Dear Jameel I teach Classics at Winchester College, which might be one of the schools your bright 12-year-olds are trying to get scholarships to. I'd be interested to know why they find Latin unappealing - in my experience the very bright tend to be switched off by the lack of intellectual rigour in courses such as the Cambridge Latin Course, which de-emphasises the analytical, 'mathematical' aspect of the language. What I think is most exciting for this type of group is getting difficult things right - which I know will make me sound a total dinosaur. But I expect they enjoy Maths for that reason!
Do e-mail me personally with any concrete details which might help me give more targeted advice. Caroline Butler >Dear all, > >I am a Classics graduate faced with a challenge. I have recently agreed = >to tutor some very bright 12 year olds in Latin in order to boost = >scholarship opportunities at various schools in GB. The reason their = >parents have sought outside help is that Latin at school has not proved = >appealing enough! My job would be to enthuse as well as to edify. Do = >any of the mantovani have any experience in teaching this age group or = >have any ideas which might serve to catch the attention of a bunch of = >kids convinced that Latin is uncool? I have only a handful of ruses but = >I think I'm going to need a whole lot more. > >Thanks=20 > >Jameel Jesani ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
