How Language Works with Philologist Dr Erik Ellis from the University of Dallas

About this episode

Dr. Erik Ellis discusses the intricacies of language and its teaching within classical education.

Dr. Erik Ellis is Assistant Professor of Classical Education at the University of Dallas. After graduating from the University Scholars Program at Baylor University with concentrations in Greek and Latin, Dr. Ellis received an MA in History from the same institution and served as a middle school and high school Latin teacher for five years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Along with Latin, Dr. Ellis was privileged to teach history, logic, and French, the last of which had a decisive effect on his teaching of Latin. Two years into his teaching career, Dr. Ellis began researching and investigating communicative language pedagogy and its application to classical languages. After attending and offering workshops with the Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association, SALVI, and Fr. Reginald Foster, Dr. Ellis left secondary teaching to continue his education. He received an MA in Classics, a Master of Medieval Studies, and a Doctorate in Medieval Studies at the Medieval Institute of the University of Notre Dame and studied at the Polis Institute and the Vatican Library in Rome. One of his research specializations was the history of education with a focus on the history of classical language…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Erik Ellis

Topics covered

• language pedagogy
• classical education
• Latin teaching
• history of education
• communicative language

Keywords

• language
• classical education
• Latin
• pedagogy
• history of education
• communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Dallas, Baylor University, Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association, SALVI, Vatican Library, Universidad de los Andes

Places: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Rome, Santia

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