The decline of Latin language study in America in recent years is described and reasons are discussed. Advantages to be gained by keeping the study of Latin in secondary education are also discussed. (RM)

A discussion of proper Latin names that can be confusing for the student. (RM)

The teaching of Greek in American high schools is summarized. Teaching materials are listed. (HP)

Twelve university students of Latin were assigned the task of translating Lincoln's Gettysburg Address into Latin. Some of the difficulties are touched on, and two successful examples are quoted in full. The advantages of using such exercises in intermediate and advanced Latin classes are mentioned. (RM)

The three major Latin textbooks published since 1968 are analyzed and they are shown to employ the latest theories of learning and of second language acquistion. (CK)

Discusses the demands of the Association pour la Defense du Latin that Latin be returned to the French secondary school curriculum and that the Classics-Science baccalaureat be restored as one of the French secondary programs. Benefits of studying Latin are enumerated. (KM)

First part of a continued article. (HW)

Urges the continuation and expansion of Latin programs in the school curriculum and recommends Hans H. Oerberg's "Lingua Latina secundum Naturae rationem explicata," with which the student learns Latin through reading. (PM)

The classical languages program at a boys' grammar school in which the students are prepared for Oxford and Cambridge A-level examinations is described. Individual courses and teaching methods are described. (RM)

Parents' most frequent questions about foreign language programs in U.S. public schools are answered in this leaflet. Topics briefly covered include (1) the problem of who should study a foreign language, (2) the selection of a foreign language, (3) the advantages of early language training, (4) the amount of time needed for competence in the…

These tests are designed to measure the achievement of each pupil at the approximate midpoint of each unit in "Artes Latinae," Level 1, Book 1. They were produced in response to the need expressed by many teachers to provide a means of more frequent evaluation of pupil progress. Tests for 13 units are provided. They supplement the unit tests…

The enrollment in Latin and Greek classes in the Philadelphia public schools has increased greatly in the last ten years. Courses are offered in elementary as well as secondary schools. An audiolingual approach is used. Available from Universitaet des Saarlandes, Fachbereich 6.2, D-6600 Saarbrueken, West Germany. (Text is in Latin.) (CFM)

Experiences in using a language laboratory for teaching classics are discussed. The advantages of laboratory and programmed learning are outlined in relation to other learning. The topics covered include tape-assisted translation, recording methods, student presentations, and other methods of using this approach. (MS)

A list of teaching aids in classical language, literature, and history is presented. Ordering instructions are provided. (HP)

The world of classical Chinese is distant both in time and space from the world of the English-speaking American. The instructor must not, however, use a no-attention-to-meaning approach assuming some words are untranslateable or create confusion in discussing the nature of Chinese script. (CFM)