1. ❖METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
   

SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING OLD The Rev. Paul F. Distler, S.J. d., describes how he “became something of an eclectic,” combining what is useful from the old, deductive system teaching of Latin, with the newer, inductive methods.  This is a particularly eloquent article, showing great respect for the scholars of the past as well as the “evangelists” of newer techniques.  Highly worth reading!  (Paul Distler wrote Teach the Latin, I Pray You, which remains among the best manuals for teaching Latin.)

UPGRADING LATIN PEDAGOGY A very thoughtful article, written by Claude Pavur of Saint Louis University.  Fr. Pavur reasons that listening, speaking and writing skills can greatly enhance the reading of Latin, but also emphasizes that the philologically-based Grammar method is not mutually exclusive of more Humanistic methods.

WHAT I TEACH AND WHY AND HOW Rose Williams explains her philosophy of teaching Latin in this excerpt from the Texas Classics in Action journal.

HOW TO TEACH LATIN A very basic and brief overview of 3 major methodologies -- Grammar Translation, Reading, and Direct -- as they pertain to Latin.

1. ❖GRAMMAR TRANSLATION
   

HOW TO TEACH LATIN Somewhat hidden on their Frequently Asked Questions page is a link to Karen Moore’s article “How to Teach Latin.” Scroll down and you will find it.  “Parts to Whole” is synonomous with the Grammar-Translation method and you will often hear this term.  It is especially used by home educators to describe traditional grammar-based methods.

MEMORIA PRESS ARTICLES Scroll down to find articles about the teaching of Latin which exemplify a very traditional Grammar-Translation methodology, based upon the writings of Charles Bennett, a late 19th century and early 20th century Latin educator and grammarian.

1. ❖READING METHOD
   

CAMBRIDGE LATIN COURSE PEDAGOGY AND TEACHING METHOD Describes the aims and principles of the the CLC, provides an overview of the course content, offers suggestions for pacing, and  recommends a number of teaching strategies for the different components of the course.

CAMBRIDGE LATIN SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Explains the grammantical and syntactical layout of the Cambridge Latin Course and how it fits in with the Reading Method of teaching Latin.

CAMBRIDGE LATIN DISCUSSION Discussion list for the popular Reading-based curriculum. 

CARPE LATINAM: CPL’S TIPS FOR THE LATIN CLASSROOM Ginny Lindzey describes the “Build a Sentence” technique which promotes active student use of language in a structured manner, while reinforcing syntactical use of Latin forms.

CARPE LATINAM II Ginny Lindzey explains why reading skills need to be taught to Latin students from the very beginning of their studies.

CPL ONLINE WINTER 2008 The Committee for the Promotion of Latin publishes an online journal with some excellent articles.  The current issue (Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2008) includes an article relating to the reading method, Advanced Latin without Translations: Interactive Text Marking as an Alternative Daily Preparation by Patrick McFadden.

CPL ONLINE FALL 2006 Includes Translating: Facts, Illusions, Alternatives  by Dexter Hoyos and Pre-Reading Strategies in Action: A Teacher’s Guide to a Modern Foreign Language Teaching Technique by Jennifer Rea.

ECCE ROMANI TEACHER’S CORNER There are several very good articles (and lots of other cool stuff!) here for teachers who want to take a reading approach, regardless of textbook selected. “ ‘You Really Expect Me to Read All That Latin’ -- Pre-Reading Exercises for Middle School and Beyond” by Caroline Switzer Kelly; “Making the Transition to Real Latin” by David Perry; and “Approaching Ecce Romani” by Sally Murphy. 

FLUENT LATIN Ginny Lindzey discusses how to apply Dexter Hoyos’ Rules for Reading Latin to the Cambridge Latin Course and how the use of logical expectation can help students become more fluent readers of Latin.

GRAMMAR AND CLC: KEEPING IT IN CONTEXT Ginny Lindzey explains how she provides structure in context when teaching Latin using the Cambridge Latin Course.  Techniques described in this article would easily transfer to the Oxford Latin Course, Ecce Romani or another Reading method textbook.

MICHIGAN LATIN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE The history of Latin language pedagogy, especially the linguistic approach, at the University of Michigan

MICHIGAN LATIN: WHAT IS IT?  Donka Markus, Professor of Classics, explains the unique approach to teaching Latin utilized at the University of Michigan -- the focus is a linguistic one, which concentrates on the sentence and the syntactical relationships between the words in it.

