Steven Hunt

This blog is an extract and commentary on a review of the first edition of the Latin course book Ecce Romani. It was first published in the ARLT’s journal Latin Teaching XXXIII, 6, p 224 in 1971. The reviewer WSW (I have been unable to ascertain their name) refers to two books in their review. Front Cover of the 1st edition of Ecce Romani Like the one I have blogged about before from this same journal, I think WSW's review sheds some light on pedagogical thinking of the time

I’ve been reading some of the articles in the journal Latin Teaching , which was published by the Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching, whose archives I have begun to explore. I came across this interesting little description of a weekend refresher course the ARLT ran in 1971 in London. I reproduce it here, with some comments below, as it brings to the fore, I think, the way in which teachers were beginning to understand how the Cambridge Latin Course actually worked

The Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report  was issued on 5 th  November 2025. On page 87 there’s this table: Study of a foreign language, either modern or ancient, is compulsory at Key Stage 2. Study of a Modern Foreign Language (MFL) is compulsory at Key Stage 3. At Key Stage 4, there is an entitlement to study an MFL GCSE. Take-up in any MFL GCSE was 43% in 2009/10 and 44% in 2024/25. •        GCSE French take-up was 25% in 2009/10 and 18% in 2024/25. •        GCSE