Volume 2, Issue 1 Welcome to Teaching Classical Languages (TCL).
TCL is the peer-reviewed, online journal dedicated to exploring
how we teach (and how we learn) Greek and Latin. TCL is
sponsored by the Classical Association of the Middle West and
South (CAMWS). Exercises for Developing Prediction Skills in
Reading Latin Sentences, Rebecca R. Harrison, pp. 1-30 (842 kb)
Grammar exercises in Latin textbooks, even those using the
reading method, do not always give students the most effective
practice in developing the skills needed for reading Latin
sentences. A growing trend in Latin pedagogy is an emphasis on
reading in Latin word order in order to form understanding and
make appropriate predictions as one reads. This requires a shift
in focus from what we want students to know to what we want
students to be able to do. The basis for this more functional
perspective on grammar and its interdependent relationship with
meaning and vocabulary is provided by research on the process of
reading and on second languag