Colin Gorrie

Courses

As of June 2023, I have stopped running courses owing to an acute lack of free time. I am keeping the course pages below online out of historical interest. If there is demand, I may record them as video lectures in the future.

Dormant Courses

Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners

Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners

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Learn to read Old English.
Dead Languages Society

Dead Languages Society

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Learn ancient languages together.
English Grammar: The Missing Course

English Grammar: The Missing Course

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The grammar they should have taught you in school.
Inventing Alphabets

Inventing Alphabets

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Learn about writing systems by making your own.
Language and Thought

Language and Thought

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A seminar exploring the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis from many angles.
Language Construction Workshop

Language Construction Workshop

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A comprehensive, hands-on introduction to conlanging.
Meta-Skills for Language Learning

Meta-Skills for Language Learning

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A language learning system that actually works.

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