Thank you so much for your videos and all the hard work you have put into them. Hopefully the feedback you get is complementary and appreciative of your efforts. I am taking your whole course, it's almost like going to university.
Learning Languages The audio interference has been eliminated but still the pitch of your voice keeps rising and falling which is somewhat discomforting for the ear. Maybe it is because you have connected the various recordings which were originally recorded separately. The transition from one sound recording to another is not smooth as regards the pitch. Also, try equalizing the volume so the volume levels remain constant during transition. At 2:17, I feel there is some overlap in voices so it feels like there are two ladies speaking simultaneously. I do appreciate your efforts and I apologize for being over-critical but it is just that my ears are too sensitive. Also, in slide no. 3, I feel there is a small typographical error - "Naomi tried on the shoes. She wanted to buy these"; it should have been "those." or "them." at the end of the sentence. Rest of the presentation was fine otherwise.
Hi Nikhil, thank you for your comment. I appreciate your feedback regarding the pitch and volume issues. I will do my best to resolve these two issues so they don't appear in future lessons. I hoped that I would be able to publish Lesson 12 and Lesson 13 on Wednesday and Friday respectively. However, I really want to correct the sound issues, so I will upload them both on Friday.
Great! I wish to give some more suggestions if you kindly permit. What I like about your lessons is that they are well-suited for the scholarly learners as the pedagogy they employ is the same I found in old Latin grammar books. So you should enhance the content of lessons as scholars would normally do. I belong to India and so my observations would be those of a non-western student when he approaches the European languages. As I have a faint idea about the nature of Roman empire, Latin seems quite alien to me. You should create such videos that would carry the learner to the period of the Roman empire. You can design your lessons with a Roman theme. You can use images, sounds and music that is relating to Roman era. You can relate the examples with Roman history (before and after the advent of Christianity), even with mythology and literature. You may even add phrases from Roman philosophies. In my country, when we study the Sanskrit language we include lot of references to Indian mythology and the Indian gods. Study of Sanskrit is regarded incomplete without knowledge of Indian tradition, culture, rituals and philosophy. I believe Latin is also a language of wisdom and can be treated in similar manner. You can make your videos HD by completely occupying the screen. At present, it looks like you created them in MS Powerpoint so you see the dark stripes on both sides. It looks more like a slide presentation. But don't stretch the slides horizontally; that would look ridiculous. Also, you can add a copyright mark to your videos to prevent some pirate youtuber from copying your intellectual property. It shall be your discretion to adopt my suggestions. I know all this is easier said than done. I am just delivering advice sitting on my mattress whereas you have to do the labour. But you see, in India we believe that "regardless of how much you excel, there is always a scope for development". Man must keep improving throughout his life if he has to make greater progress. When he feels like he has become perfect and ceases to improve, his downfall begins. Just like the moment the flying bird ceases to flap its wings, it starts descending. There is no pinnacle for progress. I shall stay tuned for your next lessons. You are doing a noble task- remember, teaching once is learning twice.
Hi Nikhil. It's good to hear from you again! Thank you for all your feedback. I really appreciate you taking time to leave such detailed feedback. I will do my best to incorporate all your suggestions. It might take a while, but I will try my best to ensure that the quality of the lessons improves. Also, regarding your comment on lesson enriching content, do you feel that the pace is too slow? I'm wondering what would be the best way to enhance the content delivered. I am worried that making longer videos would put off some viewers. Do you think worksheets, a blog or a companion video series would be a good idea? Thanks again for your comment!
