Communicative Approaches for Ancient Languages
Published on 8. April 2021
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-350-15734-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
This volume is a first-of-its-kind in the field of pedagogy of the ancient languages. It provides both the theoretical basis for communicative approaches and implementation of the same in teaching the Classics. * Stone-Campbell Journal * This book provides a welcome (and indeed overdue) contribution to the discussion of language pedagogy in Classics. The diversity of approaches and settings in this volume will appeal equally to the communicative convert, the novice and to anyone interested in advancing their understanding of Latin and Greek pedagogy. -- Aisha Khan-Evans, Lecturer in Classics Education, King's College London, UK All of the contributors are owed a great deal of thanks from the Classics-teaching community for contributing to this innovative and forward-thinking volume. * Classics for All * Represents a significant step forward in the development, and push, for various groups, individuals and institutions practising or advocating these approaches in historical languages. * The Classical Review * [T]here is much here for all looking to shift their pedagogy and add new teaching tools ... No clearer explication of the need for change can be found than in Communicative Approaches, whose contributors' teaching reflects the realities of Latin and Greek instruction, which is sustained in large part by the creativity and commitment of its teachers. * The Classical Outlook *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
11 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-15734-7 (9781350157347)
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Persons
Mair E. Lloyd is a Research Associate in Latin pedagogy at the Open University, UK, and creates Latin teaching resources at the Cambridge School Classics Project. Publications include her doctoral thesis Living Latin: Exploring Communicative Approaches to Latin Teaching (2017), and A Survey of Beginner's Language Teaching in UK Classics Departments: Latin (2018).
Steven Hunt is the Subject Lecturer of the PGCE in Classics at the University of Cambridge, UK. He taught Classics for over twenty years in state comprehensive schools and is author of Starting to Teach Latin (Bloomsbury, 2016). He is the co-editor of Forward with Classics (Bloomsbury, 2017) and Teaching Classics with Technology (Bloomsbury, 2019).
Steven Hunt is the Subject Lecturer of the PGCE in Classics at the University of Cambridge, UK. He taught Classics for over twenty years in state comprehensive schools and is author of Starting to Teach Latin (Bloomsbury, 2016). He is the co-editor of Forward with Classics (Bloomsbury, 2017) and Teaching Classics with Technology (Bloomsbury, 2019).
Content
List of Figures
Editors and Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction (Mair E. Lloyd, The Open University/University of Cambridge, UK and Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 1 Introducing Communicative Approaches in School Settings
1 Active Latin in the Classroom: Past, Present and Future (Laura Manning, University of Kentucky, USA)
2 Active Latin Promotes Open-Mindedness in Language Learning (David Urbanski, Brookfield Academy, Wisconsin, USA)
3 Live Latin: Global Experiments in Shakespeare's Classroom (Judith Affleck, Harrow School and King Edward VI, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)
4 Communication in All Modes as Efficient Preparation for Reading a Text (Justin Slocum Bailey, Indwelling Language, USA)
5 From Reading to World-Building: Collaborative Content Creation and Classical Language Learning (Justin M. Schwamm, Jr., Three Column Learning Corporation, USA and Nancy A. Vander Veer, Three Column Learning Corporation, USA)
6 Active Latin Teaching for the Inclusive Classroom (Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 2 Introducing Communicative Approaches in University Settings
7 Exploring Communicative Approaches for Beginners (Mair E. Lloyd, The Open University/University of Cambridge, UK)
8 Communicative Latin for All in a UK University (Clive Letchford, University of Warwick, UK)
9 Active Latin in the Tropics: An Experience with Neo-Latin in Brazil (Leni Ribeiro Leite, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil)
10 The use of Ludi Domestici in Communicative Latin (Daniel Gallagher, Cornell University, USA)
11 Teaching Latin Communicatively to Postgraduate Students (Cressida Ryan, University of Oxford, UK)
Part 3 Total Immersion in Formal and Informal Settings
12 Global Latin, Active Latin - Kentucky and Beyond (Milena Minkova, University of Kentucky, USA and Terence Tunberg, University of Kentucky, USA)
13 A Conventiculum for Speakers of Ancient Greek: The Lexington Synodos Hellenike (R. Stephen Hill, University of Virginia, USA)
