Examining vocabulary acquisition methods
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The pain and fulfillment of conducting research involving middle schoolers: a vent
The context: I’m currently writing a paper about the effects of Comprehensible Input (CI)-based lessons on vocabulary acquisition for two different periods of 7th grade Latin, which I plan to publish. Note these key phrases—7th grade and publish. The pain: Because of humanity’s questionable history of human experiments, a decent smattering of laws and …
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Speaking like Cicero: the problem with pronunciation
This weekend, the Georgia Junior Classical League held Fall Forum, a 1-day Latin convention originally kicked off to give JCLers across Georgia a taste of State Convention, which has since become a yearly tradition. Given the chance to host a variety of workshops we hadn’t been able to host in the past 2 online years, …
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My first two weeks of teaching Latin at a middle school: a reflection
Mr. Jacob! Tall guy! Who are you? Are you replacing Mr. Mac? These are just a handful of the many names I’ve been greeted with on the first day I came to help out as a teaching aid for Mr. Mac’s 7th-grade Latin class. And for the record, I am not replacing Mr. Mac. A single …
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Junius: Audiobook Appreciation Month!
the man Though Thomas Edison did some questionable things in the name of “science”, we’ve gotta give it to him for inventing the phonograph so people could listen to books using it. It’s a funny thought to imagine how Plautus or Terence would reel at hearing bodiless voices acting out their tragicomedies, but here we …
Reacting to the Past: feasible for high school classrooms?
My heart thrummed as I made my way to the rostra after Marcus Antonius, Grace, had made her opening senatorial remarks. I was Marcus Tullius Cicero, in charge of the Republican Party, preparing to release my fiery tongue against my political opponents and take no prisoners as I denounced the funeral of Caesar, which was …
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How to improve Latin education: a manifesto
As much as taking Latin all throughout middle school and high school fostered in me a love for the language, it has also gotten me thinking about how Latin education can be improved. The following is something of a manifesto I’ve written about this topic inspired by case studies in Latin classrooms along with Stephen …