Teaching Latin: Contexts, Theories, Practices

by Steven Hunt

Building on and updating some of the issues addressed in Starting to Teach Latin , Steven Hunt provides a guide for novice and more experienced teachers of Latin in schools and colleges, who work with adapted and original Latin prose texts from beginners' to advanced levels. It draws extensively on up-to-date theories of second language development and on multiple examples of the practices of real teachers and students. Hunt starts with a detailed look at deductive, inductive and active teaching methods, which support teachers in making the best choices for their students' needs and for their own personal preferences, but goes on to organise the book around the principles of listening, reading, speaking and writing Latin. It is designed to be informative, experimental and occasionally provocative. The book closes with two chapters of particular contemporary 'Access, Diversity and Inclusion' investigates how the subject community is meeting the challenge of teaching Latin more equitably in today's schools; and 'The Future' offers some thoughts on lessons that have been learnt from the experiences of online teaching practices during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Practical examples, extensive references and a companion website at www.stevenhuntclassics.com are included. Teachers of Latin will find this book an invaluable tool inside and outside of the classroom.

240 pages, Paperback

Published May 19, 2022

About the author

Steven Hunt's debut novel, Guardian of Light, is a spiritual thriller based in Tulsa, OK. It was published by Tate Publishing and released in bookstore in July 2007. It is quickly becoming a popular novel based on recent sales receipts. Steven Hunt has a bachelor degree in criminal justice from Northeastern Oklahoma State Univerity and is a career law enforcement officer. He has expertly entwined his experiences as a police officer in his novel which makes Guardian of Light more realistic. Steven is preparing to release his second book, Identity Assault, which includes more action and excitment. Follow the progress of Identity Assault at www.stevenhuntbooks.com
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Reviews

[Emma Ann]

This strikes me as one of those pedagogy books where all the suggestions sound good in theory, but few of them work in practice.

[Austin Hoffman · Rating 2 out of 5]

TL;DR: Some people say this. Other people say that. Some people do this. Others disagree. Good luck.