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.

List of FiguresEditors and ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction (Mair E. Lloyd, The Open University/University of Cambridge, UK and Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK)Part 1 Introducing Communicative Approaches in School Settings1 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 Settings7 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 Espírito 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 Settings12 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 (Iván Parga Ornelas, University of Warwick, UK and Josey Parker, University of Cambridge, UK)Part 4 Varied Approaches in Unusual Settings18. 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)ReferencesAbbreviationsIndex