Meeting the Challenge: International Perspectives on the Teaching of Latin

by Edited by Bob Lister

• ISBN13: 9780521690430
• ISBN10: 0521690439
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This collection of essays is based on papers given at a recent international conference on the teaching and learning of Latin. Classicists from seven countries including England and the United States, provide important insights into the theory and practice of Latin teaching. They examine: the place of Latin in the modern curriculum the role of information and communication technology in Latin teaching, modern approaches to teaching texts in the original strategies for promoting Latin.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Inspection and introspection: classics teaching in England over four decades

Poor relation or necessary evil? The place of Latin in the Greek curriculum

A contemporary subject for contemporary Europe: the much-disputed role and relevance of Latin at Dutch gymnasia

Latin pedagogy at the University of Michigan, USA: linear reading using a linguistic perspective

The strategic reading of Latin (and Greek) texts: a research-based approach

Increasing access to Latin in schools

Did you catch that word? Latinum electronicum: an interactive online Latin course for university beginners

Information and communication technology and the teaching of Latin literature

Technology is culture: a new opportunity for teaching and learning Latin

Latin and European language history

Promotion of the classics in the United States: new initiatives for a new millennium

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