The idea for this special issue of Journal of Classics Teaching arose from the conference ‘Monsters in the classroom: Latin and Greek at primary school’ which Steve Hunt (Cambridge), Lidewij Van Gils (Amsterdam), and myself (Ghent) co-organised in January of 2022.1 This conference gathered teaching expertise from eight countries and attracted more than 120 participants from 20 countries to discuss both the successes and challenges related to current international practice in the teaching of Classical languages at primary school. It became a constructive and fruitful event, where participants from different countries shared good practice in order to learn from each other and formulate steps forward.

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在 21 世纪小学教授拉丁语和古希腊语：制定应对国际挑战的本地方法

本期特刊的想法经典教学杂志这个问题源于“课堂上的怪物：小学的拉丁语和希腊语”会议，该会议由 Steve Hunt（剑桥）、Lidewij Van Gils（阿姆斯特丹）和我本人（根特）于 2022 年 1 月共同组织。1本次会议汇集了来自8个国家的教学专家，吸引了来自20个国家的120多名与会者，讨论当前小学古典语言教学国际实践的成功和挑战。这是一次富有建设性和富有成效的活动，来自不同国家的参与者分享了良好的做法，以便相互学习并制定前进的步骤。