2020 Workshop Talk | 1:02:54 | All Grade Levels, Latin, Greek & Language
Summary
Dorothy Sayers advocated letting students speak Latin in class, and John Locke suggested that “the Latin tongue would easily be taught . . . if his tutor, being constantly with him, would talk nothing else to him, and make him answer still in the same language.” Many Latin teachers might want to follow this advice, but few of us learned to speak Latin ourselves: how, then, can we speak Latin with our students? This workshop will briefly lay out some of the reasons to speak Latin in class, but the bulk of the time will be spent introducing and practicing specific spoken-Latin activities and techniques. Teachers at any grade level who are interested in using Latin as a living language will come away from this workshop equipped with some concrete ideas and resources for making spoken Latin part of their teaching routine.
Speaker
After teaching in classical school, college, and homeschool settings in Chicago, Joshua Smith joined Veritas School (Newberg, Oregon) in 2004. Since then he has taught Latin, Greek, and humane letters continuously; along the way he also taught theology for ten years, conducted a number of summer courses in logic and in Latin, and directed a number of drama productions, first as an assistant and now as head director. Outside the usual school routine, he has helped to lead an educational trip to
Italy and Greece, studied in Italy with the National Endowment for the Humanities, presented at local and national teaching conferences, and guest taught in the honors program at nearby George Fox University .
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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