基本説明
This anthology introduces classicists to the research that language teachers have conducted over the past thirty years. The essays cover a broad range of topics, including cognitive styles, peer teaching and collaboration, learning disabilities, feminist pedagogy, and skills acquisition techniques. Each chapter includes a theoretical overview with concreate suggestions for classroom implementation.
Full Description
When Dead Tongues Speak introduces classicists to the research that linguists, psychologists, and language teachers have conducted over the past thirty years and passes along their most important insights. The essays cover a broad range of topics, including cognitive styles, peer teaching and collaboration, learning disabilities, feminist pedagogy, speaking, and writing. Each contributor addresses a different problem in the learning process based on his or her own teaching experience, and each chapter combines a theoretical overview with practical examples of classroom activities. The book was developed for classroom use in Greek and Latin methodology classes in M.A. and M.A.T. programs. It will also appeal to Latin and Greek language instructors who wants to get current with the latest scholarship and pedagogical models.
Contents
Contributors
Standards for Classical Language Learning
Introduction
PART I - Setting the Scene
Chapter 1: John Gruber-Miller: Communication, Context, and Community: Integrating the Standards in the Greek and Latin Classroom:
PART II - Focus on the Learner
Chapter 2: Andrea Deagon: Cognitive Style and Learning Strategies in Latin Instruction:
Chapter 3: Barbara Hill: Latin for Students with Severe Foreign Language Learning Difficulties:
Chapter 4: Kathryn Argetsinger: Peer Teaching and Cooperative Learning in the First Year of Latin:
Chapter 5: Laurie J. Churchill: Is There a Woman in This Textbook? Feminist Pedagogy and Elementary Latin:
PART III - Focus on the Language
Chapter 6: Daniel V. McCaffrey: Reading Latin Effectively and the Need for Cognitive Strategies:
Chapter 7: Kenneth Scott Morrell: Language Acquistion and Teaching Ancient Greek: Applying Recent Theories and Technology:
Chapter 8: Paula Saffire: Ancient Greek in Classroom Conversation:
Chapter 9: John Gruber-Miller: Teaching Writing in Beginning Lation and Greek: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos:
John Gruber-Miller: Selected Resources for Teaching Greek and Latin: An Annotated Bibliography:
Index
