Communicative Approaches to Ancient Languages

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This book is the first in its field. It showcases current and emerging communicative practices in the teaching and learning of ancient languages (Latin and Greek) across contemporary education in the US, the UK, South America and continental Europe. In all these parts of the globe, communicative approaches are increasingly being accepted as showing benefits for learners in school, university and college classrooms, as well as at specialist conferences which allow for total immersion in an ancient language. These approaches are characterised by interaction with others using the ancient language. They may include various means and modalities such as face-to-face conversations and written communication. The ultimate aim is to optimise the facility to read such languages with comprehension and engagement. The examples showcased in this volume provide readers with a vital survey of the most current issues in communicative language teaching, helping them to explore and consider adoption of a wider range of pedagogical practices, and encouraging them to develop tools to promote engagement and retention of a wider variety of students than currently find ancient languages accessible. Both new and experienced teachers and learners can build on the experiences and ideas in this volume to explore the value of these approaches in their own classrooms. Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Mair E. Lloyd and Steven Hunt Part 1: Introducing Communicative Approaches in School Settings 1 Active Latin in the Classroom: Past, Present and Future • Laura Manning 2 Active Latin Promotes Open-mindedness in Language-learning • David Urbanski 3 Live Latin: Global Experiments in Shakespeare’s Classroom • Judith Affleck 4 Communication in All Modes as Effi cient Preparation for Reading a Text • Justin Slocum Bailey 5 From Reading to World-Building: Collaborative Content Creation and Classical Language Learning • Justin M. Schwamm, Jr. and Nancy A. Vander Veer 6 Active Latin Teaching for the Inclusive Classroom • Steven Hunt Part 2: Introducing Communicative Approaches in University Settings 7 Exploring Communicative Approaches for Beginners • Mair E. Lloyd 8 Communicative Latin for All in a UK University • Clive Letchford 9 Active Latin in the Tropics: An Experience with Neo-Latin in Brazil • Leni Ribeiro Leite 10 The Use of Ludi Domestici in Communicative Latin • Daniel B. Gallagher 11 Teaching Latin Communicatively to Postgraduate Students • Cressida Ryan Part 3: Total Immersion in Formal and Informal Settings 12 Global Latin, Active Latin: Kentucky and Beyond • Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg 13 A Conventiculum for Speakers of Ancient Greek: The Lexington Σύνοδος Ἑλληνική • R. Stephen Hill 14 Teaching Ancient Greek by the Polis Method • Christophe Rico and Michael Kopf 15 Goals and Methods in Teaching Biblical Languages and Exegesis: A View from the Seminary • Daniel R. Streett 16 Latin Teaching in Poland: A New Renaissance with Communicative Approaches? • Sebastian Domagała, Marcin Loch and Katarzyna Ochman 17 Student-led Initiatives at Oxford and Cambridge • Iván Parga Ornelas and Josey Parker Part 4: Varied Approaches in Unusual Settings 18 New Approaches to Ancient Languages: The Paideia Institute’s Pedagogy • Marco Romani Mistretta and Jason Pedicone 19 The Latinitium Project • Daniel Pettersson and Amelie Rosengren 20 Primary Language Acquisition of Latin in Bilingual Children: A Case Study • Mallory Ann Hayes and Patrick M. Owens References List of Abbreviations Index