Of course, it will take you a long time to work on my suggestions. That is fine because as per the well known saying, "Rome was not built in a day", it requires time, efforts and patience to create monumental works. Regarding your worry about putting off viewers, I would say that nobody can ever please all kinds of viewers. In my country, as per the ancient tradition, it is the responsibility of the disciple to adjust according to the pedagogy of his master. Not because the master has no concern towards his disciples but because the recipient of knowledge is the one who seeks wisdom. Just like the thirsty traveller searches for the well and not vice-versa. Your videos are meant for learning and not entertainment or commerce. Your subscribers are not your customers. So let the content of the lesson determine the length of videos. I do not feel that the pace is too slow. Some topics will require more elucidation whereas some will be quite obvious. So let your pace vary as per the needs of the topic. Maintaining a constant pace will be quite monotonous. Besides, it is not that your videos alone will teach all Latin, the student will also have to practise at home. I don't feel there is any need for worksheets, blogs etc. as there is a plethora of study material available in markets and on the internet. People watch videos so that they can learn beyond the written words. Just focus on continuing the current lessons. Regarding how to enhance the content; let me demonstrate using some examples. You can use names of Roman characters in your examples; instead of talking about 'Naomi', use 'Diana'; instead of 'Lucas', use 'Augustus' and so on. Use names of Roman cities, monuments, currency, artefacts etc. Tell some stories connected with war, love, romance, sacrifice etc. This has a subtle effect of creating an environment which carries the viewer to the Roman era. This will naturally arouse the interest of viewers towards learning, as even we orientals are fascinated by the European civilizations. At the end of the lesson quote a couple of words of wisdom such as "memento mori" or "cogito ergo sum" etc. You can also quote phrases from law such as "actio personalis moritur cum persona" or "vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt". Make people feel that Latin is not dead yet, it is just slumbering. Train their minds to think in Latin rather than translate from English. Give them a food for thought, such that after watching your videos they can regurgitate on it for days. Latin carries the legacy of the Roman civilization. If you let it go, it would be like losing the essence of something. I can tell you more on this but I feel I should leave some space here for the other commentors. :-D Send me an e-mail on my below-mentioned e-mail address and I shall get in touch with you.
thank you for this video very useful
Thank you so much for your videos and all the hard work you have put into them. Hopefully the feedback you get is complementary and appreciative of your efforts. I am taking your whole course, it's almost like going to university.
thanks for your video
Thanks for hard work for assuming these lessons, it's hard to search as well
Learning Languages The audio interference has been eliminated but still the pitch of your voice keeps rising and falling which is somewhat discomforting for the ear. Maybe it is because you have connected the various recordings which were originally recorded separately. The transition from one sound recording to another is not smooth as regards the pitch. Also, try equalizing the volume so the volume levels remain constant during transition. At 2:17, I feel there is some overlap in voices so it feels like there are two ladies speaking simultaneously. I do appreciate your efforts and I apologize for being over-critical but it is just that my ears are too sensitive. Also, in slide no. 3, I feel there is a small typographical error - "Naomi tried on the shoes. She wanted to buy these"; it should have been "those." or "them." at the end of the sentence. Rest of the presentation was fine otherwise.
Hi Nikhil, thank you for your comment. I appreciate your feedback regarding the pitch and volume issues. I will do my best to resolve these two issues so they don't appear in future lessons. I hoped that I would be able to publish Lesson 12 and Lesson 13 on Wednesday and Friday respectively. However, I really want to correct the sound issues, so I will upload them both on Friday.
