An examination of the goals of Latin teaching leads the author to conclude that its primary objective is the development of the ability to read extant Latin authors A brief review of past designs for teaching meaning leads to a discussion of phonetic, lexical, structural, and cultural meaning. Teaching techniques to help develop a mastery of the Latin sound system are included. Frequent examples illustrating an approach called "metaphrasing" focus on how both lexical and structural meaning is demonstrated to the student. (RL)