules] by well experienced teachers to motivated students. Every citizen is most encouraged to join a course.~~	+
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−	~~Some other Latin learning resources on the Internet are:~~	+
−		+
−	[~~http://www.cherryh.com/www/latin1.htm Latin1], fabulous~~ resources for ~~beginning~~ Latin ~~students.~~	+
−	~~[http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/SubIndex/latinbackg.html Latin Background Studies~~]~~, original studies and background essays on the Latin language by William Harris.~~	+
−	~~[http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=latin&IAM=URL_latin About network search for "Latin"~~]	+
−	~~[http://library.csbsju.edu/rqs.phtml?subject_id=20 CSB/SJU Latin Language and Literature], from the Alcuin and Clemens Libraries.~~	+
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−	~~In the real world, Latin is taught in many places; but,~~ as ~~we said, normally in an extremely dry fashion. Remarkable exceptions are~~ the [http://users.skynet.be/Melissalatina/ Fundatio Melissa], in Brussels, and the [http://www.scholanova.be/ Schola Nova], an independent Belgian school where Latin is taught to the pupils from an early age. Nova Roma encourages its more affluent citizens to found similar schools for Nova Roman citizens.	+

	===Using Latin===		===Using Latin===

−	~~As we said, most people think~~ that Latin is a dead language, as dead as the Roman virtues or the culture it conveyed; but we know it doesn't have to be like that, not for the virtues, not for the culture, not for the language. Latin was the living language of our Roman forefathers, and it is a language like all others, that can be ~~learnt~~ in a leisurely way and spoken in all situations of everyday life. Nova Roma wants progressively but seriously to promote this usage of Latin among its citizens.	+	There may be a misconception that Latin is a dead language, as dead as the Roman virtues or the culture it conveyed; but we know it doesn't have to be like that, not for the virtues, not for the culture, not for the language. Latin was the living language of our Roman forefathers, and it is a language like all others, that can be learned in a leisurely way and spoken in all situations of everyday life. Nova Roma wants progressively but seriously to promote this usage of Latin among its citizens.

	There is a Sodalitas consecrated to the promotion of Latin in Nova Roma, the [http://www.novaroma.org/wiki/Sodalitates_%28Nova_Roma%29#Sodalitas_Latinitatis Sodalitas "Latinitas"].		There is a Sodalitas consecrated to the promotion of Latin in Nova Roma, the [http://www.novaroma.org/wiki/Sodalitates_%28Nova_Roma%29#Sodalitas_Latinitatis Sodalitas "Latinitas"].
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	Nova Roman citizens, as the rightful depositaries of the Roman culture, are most welcome and encouraged to attend such circles and seminars.		Nova Roman citizens, as the rightful depositaries of the Roman culture, are most welcome and encouraged to attend such circles and seminars.
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Learning Latin

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	A greater number of people nowadays have had no previous contact with the Latin language during their education; but, of those who have had Latin as a subject before, most have ended up hating it, forgetting it, or both. This is no surprise, and shouldn't lead us to the wrong conclusions.		A greater number of people nowadays have had no previous contact with the Latin language during their education; but, of those who have had Latin as a subject before, most have ended up hating it, forgetting it, or both. This is no surprise, and shouldn't lead us to the wrong conclusions.

−	:First of all, nothing can possibly be learnt without '''motivation''', and the adolescents that are normally subjected to the study of Latin are rarely properly explained the purpose of it all. Its value within the catholic church —which has practically disappeared after language reforms of the II Vatican Council— doesn't impress them anymore; and their teachers don't show overt support for any engaging set of ideals, Roman or otherwise, that might attract the students to the language.	+	:First of all, nothing can possibly be learnt without '''motivation''', and the adolescents that are normally subjected to the study of Latin are rarely properly explained the purpose of it all. Its value within the catholic church —which has practically disappeared after the language reforms of the II Vatican Council— doesn't impress them anymore; and their teachers don't show overt support for any engaging set of ideals, Roman or otherwise, that might attract the students to the language.

	:Secondly, the teaching '''methodology''' is made so unnecessarily dry that it is a miracle if anyone actually does learn anything at all. The teachers have been so conditioned —and condition their students— to consider Latin a dead language that none of them can actually realize that language learning is an innate capacity of humans that should be ever so natural and easy if only the language was taught the natural way, that is by actively using it, through listening to it and speaking it, as all other languages that people normally do learn. They stubbornly try to teach the Latin language against the grain of any natural language learning, and they obviously fail.		:Secondly, the teaching '''methodology''' is made so unnecessarily dry that it is a miracle if anyone actually does learn anything at all. The teachers have been so conditioned —and condition their students— to consider Latin a dead language that none of them can actually realize that language learning is an innate capacity of humans that should be ever so natural and easy if only the language was taught the natural way, that is by actively using it, through listening to it and speaking it, as all other languages that people normally do learn. They stubbornly try to teach the Latin language against the grain of any natural language learning, and they obviously fail.