Battling for Latin: Instructors and Students on the Challenges of Teaching and Learning Beginners’ Latin in UK Universities

Lloyd, Mair and Robson, James (2023). Battling for Latin: Instructors and Students on the Challenges of Teaching and Learning Beginners’ Latin in UK Universities. Classical World, 116(2) pp. 195–223.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/clw.2023.0003

Abstract

Beginners’ Latin courses play a crucial role in in opening up the study of the ancient world to university students with little or no previous exposure to the language. Yet many learners struggle: in 2018, for example, 23% of undergraduates in UK universities either failed or withdrew from their beginners’ Latin module. The current article reports on a series of semi-structured interviews dedicated to exploring with Latin students and their instructors the factors they perceive as contributing to success and failure, the overarching aim of the project being to identify potential strategies to improve student success.

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• Item ORO ID
• 87625
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1558-9234
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  The Battle for Latin	SRG18R1\180189	The British Academy/Leverhulme

• Keywords
• Latin; Undergraduates; Pedagogy; Beginner’s Language Teaching; Student Retention
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2023 Classical Association of the Atlantic States
• Depositing User
• James Robson