This handbook for teachers provides both practical, up-to-date guidance and a theoretical overview on a number of key topics in Latin teaching. Using a wealth of interviews, observations and pupil transcripts, Steven Hunt title utilizes case-study evidence of excellent practice in teaching and learning from a wide variety of institutions: from outreach programmes, community schools and academies in the UK, to New York Charter Schools, KIP schools and schools in Eastern Seaboard states in the USA.Offering practical advice on topics such as essay writing, teaching controversial topics including women, slavery, ethnicity and social hierarchy, making use of primary sources and using ICT to advance language skills, the book also engages with broader questions of approach and theory. These include a survey of the three main approaches to Latin teaching: grammar-translation, communicative and reading approaches; explanation of cognitive and social approaches to learning; and analysis of the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Moreover, traditional arguments about the value and purpose of learning Latin at school level are re-examined in the light of current educational thinking and government policy-making.This book is invaluable for trainees, newly qualified teachers and more experienced practitioners looking for practical ideas and strategies to motivate and engage learners of Latin. A companion website startingtoteachlatin.org is under construction and will contain a range of resources and information for teachers.

AcknowledgementsGlossary1 Starting to Teach LatinStarting to teach Latin What is the study of Latin all about? Who is this book for? Challenges in teacher trainingLatin in the curriculum today: opportunities and challengesLatin for the few or for everyone?Crisis? What crisis?A reawakening of interest in the teaching of Latin in schoolsThe US experienceTeaching approachesLatin in diverse communities of students2 Teaching Language, Civilization and LiteratureSchemes of workLesson planningTeaching Latin through storiesThe importance of cognitive stylesLatin aloudTeaching not testingClues about how students comprehend a Latin storyLatin round the classDialogic teaching and LatinMotivating students to readReading for a purpose: learning about language and socio-cultural contentAddressing gender issues through the storyUsing information and communication technology to teach LatinLatin vocabulary acquisition and learningTeaching literature in the originalRevisionAssessment3 ResourcesLatin course booksBooks about teaching ClassicsJournals and journal articles about Latin teaching and learningGeneral books on language teaching approachesOrganizations for Latin teachersSpoken LatinAssessmentTeacher trainingCommunication and persuasionEpilogueBibliographyIndex