Teaching Latin: Contexts, Theories, Practices

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Building on and updating some of the issues addressed in Starting to Teach Latin, Steven Hunt provides a guide for novice and more experienced teachers of Latin in schools and colleges, who work with adapted and original Latin prose texts from beginners’ to advanced levels. It draws extensively on up-to-date theories of second language development and on multiple examples of the practices of real teachers and students. Hunt starts with a detailed look at deductive, inductive and active teaching methods, which support teachers in making the best choices for their students’ needs and for their own personal preferences, but goes on to organise the book around the principles of listening, reading, speaking and writing Latin. It is designed to be informative, experimental and occasionally provocative. The book closes with two chapters of particular contemporary interest: ‘Access, Diversity and Inclusion’ investigates how the subject community is meeting the challenge of teaching Latin more equitably in today’s schools; and ‘The Future’ offers some thoughts on lessons that have been learnt from the experiences of online teaching practices during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Practical examples, extensive references and a companion website at www.stevenhuntclassics.com are included. Teachers of Latin will find this book an invaluable tool inside and outside of the classroom. Cover Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Notes References 1 Latin Language Teaching and Learning Teaching methods Teaching grammar Vocabulary learning Translation Comprehension questions Duolingo: A new way to learn Latin? Notes References 2 Listening Hearing Latin is easy The phonological loop and its role in memory Dictation activities Listening for comprehensible input Music and singing Notes References 3 Reading Reading and not reading Latin Strategies for reading Thinking about the text Tiered readings Making an original text more comprehensible Narrow reading Linear reading: Read like a Roman Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) Notes References 4 Speaking Why speaking? Activities for speaking Latin Corrective feedback Where to learn Reading resources 5 Writing Writing Latin Prose composition in the UK Intermission: Prose composition to free composition Models of practice Free composition Feedback A role for fan fiction? Notes References 6 Access, Diversity and Inclusion The challenges Access to Latin Diversity and inclusion Teachable moments Improving Latin coursebooks Arguments about pedagogy Usualizing diversity Conclusion Resources Notes References 7 The Future Is It Digital? CALL and AL-CALL Collaborative digital learning Flipped classrooms: Has their time come? Making it multimodal: The end of the book? Digital translations, assessment and feedback Personalization and student voice Innovation or replication? Visualizations, computer games and virtual worlds Online affinity groups Publications, conferences and blogs Conclusion Notes References Appendix 1 Abbreviations Appendix 2 Resources Appendix 3 UK/US Education Systems Compared Index