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Active Latin & Greek

 

Resources, articles and textbooks about Active Latin & Greek

 

Steven Hunt bears no responsibility for the content or advice given in them.

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Avitus, AG. (2018) Spoken Latin: Learning, Teaching, Lecturing and Research. Journal of Classics Teaching.19(37):46-52.

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Buth, R. and Alley, S. (2022). The benefits and Challenges of Full Immersion in Teaching Ancient Languages: Focus on Hebrew and Greek.  In Rico, C. and Pedicone, J. (eds) Transmitting a Heritage. The Teaching of Ancient languages from Antiquity to the 21st Century. Jerusalem: Polis Institute Press. 237-248.

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Cortes, RZ and Rico, C. (2023). The Polis Method: Towards an Integrative and Dynamic Language Teaching Method. Teaching Classical Languages, 13.2. 

 

Eidt, L. (2025) [Blog] Responses to Common Misconceptions of Active/Immersive/Natural Methods of Language Teaching.

 

Ellison, A. (2025) [Blog] “Living Latin”: Caution Warranted. 

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Hunt, S. (2018). Latin is not Dead. The Rise of Communicative Approaches to the Teaching of Latin in the United States. In Holmes-Henderson, A., Hunt, S. and Musie, M. (eds) Forward with Classics. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 89-108.

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Hunt, S. (2022). Teaching Latin: Contexts, Theories, Practices. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Chapters 2-3.

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Lanzillotta L. (2025). Pro Latinitate Activa: a student’s perspective on Active Latin. Journal of Classics Teaching. 26(51):101-102.

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Lindzey, G. (2015). The Biduum Experience: Speaking Latin to Learn. Teaching Classical Languages, 6, 1.

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Lloyd, M. (2016). Living Latin: An Interview with Professor Terence Tunberg. Journal of Classics Teaching.17(34):44-48.

 

Lloyd, M. and Hunt, S. (eds) Communicative Approaches for Ancient Languages. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

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Lopez, A. (2021). Latina Loquenda: Creating a Regional Spoken Latin Program. Teaching Classical Languages, 12,1.

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Patrick, R. (2015). Making Sense of Comprehensible Input in the Latin Classroom. Teaching Classical Languages, 6,1.

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Patrick, R. (2019). Comprehensible Input and Krashen’s theory. Journal of Classics Teaching. 20(39):37-44

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Pedicone, J. (2022). Aut..aut brief Candle: a Middle Path Between 'Active' Latin and Greek and Philology.  In Rico, C. and Pedicone, J. (eds) Transmitting a Heritage. The Teaching of Ancient languages from Antiquity to the 21st Century. Jerusalem: Polis Institute Press. 141-152.

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Rasmussen, S. (2015). Why Oral Latin? Teaching Classical Languages, 6,1.

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Reinhard, M-L. (2022). is Speaking Ancient Languages Authentic?  In Rico, C. and Pedicone, J. (eds) Transmitting a Heritage. The Teaching of Ancient languages from Antiquity to the 21st Century. Jerusalem: Polis Institute Press. 269-280.

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Rico, C. (2022). Living sequential Expression: Taking Inspiration from Francois Gouin (1831-1896).  In Rico, C. and Pedicone, J. (eds) Transmitting a Heritage. The Teaching of Ancient languages from Antiquity to the 21st Century. Jerusalem: Polis Institute Press. 153-174.

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Tunberg, T. (2022). Observations on the Spoken and Extempore use of Latin in the medieval and early Modern Period.  In Rico, C. and Pedicone, J. (eds) Transmitting a Heritage. The Teaching of Ancient languages from Antiquity to the 21st Century. Jerusalem: Polis Institute Press. 57-76.

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Venditti, E. (2021). Using Comprehensible Input in the Latin Classroom to Enhance Language Proficiency. Journal of Classics Teaching. 22(43):22-28.

 

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