CiRCE Scholae Aestivae – Fundamentals of Language Instruction
Professional Development for Latin Instructors
Kannapolis,
NC
CiRCE Institute
The CiRCE Institute’s Summer Latin Intensive is designed to provide additional professional development to new teachers or teachers new to the active language classroom. Educators who attend this intensive study under a CiRCE Head Mentor for five days in Kannapolis, NC in the new beautiful facility of the CiRCE Institute.
Participants begin the week with an overview of the history and modes of language instruction. The next four days guide teachers through the activites of teaching Latin actively using all four language faculties: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The day is divided by an instructional morning session followed by lunch at the institute. Participants spend the afternoons practicing the skills studied during the morning sessions.
By the end of the week, each participant will have attended to the principles of active language instruction learning how to study and teach words-in-context.
* Participants can acquire lodging along highway 85. CiRCE’s new facility is located off of exit 63.
Meals: Lunch is provided (breakfast and dinner not included)
Literature:Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata I; Exercitia I; Latine Disco: Nova Exercitia
Registration Fee
Individual: $597
Early-bird: $547 (register by May 1st)
3-5 teachers: $527 ea
6-9 teachers: $497 ea
10 + teachers: $477 ea
Confirmed Speakers
Schedule
EST time
June 24
Monday
Fundamentals of language instruction(Anglice) - Questions / commands and Circling(Latine) - History of Language Instruction, Four Language Faculties, and Words-in-Context
June 25
Tuesday
Praefatio – pre-reading(Latine) - Dic aliter and Locutiones(Latine) - Vocabulary and Grammar
June 26
Wednesday
Lectio – reading(Latine) - Familia Romana and Fabulae Syrae / Epitome(Latine) - Comprehension and Reading, Listening, Speaking
June 27
Thursday
Narratio – reviewing and summarizing a text(Latine) - Familia Romana and Fabulae Syrae / Epitome(Latine) - Writing
June 28
Friday
Instruction, planning, assessment(Anglice) - Workshop for individual planning; Q/A(Anglice) - Mimetic instruction, Homework, and Curriculum planning