Lissis

  We believe traditional ways of teaching Latin and Greek don’t work—and are boring. Think back to your high school Spanish class—or French, or whatever foreign language you took. If you’re like most students, you pored over a fresh vocabulary list every week and strained to make sense of grammar tables. Subjunctive? Past progressive? You chanted new words and verb forms under your breath in the seconds before class, cramming just in case there was a pop quiz. You squirmed in your chair as you tried to form a correct sentence aloud—until the teacher cut you off, correcting your faulty syntax.  If only you could remember all the little parts.