[B-Greek] When Dead Tongues Speak
James Spinti
JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Mon Oct 23 09:04:03 EDT 2006
Although this deals primarily with classical Greek (and Latin), I
thought it might be of interest. The principles are the same (yes,
Eisenbrauns carries it at 5% discount...).
James
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-----Original Message-----
From: Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group
[mailto:CLASSICS-L at LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of Ginny Lindzey
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:35 AM
To: CLASSICS-L at LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: [CLASSICS-L] When Dead Tongues Speak
The newest must-have book for those who are serious about Latin
pedagogy,
best practices, current language theory, etc: _When Dead Tongues Speak:
Teaching Beginning Greek and Latin_. This book is a product of the APA
and
is edited by the wonderful John Gruber-Miller.
ISBN0-19-517495-X. Oxford University Press.
I've only just begun it. Dan McCaffrey has a chapter in it, a
long-awaited
chapter, and this is why I know about the book or even possess it. This
will no doubt become one of the standard methods books, along side of
Rick
LaFleur's _Latin for the 21st Century_. However, this book seems to go
beyond what Rick's offers (sorry Rick!), addressing issues of reading
theory, oral language acquisition, etc, and I've even seen names like
Krashen mentioned when thumbing through.
Here are the chapter titles:
1. Communication, Context and Community: Integrating the Standards in
the
Greek and Latin Classroom
2. Cognitive Style and Learning Strategies in Latin Instruction
3. Latin for Students with Severe Foreign Language Learning Difficulties
4. Peer Teaching and Cooperative Learning in the First Year of Latin
5. Is There a Woman in this Textbook? Feminist Pedagogy and Elementary
Latin
6. Reading Latin Efficiently and the Need for Cognitive Strategies
(Dan's
chapter!)
7. Language Acquisition and Teaching Ancient Greek: Applying Recent
Theories
and Technology
8. Ancient Greek in Classroom Conversation
9. Teaching Writing in Beginning Latin and Greek: Logos, Ethos, and
Pathos
Has anyone else seen a copy? I'd be farther into the book if I just had
more time to read.
ginnyL
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