When Dead Tongues Speak - Teaching Beginning Greek And Latin

Zusatztext Instructiors of courses in the methods of Latin teaching will want to add this to their syllabi at the first opportunity Klappentext 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 want to get current with the latest scholarship and pedagogical models. Zusammenfassung Introducing classicists to the research of language teachers, this anthology covers a 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 suggestions for classroom implementation.

Product details

• Authors: John Gruber-Miller, John (EDT) Gruber-Miller
• Assisted by: John Gruber-Miller (Editor), John (Professor of Classics Gruber-Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780195174953
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517495-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: American Philological Association Classical Resources Series; American Philological Associat; Society for Classical Studies Classical Resources; Society for Classical Studies Classical Resources; Society for Classical Studies
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies