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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Who is Dr. Eleanor Dickey?
01:50 How good is Dr. Dickey in German and French?
02:53 Language learning in antiquity
04:26 Why did people learn Greek and Latin?
06:59 Sponsor: LingoPie
09:19 How did people learn languages in ancient times?
14:30 How people used bilingual dialogues
19:10 What kinds of teachers did people have?
21:25 Language learning methods for advanced learners
29:00 At what age did ancient people learn languages, and for what reasons?
31:25 What happened in classrooms?
37:20 Grammar instruction
38:50 Dr. Dickey's level in French and German
42:43 What should people do to learn languages?
44:00 How effective were ancient language learning methods