The Free Learn-Conversational-Latin Project
Welcome to the (until we agree on a better name) Free Learn-Conversational-Latin
Audio project! The goal of this project is to create and make freely available
audio files which will facilitate the learning of conversational Latin.
Many people have had success learning modern languages through audio programs
like the Pimsleur series. Unfortunately, nothing like this yet exists for
conversational Latin (and assuming it oneday does exist, it will likely not be free).
Learning by listening and speaking can be both fun and effective---and, because all our
output will be absolutely free from the very beginning, students, enthusiasts,
teachers, homeschoolers, or anyone else will be able to benefit from our collective
efforts without paying the prohibitively high costs which will undoubtedly be
associated with future Latin audio products.
News
The FLCLP utilities are currently being used to produce the recordings at Talking Vulgar,
a conversational Latin podcast. I'm continuing to update the utilities as I need features for Talking Vulgar, but there hasn't yet
been much external interest (at least in helping to produce content). If you're interested in using the utilities, please contact me.
How can I join the discussion?
First, join the mailing list.
Secondly, go to our SourceForge project page and create
a SourceForge account. This is free, won't take very long, and will allow you to post in our
forums (here). We'll mainly be using the
list to begin, but will likely use the forums as we progress (for different subprojects, etc.). You might
want to look over the mailing list archive to
see where we are (just now beginning!).
FAQ
I've moved questions I'm receiving and answering to a FAQ.
If have any questions not answered here, email the project coordinator:
j. scott olsson
