Teaching Languages the Classical Way (with Elizabeth Weber Edwards)

German: Goethe Institute 

Spanish: Instituto Cervantes

French:  Alliance Francaise 

Well-Trained Mind Academy

Beth Gibbons – singing Penderecki/Gorecki Symphony #3

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!