The Via Facilis Video Teachers’ Guide was developed to be used in conjunction with the blog and textbook of the same name. They were created by Dr. Richard Gilder III and made available through the Atra Luce Foundation. Please click on the video or audio files listed below to get an introduction to Via Facilis and an overview of each chapter.
Video Teacher's Guide
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Introduction: Why Via Facilis?
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Ch 1. The English and Latin Verb
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Ch 2. The English Noun vs. the Latin Noun
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Ch 3. Nouns and Verbs Together at Last
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Ch 4. The Irregular Verb
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Ch 5. "I Need an Extension"
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Ch 6. Passive Voice: The Present Indicative
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Ch 7. More Morphology: Second Declension Masculine Nouns
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Ch 8. The Imperfect Indicative, Active and Passive
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Ch 9. Neuter Second Declension Nouns
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Ch 10. First and Second Declension Latin Adjectives and Their English Counterparts
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Ch 11. Third Conjugation Verbs and Possum
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An Addendum to Chapter 11
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Ch 12. Demonstrative Adjectives and the Pronouns They Become
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Ch 13. The Relative Pronoun
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Ch 14. Introduction to the Perfect System
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Ch 15. Time to Catch the Bus: Third Declension Nouns
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Ch 16. The Rest of the Perfect Indicative System
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Macrons: Why Bother?
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The Next Text
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