THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF LATIN
Abstract
Remnants of Latine! For centuries in Western Europe a knowledge of Latin (and, where possible, of Classical Greek), provided the principal access to a study of man's cultural achievements. It could be assumed that a training in Latin was part of the baggage of an educated man. Today, with the explosion of knowledge and the consequent demanda on a student's period of formaI training, the outlay of time and effort in any particultar field must be carefully balanced against the rewards of such concentration. The ready availability of information in any one of a number of modern languages and the staggering development of communications media have deprived Latin of its unique position. As a result, the study of Latin now occupies a somewhat different niche in the hierarchy of educational values.Downloads
Published
1966-08-31
How to Cite
Ellis, C. D. (1966). THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF LATIN. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 1(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6567
Issue
Section
Articles
License
Those wishing to reproduce all or part of any material published on this website are asked to email mje.education@mcgill.ca for permission and to acknowledge the McGill Journal of Education as the original source.
Authors must transfer copyright of their article to MJE. Authors may use all or parts of their work in any future publication with the article's origin in MJE acknowledged in the customary manner.
A copy of our standard form may be requested from mje.education@mcgill.ca