1. iLatin and eGreek
Ancient Languages and New Technology
February 1, 2014
Dr James Robson
Mair Lloyd
A Council of University Classics Departments (CUCD)
Teaching and Learning Symposium,

2. #iLeG Schedule
10:45 -11:00
Introduction: Welcome and themes of the day
Dr James Robson / Mair Lloyd
The Open University
11:00 -11:30
Open access Latin and Greek resources at the OU:
current projects and future directions
Dr James Robson
The Open University
11:30 – 12:00
Online Training for Reading Latin
Prof. Alison Sharrock
University of Manchester
12:00 – 12:30
Adventures in 24/7 Latin:
VLEs, spaced repetition, and roll-your-own apps
Dr Nick Lowe
Royal Holloway, RHUL
12:30 – 13:30
Show-and-Tell session (with lunch provided)
13:30 – 14:00
Finding the Gap: some contrasts between ancient and Mair Lloyd
modern language eLearning
The Open University
14:00 – 14:30
The Digital Classics Classroom:
plaything or catalyst for pedagogical improvement?
Steve Hunt
University of Cambridge
14:30 – 15:00
eLearning in the Flipped Classroom
(online from Texas)
Bartolo Natoli
University of Texas
15:00 – 15:45+
Round Table Discussion (with coffee/tea)

3. The CUCD Survey
2013/14
• Last CUCD AB INITIO LANGUAGE TEACHING Survey - 1994/5
– Results available on CUCD website
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/classics/cucd/questionnaire.html
– 20 returns for Latin, 27 for Greek
• CUCD Ab Initio Latin Survey and Ab Initio Greek Survey
2013/14
– Two contacts nominated by CUCD representative, one for each
survey

4. The CUCD Survey
2013/14
• CUCD Ab Initio Latin Survey and Ab Initio Greek Survey
2013/14
– 24 of the 27 universities have nominated contacts
(sometimes same person)
– 24 universities received links in Dec 13 and Jan 14
– 13 Greek and 13 Latin surveys returned
(not the same 13 universities)
– 4 people have completed two surveys
– Varying degrees of completeness
(some lack enrolment and completion figures)

5. Text Books – Latin
(one department used 2 books)
• 1994/95
Jones & Sidwell, Reading Latin
9
Randall & Cairns, Learning Latin
Betts, Teach Yourself Latin
3
2
Wheelock, Latin: An Introductory Course
2
Cambridge Latin Grammar
2
Kennedy's Latin Primer
Harper Collins College Outlines
No Textbook/Own Materials
1
1
3

6. Text Books –Latin
(one department used 3 books and one, 4)
• 2013/14
Jones & Sidwell, Reading Latin
Wheelock, Latin: An Introductory Course
Russell and Keller, Learn to Read Latin
Betts, Teach Yourself Latin
Cambridge Latin Course Books (CSCP)
Colebourn, Latin Sentence and Idiom
Oxford Latin Course Books
Oulton, So You Really Want to Learn Latin
Maltby & Belcher, Wiley's Real Latin
In-house Course
Interim Result CUCD Survey 2014
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

7. Text Books – Greek
(no university had more than one textbook)
• 1994/95
JACT, Reading Greek
Balme & Lawall, Athenaze
Wilding, Greek for Beginners
Mastronarde, Introduction to Attic Greek
13
4.5
2
2
Beetham, An Introduction to New Testament Greek
2
Abbott & Mansfield, Primer of Greek Grammar
1
Betts & Henry, Teach Yourself Ancient Greek
1
Nairn & Nairn, Greek Through Reading
1
Randall, Learning Ancient Greek (unpublished beta-testing version)
1
Usher, An Outline of Greek Accidence
North & Hillard, Greek Prose Composition
Paine, Beginning Greek
own materials
1
1
1
1

8. Text Books – Greek
(no university had more than one textbook)
• 2013/14
JACT Reading Greek
4
Balme & Lawall, Athenaze
4
Betts & Henry, Complete Ancient Greek: Teach Yourself
1
Mastronarde, Introduction to Attic Greek
1
Parasinou & Shipley, Hellenizein
1
Taylor, Greek to GCSE
1
Wilding, Greek for Beginners
1
Interim Result CUCD Survey 2014

9. Would you say that the use of technology for Ancient Greek /
Latin teaching is actively embraced by colleagues within your
the Classics department or Classics-related subject area?
7
6
6
6
5
4
4
3
3
Greek
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Not Really
Only a Minority
Levels of
Yes for the most
engagement
part
vary
Interim Result CUCD Survey 2014
Yes
Latin

10. Sources of Inspiration
Modern
Languages
Secondary
Schools
Primary
Schools
Ancient
Languages
Technology
Experts
Other
Countries
Each other

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