Novellas and Free Voluntary Reading: an overview and some starting points for further research into practice
In the US the use of extensive reading in Latin for school students to develop vocabulary growth and attain reading fluency is an emerging classroom practice. To meet the demand for resources, a small but growing number of teachers have started to make available self-published short Latin stories or...
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| description | In the US the use of extensive reading in Latin for school students to develop vocabulary growth and attain reading fluency is an emerging classroom practice. To meet the demand for resources, a small but growing number of teachers have started to make available self-published short Latin stories or ‘novellas’, designed to provide students with extensive reading material in Latin at an age-appropriate level for novice and intermediate level students. There are now over 100 such short books, written in Latin, on a variety of topics, suitable for beginner and intermediate students (typically of between one and two years taught Latin). This article contains three areas of interest: the rationale, challenges and successes of writing and using these resources in the school classroom; a snapshot survey of a range of publications, to give readers a ‘flavour’ of the materials; and some further reading. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1843e0825ffd47b4bb3c4b2b48db97422023-03-09T12:37:31ZengCambridge University PressThe Journal of Classics Teaching2058-63102022-09-012317618310.1017/S2058631022000186Novellas and Free Voluntary Reading: an overview and some starting points for further research into practiceSteven Hunt0Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKIn the US the use of extensive reading in Latin for school students to develop vocabulary growth and attain reading fluency is an emerging classroom practice. To meet the demand for resources, a small but growing number of teachers have started to make available self-published short Latin stories or ‘novellas’, designed to provide students with extensive reading material in Latin at an age-appropriate level for novice and intermediate level students. There are now over 100 such short books, written in Latin, on a variety of topics, suitable for beginner and intermediate students (typically of between one and two years taught Latin). This article contains three areas of interest: the rationale, challenges and successes of writing and using these resources in the school classroom; a snapshot survey of a range of publications, to give readers a ‘flavour’ of the materials; and some further reading.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2058631022000186/type/journal_articleLatinfree voluntary readingextensive readingpedagogy |
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| title | Novellas and Free Voluntary Reading: an overview and some starting points for further research into practice |
| title_full | Novellas and Free Voluntary Reading: an overview and some starting points for further research into practice |
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| title_short | Novellas and Free Voluntary Reading: an overview and some starting points for further research into practice |
| title_sort | novellas and free voluntary reading an overview and some starting points for further research into practice |
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