Old Wine in New Bottles: Pedagogy and Performances of Medieval and Ancient Languages (A Roundtable)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
David Carlton
Organizer Affiliation
Western Univ.
Presider Name
Adam Oberlin
Presider Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Paper Title 1
Learning Old English through Early Middle English
Presenter 1 Name
David Carlton
Paper Title 2
Living Latin for Medievalists: Using SLA Research to Improve Reading
Presenter 2 Name
Gregory P. Stringer
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Burlington High School
Paper Title 3
"All Things Beowulf": An Experiment in Teaching Old English to Undergraduates
Presenter 3 Name
Peter S. Baker
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Virginia
Paper Title 4
More toward a Contemporary Gothic: For Goths, Philologists, and Emo-Kids
Presenter 4 Name
Benjamin Paul Johnson
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Paper Title 5
Teaching Greek
Presenter 5 Name
Larry J. Swain
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Bemidji State Univ.
Start Date
10-5-2019 3:30 PM
Session Location
Sangren 1720
Description
A sequel to the successful “Old Wine in New Bottles” roundtable held at the 53rd Congress on Medieval Studies, “Old Wine in New Bottles Part 2” narrows the original's conversation to more closely interrogate the relationship between language pedagogy and performance, and how contemporary uses of medieval and ancient languages facilitate linguistic understanding. Languages are naturally interactive and communicative. These realities are reflected in teaching practices for modern languages, yet medieval languages continue to prefer traditional learning methods centred on memorization of paradigms and translation techniques that neglect the source language's own realities.
This roundtable will explore the afterlife of “dead” languages in the contemporary world; these discussions will focus on the pedagogical value of translation and composition using medieval languages, and the role of medieval grammars, orthographies, and sound-systems in producing new languages and worlds for contemporary media. Most importantly, this session will seek to answer the broad question: how can we best teach, and learn, languages with no native speakers as “languages” rather than “artifacts”? David A. Carlton
Old Wine in New Bottles: Pedagogy and Performances of Medieval and Ancient Languages (A Roundtable)
Sangren 1720
A sequel to the successful “Old Wine in New Bottles” roundtable held at the 53rd Congress on Medieval Studies, “Old Wine in New Bottles Part 2” narrows the original's conversation to more closely interrogate the relationship between language pedagogy and performance, and how contemporary uses of medieval and ancient languages facilitate linguistic understanding. Languages are naturally interactive and communicative. These realities are reflected in teaching practices for modern languages, yet medieval languages continue to prefer traditional learning methods centred on memorization of paradigms and translation techniques that neglect the source language's own realities.
This roundtable will explore the afterlife of “dead” languages in the contemporary world; these discussions will focus on the pedagogical value of translation and composition using medieval languages, and the role of medieval grammars, orthographies, and sound-systems in producing new languages and worlds for contemporary media. Most importantly, this session will seek to answer the broad question: how can we best teach, and learn, languages with no native speakers as “languages” rather than “artifacts”? David A. Carlton