American Classical League Institute 2024

Join us to explore effective, hands-on reading strategies for novice and intermediate readers of Latin. Using both time-tested and innovative techniques, we will demonstrate how we make Latin text accessible to and enjoyable for students from the very beginning of Latin instruction and as they encounter increasing levels of textual difficulty. Discussing both theory and practical classroom applications, we will guide you in presenting Latin to your students as a human language, not a puzzle to be solved. By scaffolding readings and developing strategies and exercises that help students acquire vocabulary, appreciate culture, and employ an understanding of morphology and syntax, you can support the key proficiency goal: understanding. Although our focus is middle school, we have used these techniques with Latin learners from grade three to doctoral level to build an awareness of reading and understanding that recognizes the human communicative nature of ancient text.