Copiae Magistris
Comprehensible Input Classroom
Below you will find notes from workshops I have given on the use of communicative language approaches in the Latin classroom as well as from more recent workshops on Comprehensible Input. They are here for you to download and use. I simply ask that you not republish them without asking permission from the owners. I am always adding to these resources as well as being shaped by my ongoing study of and work in CI. If you find mistakes, please correct them in your own copies, and shoot me an email and let me know what you found.
Theory
Most Influential Books
Recently a teacher friend asked me what books have influenced my teaching style most. Here's my list (and I likely
have left off some). I’ve read boatloads of books over the years, most of which I never looked at again. These are the ones and their authors to whom I keep returning.
1. Multiple Intelligences, by Thomas Armstrong
2. A string of books by William Glasser: Reality Therapy, Quality Schools, Quality Teachers, Choice
Theory;
3. The Homework Myth, by Alfie Kohn
4. Almost anything written by Stephen Krashen: Principles and Practices in Second LanguageAcquisition; Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning; TheInput Hypothesis: Issues and Implications (btw, most of his older works are available for free download on this site http://www.sdkrashen.com/);
5. Almost anything by Frank Smith, but particularly The Book of Learning and Forgetting;
6. The ongoing works both published and on website of Ben Slavic (www.benslavic.com).
7. Works by Parker J. Palmer, particularly The Courage to Teach; and A Hidden Wholeness.
8. Krashen: Why Skill Building Won't Work
Practice
1. Creating the Safety Net
2. Question Word Posters
2b. Question Word Posters from Colleen Girourd
3. Daily Classroom Routine Words
4. TPR for the First Ten Days
5. Teaching Culture Through Speaking Miriam Patrick
7. Creating A Comprehensible Input Classroom--PP (New as of March 2013)
8. Creating A Comprehensible Input Classroom--Handout from FLAG 2013
9. The Word Chunking Game
10. Creating Embedded Readings from the Top Down--from Laurie Clarq
11. What is Comprehensible Input? Latin Teachers form Mission and applied principles--PP
Latin Teachers are Not Normal--Latin is Not Different
This document is a composite of talks that I have given in several places pulling together the theory and the practice of communicative approaches in the Latin classroom.
Below you will find notes from workshops I have given on the use of communicative language approaches in the Latin classroom as well as from more recent workshops on Comprehensible Input. They are here for you to download and use. I simply ask that you not republish them without asking permission from the owners. I am always adding to these resources as well as being shaped by my ongoing study of and work in CI. If you find mistakes, please correct them in your own copies, and shoot me an email and let me know what you found.
Theory
Most Influential Books
Recently a teacher friend asked me what books have influenced my teaching style most. Here's my list (and I likely
have left off some). I’ve read boatloads of books over the years, most of which I never looked at again. These are the ones and their authors to whom I keep returning.
1. Multiple Intelligences, by Thomas Armstrong
2. A string of books by William Glasser: Reality Therapy, Quality Schools, Quality Teachers, Choice
Theory;
3. The Homework Myth, by Alfie Kohn
4. Almost anything written by Stephen Krashen: Principles and Practices in Second LanguageAcquisition; Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning; TheInput Hypothesis: Issues and Implications (btw, most of his older works are available for free download on this site http://www.sdkrashen.com/);
5. Almost anything by Frank Smith, but particularly The Book of Learning and Forgetting;
6. The ongoing works both published and on website of Ben Slavic (www.benslavic.com).
7. Works by Parker J. Palmer, particularly The Courage to Teach; and A Hidden Wholeness.
8. Krashen: Why Skill Building Won't Work
Practice
1. Creating the Safety Net
2. Question Word Posters
2b. Question Word Posters from Colleen Girourd
3. Daily Classroom Routine Words
4. TPR for the First Ten Days
5. Teaching Culture Through Speaking Miriam Patrick
7. Creating A Comprehensible Input Classroom--PP (New as of March 2013)
8. Creating A Comprehensible Input Classroom--Handout from FLAG 2013
9. The Word Chunking Game
10. Creating Embedded Readings from the Top Down--from Laurie Clarq
11. What is Comprehensible Input? Latin Teachers form Mission and applied principles--PP
Latin Teachers are Not Normal--Latin is Not Different
This document is a composite of talks that I have given in several places pulling together the theory and the practice of communicative approaches in the Latin classroom.
Links to Practical Information
Here are some teachers' websites and other helpful links. They have great stuff on them. Have a look.
Rachel Ash
Miriam Patrick
Keith Toda
Patrick Yaggy
Bag of Tricks--compiled by Ashley Newman
Beginning to Speak Latin--John Byron Kuhner, from the SALVI website
One Man's Blog about how he deepened and developed his Latin--Randy Gibbons
A Nice Source for Latin Phrases
A Motherload of Articles You Will Want to Read
Cambridge Latin Vocabulary Search
Rachel Ash
Miriam Patrick
Keith Toda
Patrick Yaggy
Bag of Tricks--compiled by Ashley Newman
Beginning to Speak Latin--John Byron Kuhner, from the SALVI website
One Man's Blog about how he deepened and developed his Latin--Randy Gibbons
A Nice Source for Latin Phrases
A Motherload of Articles You Will Want to Read
Cambridge Latin Vocabulary Search
