Latin Tool Box: Links

There is a better page full of links here, but not everything here is there, if that makes sense. Not yet, anyway.

http://martinabex.com/teacher- training/essential-strategies- for-tprsci-teachers/: Read these and be willing to re-read them.
http://senoritabarragan.com/ 2014/07/24/new-to-tprs-ci/ : Watch the video! Understanding circling and storytelling is impossible without watching it in action. Pay attention to how she teaches the students what they have to do- circling cannot be done without students actively participating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=mJ3tIrS68BM : A Latin lesson. His kids are already trained so you can see how it begins to work.
https://mrpeto.wordpress.com/ 2013/09/12/tienes-una-mascota- a-no-fail-hook-for-a-basic- story/ : A written account of a lesson.
In addition to circling, another thing you absolutely have to have is a system of Safety Net words & gestures. Here's Keith's short take on them: http:// todallycomprehensiblelatin. blogspot.com/2015/03/safety- net.html

Look at the document titled ACL 2015 Links: Tons of CI & TPRS presentations here

Latin Best Practices: Not exclusively CI, but in practice most of the discussion & questions do revolve around CI and active Latin.
Latin Teacher Idea Exchange on Facebook: Not CI specific, but several of us hang out there and it's friendly toward such practices.
Teaching Latin for Acquisition on Facebook: CI-oriented group moderated by yours truly and very friendly and active so far in its young life.

Anne Matava: Story Scripts Volumes 1, 2, & “For Houdini” (all available as eBooks or self-published)

American Classical League (ACL): Mostly pedagogy. annual conference, note scholarships for first time attendees!
Classical Assc. of New England (CANE): Even mix of Academia and Pedagogy. annual conference & summer institute
Classical Assc. of MA (CAM): Pedagogy & spoken Latin. Every-other-weekly spoken Latin time in Boston. annual conference & other events. Website never updates so just join for $10 and they'll email you when stuff happens. Or you can try joining the Facebook group, but I moderate it so it never updates either.
Classical Assc. of Mid-west & South (CAMWS): Academic & Pedagogy, increasingly Academic. annual conference
Classical Assc. of Atlantic States (CAAS): Academic & Pedagogy. annual conference.
Society for Classical Studies (SCS, formerly APA): Academic with very limited pedagogy. annual conference.
(probably missing others of that type- West Coast where do you go?)
NTPRS: National TPRS conference. Increasingly strong Latin presence.
iFLT: TPRS conference with "language labs" to watch and practice techniques for real.
SCOLT: Southern Conference on Language Teaching.
ACTFL: Giant annual conference on language teaching.
MaFLA: Massachusetts FL Assc. annual meeting, plus other annual events.

Blaine Ray
Ben Slavic
Grant Boulanger
Express Fluency: Offers teacher training in TPRS as well as TPRS-style language courses. Based in VT and serving New England & New York.
Fluency Fast: Offers teacher training in TPRS as well as TPRS-style language courses, including some online courses. Based in CO.

Boston Active Latin / Clipeus: biweekly meetups in Boston for FREE
Conventiculum Bostoniense: annual summer immersion event in Salem, MA. Prices vary depending on credits. Mixed focus on pedagogy and classics, but mostly on spoken Latin.
Latin.org: SALVI events including the Rusticationes. West Virginia & other locations. Prices vary. Focused on spoken Latin and pedagogy. Also offers online spoken Latin sessions.
The Paideia Institute: Events in NYC, Rome, Greece, mostly for adults but also for middle & high schoolers. Also offers Telepaideia online courses.
Conventiculum Dickinsoniense: Annual summer immersion event in Carlisle, PA. Definitely cheapest option. Less focused on pedagogy than reading classics and spoken Latin.

Tea with BVP: call-in talk show on Second Language Acquisition hosted by Bill Van Patten, Angelika Kraemer, and Walter Hopkins. Really. Listen live Thursdays at 3pm EST. Available as a podcast through iTunes, SoundCloud etc.

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