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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