Oxford Latinitas works to promote the study of Latin and Greek among people of all backgrounds by developing and applying cutting-edge pedagogical techniques based on the direct method, i.e. not just reading and writing, but also speaking and listening. This immersive approach, used in ancient, medieval, and Renaissance schools, allows us to maximize the language-learning potential of our brains to reach greater reading proficiency significantly faster, without sacrificing grammatical rigour. As a result, the method makes ancient texts accessible in their original languages to a much wider audience than the traditional translation-based method, which requires years of intensive schooling.