14 Teaching Ancient Greek by the Polis Method (Christophe Rico, Polis - the Jerusalem Institute for Languages and Humanities, Israel and Michael Kopf, Polis - the Jerusalem Institute for Languages and Humanities, Israel)
15 Goals and Methods in Teaching Biblical Languages and Exegesis: A View from the Seminary (Daniel R. Streett, Houston Baptist University, USA)
16 Latin Teaching in Poland - A New Renaissance with Communicative Approaches? (Sebastian Domagala, University of Warsaw, Poland, Marcin Loch, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland and Katarzyna Ochman, University of Wroclaw, Poland)
17 Student-led Initiatives at Oxford and Cambridge (Ivan Parga Ornelas, University of Warwick, UK and Josey Parker, University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 4 Varied Approaches in Unusual Settings
18. New Approaches to Ancient Languages: The Paideia Institute's Pedagogy (Marco Romani Mistretta, Paideia Institute, Italy and Jason Pedicone, Paideia Institute, USA)
19 The Latinitium Project (Daniel Pettersson, Stockholm University, Sweden and Amelie Rosengren, Latinitium.com, Sweden)
20 Primary Language Acquisition of Latin in Bilingual Children: a case study (Mallory Ann Hayes, Chesterfield Montessori School, Missouri, USA and Patrick M. Owens, Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA)
References
Abbreviations
Index
Editors and Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction (Mair E. Lloyd, The Open University/University of Cambridge, UK and Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 1 Introducing Communicative Approaches in School Settings
1 Active Latin in the Classroom: Past, Present and Future (Laura Manning, University of Kentucky, USA)
2 Active Latin Promotes Open-Mindedness in Language Learning (David Urbanski, Brookfield Academy, Wisconsin, USA)
3 Live Latin: Global Experiments in Shakespeare's Classroom (Judith Affleck, Harrow School and King Edward VI, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)
4 Communication in All Modes as Efficient Preparation for Reading a Text (Justin Slocum Bailey, Indwelling Language, USA)
5 From Reading to World-Building: Collaborative Content Creation and Classical Language Learning (Justin M. Schwamm, Jr., Three Column Learning Corporation, USA and Nancy A. Vander Veer, Three Column Learning Corporation, USA)
6 Active Latin Teaching for the Inclusive Classroom (Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 2 Introducing Communicative Approaches in University Settings
7 Exploring Communicative Approaches for Beginners (Mair E. Lloyd, The Open University/University of Cambridge, UK)
8 Communicative Latin for All in a UK University (Clive Letchford, University of Warwick, UK)
9 Active Latin in the Tropics: An Experience with Neo-Latin in Brazil (Leni Ribeiro Leite, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil)
10 The use of Ludi Domestici in Communicative Latin (Daniel Gallagher, Cornell University, USA)
11 Teaching Latin Communicatively to Postgraduate Students (Cressida Ryan, University of Oxford, UK)
Part 3 Total Immersion in Formal and Informal Settings
12 Global Latin, Active Latin - Kentucky and Beyond (Milena Minkova, University of Kentucky, USA and Terence Tunberg, University of Kentucky, USA)
13 A Conventiculum for Speakers of Ancient Greek: The Lexington Synodos Hellenike (R. Stephen Hill, University of Virginia, USA)
14 Teaching Ancient Greek by the Polis Method (Christophe Rico, Polis - the Jerusalem Institute for Languages and Humanities, Israel and Michael Kopf, Polis - the Jerusalem Institute for Languages and Humanities, Israel)
15 Goals and Methods in Teaching Biblical Languages and Exegesis: A View from the Seminary (Daniel R. Streett, Houston Baptist University, USA)
16 Latin Teaching in Poland - A New Renaissance with Communicative Approaches? (Sebastian Domagala, University of Warsaw, Poland, Marcin Loch, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland and Katarzyna Ochman, University of Wroclaw, Poland)
17 Student-led Initiatives at Oxford and Cambridge (Ivan Parga Ornelas, University of Warwick, UK and Josey Parker, University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 4 Varied Approaches in Unusual Settings
18. New Approaches to Ancient Languages: The Paideia Institute's Pedagogy (Marco Romani Mistretta, Paideia Institute, Italy and Jason Pedicone, Paideia Institute, USA)
19 The Latinitium Project (Daniel Pettersson, Stockholm University, Sweden and Amelie Rosengren, Latinitium.com, Sweden)
20 Primary Language Acquisition of Latin in Bilingual Children: a case study (Mallory Ann Hayes, Chesterfield Montessori School, Missouri, USA and Patrick M. Owens, Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA)
References
Abbreviations
Index