Cambridge Papers in Classics Education Volume 1

On 24th October 2025, the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge hosted a day conference on Comprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching, bringing together educators and researchers from schools and universities across the World to discuss current developments in Latin and Ancient Greek pedagogy.

The programme examined the application of Comprehensible Input (CI) and related approaches in different teaching contexts, from primary education and secondary education, through to higher education and online learning environments. The aim was to bring a broad range of teachers from different contexts together, and the guest-list of educators from around the world seemed to show that it was successful.

Recordings of the individual speakers are available on the website of the conference. The papers in this volume are worked-up examples of what was said at the conference. 

Cambridge Papers in Classics Education Volume 1- Full Text

Contents

Conference Introduction

Viva Voce rather than Latine Loqui. From a case in Flanders to the international context

On Optimal Input and Actual Input: How can we turn rote memorisers into readers?

Reading Tacitus with A Level Pupils: Prioritising Latin over translation

A Game of Two Halves: Enhancing student learning with comprehensible –and incomprehensible – input at the Open University

From Classroom to Cambridge: A case study in Comprehensible Input teaching

Comprehensible Input as Inclusive Design for Ancient Language Learning

Ancient Greek: A new approach to Classical methods