Great! I wish to give some more suggestions if you kindly permit. What I like about your lessons is that they are well-suited for the scholarly learners as the pedagogy they employ is the same I found in old Latin grammar books. So you should enhance the content of lessons as scholars would normally do. I belong to India and so my observations would be those of a non-western student when he approaches the European languages. As I have a faint idea about the nature of Roman empire, Latin seems quite alien to me. You should create such videos that would carry the learner to the period of the Roman empire. You can design your lessons with a Roman theme. You can use images, sounds and music that is relating to Roman era. You can relate the examples with Roman history (before and after the advent of Christianity), even with mythology and literature. You may even add phrases from Roman philosophies. In my country, when we study the Sanskrit language we include lot of references to Indian mythology and the Indian gods. Study of Sanskrit is regarded incomplete without knowledge of Indian tradition, culture, rituals and philosophy. I believe Latin is also a language of wisdom and can be treated in similar manner. You can make your videos HD by completely occupying the screen. At present, it looks like you created them in MS Powerpoint so you see the dark stripes on both sides. It looks more like a slide presentation. But don't stretch the slides horizontally; that would look ridiculous. Also, you can add a copyright mark to your videos to prevent some pirate youtuber from copying your intellectual property. It shall be your discretion to adopt my suggestions. I know all this is easier said than done. I am just delivering advice sitting on my mattress whereas you have to do the labour. But you see, in India we believe that "regardless of how much you excel, there is always a scope for development". Man must keep improving throughout his life if he has to make greater progress. When he feels like he has become perfect and ceases to improve, his downfall begins. Just like the moment the flying bird ceases to flap its wings, it starts descending. There is no pinnacle for progress. I shall stay tuned for your next lessons. You are doing a noble task- remember, teaching once is learning twice.
Hi Nikhil. It's good to hear from you again!
Thank you for all your feedback. I really appreciate you taking time to leave such detailed feedback. I will do my best to incorporate all your suggestions. It might take a while, but I will try my best to ensure that the quality of the lessons improves.
Also, regarding your comment on lesson enriching content, do you feel that the pace is too slow? I'm wondering what would be the best way to enhance the content delivered. I am worried that making longer videos would put off some viewers. Do you think worksheets, a blog or a companion video series would be a good idea?
Thanks again for your comment!
Of course, it will take you a long time to work on my suggestions. That is fine because as per the well known saying, "Rome was not built in a day", it requires time, efforts and patience to create monumental works. Regarding your worry about putting off viewers, I would say that nobody can ever please all kinds of viewers. In my country, as per the ancient tradition, it is the responsibility of the disciple to adjust according to the pedagogy of his master. Not because the master has no concern towards his disciples but because the recipient of knowledge is the one who seeks wisdom. Just like the thirsty traveller searches for the well and not vice-versa. Your videos are meant for learning and not entertainment or commerce. Your subscribers are not your customers. So let the content of the lesson determine the length of videos. I do not feel that the pace is too slow. Some topics will require more elucidation whereas some will be quite obvious. So let your pace vary as per the needs of the topic. Maintaining a constant pace will be quite monotonous. Besides, it is not that your videos alone will teach all Latin, the student will also have to practise at home. I don't feel there is any need for worksheets, blogs etc. as there is a plethora of study material available in markets and on the internet. People watch videos so that they can learn beyond the written words. Just focus on continuing the current lessons. Regarding how to enhance the content; let me demonstrate using some examples. You can use names of Roman characters in your examples; instead of talking about 'Naomi', use 'Diana'; instead of 'Lucas', use 'Augustus' and so on. Use names of Roman cities, monuments, currency, artefacts etc. Tell some stories connected with war, love, romance, sacrifice etc. This has a subtle effect of creating an environment which carries the viewer to the Roman era. This will naturally arouse the interest of viewers towards learning, as even we orientals are fascinated by the European civilizations. At the end of the lesson quote a couple of words of wisdom such as "memento mori" or "cogito ergo sum" etc. You can also quote phrases from law such as "actio personalis moritur cum persona" or "vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt". Make people feel that Latin is not dead yet, it is just slumbering. Train their minds to think in Latin rather than translate from English. Give them a food for thought, such that after watching your videos they can regurgitate on it for days. Latin carries the legacy of the Roman civilization. If you let it go, it would be like losing the essence of something. I can tell you more on this but I feel I should leave some space here for the other commentors. :-D Send me an e-mail on my below-mentioned e-mail address and I shall get in touch with you.
@@nikhil-kulkarni you're a star Nikhil, lovely sentiments.
very horrible pronuncuation, such a strong english accent...
Bro I would like to see you try
@@littlecrazydude9537 i'm a native Italian speaker, so my pronunciation would be really accurate