READING CARD Index sized cards designed to be used by students when reading Latin.  The corner is notched so that students focus on one word at a time.  There are questions on the card (in Latin) to help them focus on the information that they should be getting from the word that they are focusing on.  Quite useful.

RULES FOR READING LATIN Download a poster of Dexter Hoyos’ Rules for Reading Latin, for quick teacher and student reference.  (Lots of other neat stuff here for decorating your Latin classroom!!!)

THE ART OF READING LATIN: HOW TO TEACH IT Written in 1886-1887, we can see that Latin methodology was a subject of debate even in the late 19th century.  This is an address by educator and grammarian William Gardner Hale on a method he used in order to teach students to read Latin from left to right in the natural word order.

THE TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY LATIN Gareth Morgan discusses what he believes to be the real reason for learning Latin --  “to be able to read what is written in Latin.”  He then discusses some techniques for accomplishing this goal.

UGA TEACHER RESOURCES Here you’ll find a handout from University of Michigan Professor Deborah Pennell Ross’ workshop The Linguistic Perspective and Teaching Latin.

1. ❖DIRECT METHOD
   

HANS OERBERG AT CAAS 2004 A brief article about a panel discussion regarding the Oerberg Latin text at the Classical Association of the Atlantic States convention in 2004.

LINGUA LATINA Hans Oerberg’s official website for Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata.

OERBERG Discuss the teaching of Lingua Latina with other Latin teachers.

TEACHING LATIN BY THE DIRECT METHOD W.H.D. Rouse and R.B. Appleton wrote “Latin On the Direct Method” in the early 20th century.  Read the first chapter from the book, which details the beginning steps toward adopting this method of teaching Latin.

1. ❖TPRS LINKS
   

ACL INSTITUTE AND WORKSHOP HANDOUTS A number of the presentations at the 2008 Institute of the American Classical League were focused on TPRS this year.  Download and read handouts from the presentations.

BEN SLAVIC Conducts educational workshops and provides consulting to foreign language teachers.  Maintains a blog where he writes about tips and strategies for teaching foreign languages using TPRS.  Most of the handouts available on his website are specifically geared toward Spanish and French, but can provide a model for what Latin teachers could create for a TPRS classroom.  You can download the first 30 pages of his book about TPRS and read testimonials about his methods and writings.

BEST PRACTICES LATIN DISCUSSION This is an outstanding discussion list that focuses on how teachers can apply “best practices” from research in language acquisition to the teaching and learning of Latin.

BLAINE RAY WORKSHOPS Conducts educational workshops and provides consulting to foreign language teachers.  This website includes some information about the materials, methods, and history of TPRS as well as available workshops.

CAMBRIDGE LATIN DISCUSSION The Cambridge Latin Course lends itself to TPRS quite nicely, though considered a Reading-based curriculum.  There are interesting discussions about applying TPRS to CLC on rhis list.  There are also TPRS hints and lesson plans in the files section for those of you who would like to get an idea of what a TPRS lesson looks like.

CLEARING HOUSE FOR COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT Written by and for Latin teachers, this is a list of materials for extensive reading of Latin.  There’s a slightly hidden article about Rudolph Masciantonio regarding the application of Krashen’s theories to Classical languages as well as a number of downloadable readers and other documents.

MAGISTRA CINIS Rachel Ash has a number of teacher resources available on her website including TPRS stories compatible with the Cambridge Latin Course, syllabi, powerpoint presentations and more.

NUNC LOQUAMUR AUDIO Free audio files and software to accompany Thomas McCarthy’s text Nunc Loquamur: Guided Conversations for Latin.

ORAL LATIN IN THE CLASSROOM Summary notes and downloadable documents, handouts and instructions from the 2008 ACL workshop Latin Via Storytelling; TPRS Backwards Design to Fit Any Textbook, including notes, lesson plans and templates.

PAT’S POLEMICS A Latin teacher’s blog that covers a wide variety of topics which do not exclusively pertain to the teaching of language, but very often focuses on Second Language Acquisition.

STEPHEN D. KRASHEN Official website of the linguist Stephen D. Krashen, a major contributor to the field of Second Language Acquisition.  There are many thought-provoking articles here.  You can also sign up for the announcement list to receive occasional messages from Dr. Krashen regarding the site.

SUSAN GROSS TPRS Conducts educational workshops and provides consulting to foreign language teachers.  Her website includes a number of articles and handouts that teachers can download and read to learn more about the TPRS method of teaching foreign languages.

TPR STORIES Explains the philosophy and background behind the methodology.  Hosts the National TPRS Conference site which has a number of downloadable handouts and materials from past conferences..