How to Speak in Old English | Beginner Lesson in Reading and Speaking in the Anglo-Saxon Tongue

Dr. Colin Gorrie, Old English and Latin Fellow of the Ancient Language Institute, introduces the brand-new Old English program at ALI, and walks Ryan Hammill and Jonathan Roberts through the opening pages of his new Old English Oerberg-inspired graded reader, Lingua Anglica Antiqua Per Se Illustrata, the tale of Osweald the talking bear, who wanders through medieval England and encounters various slices of Anglo-Saxon life.

Learn more about Dr. Gorrie's work preparing a Direct Method textbook for Old English, as well as about the online Old English classes at the Ancient Language Institute.

Old English at the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/old-english/

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