Intensive Short Course: Teaching Latin With Comprehensible Input: A Crash Course

Intensive Short Course: Teaching Latin With Comprehensible Input: A Crash Course

*N.B. This course is a short, two-week Intensive which meets Monday-Friday, June 17-28, 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.

Course Description: In this class participants will spend 10 hours practicing being the student and being the instructor, as well as reading and discussing important articles etc., with a view to getting gentle help with at least the basics and low-hanging fruit of teaching Active Latin via the principles of Comprehensible Input. Everything treated will be with a view to keeping the classroom comprehensible, compelling, and repetitive (in the good sense!). The instructor aims for this class to be a vivacious, jovial, low-stress atmosphere that builds confidence.

DETAILS

Level: This course is intended for current or future Latin teachers.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Monday through Friday, June 17-28, 6:00-7:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

David Ring

David Ring teaches Latin and Ancient Greek as living languages by using an eclectic mix of methods, ranging from the insights of Renaissance Humanist pedagogy (especially the advice of Erasmus) to the Direct or Nature method to (first and foremost) Teaching with Comprehensible Input. Be it a discussion in Latin or Greek about a beautiful painting, or personal life conversation, or solving riddles, or paraphrasing poets into simpler prose, or storyboarding Lucian's True Stories -- David and his students aim to get lost in the joy of what they are doing, such that they forget they are speaking Latin or Ancient Greek. He believes that the purpose of liberal education is to help young people grow in self-knowledge -- both individual and cultural --, to help them form sharp intellects, wise judgment, and greatness of soul. He believes this is best done via direct encounters with the greatest minds and greatest stories of the last 3,000 years.

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