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Latin To Be Introduced At 40 State Secondaries In England
//£4m scheme will form part of government effort to counter subject’s reputation as elitist//
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A difficult one. I tend to think that teaching modern languages is more beneficial to the majority - but I would welcome teaching Latin selectively - which makes it elitist. No?
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A difficult one. I tend to think that teaching modern languages is more beneficial to the majority - but I would welcome teaching Latin selectively - which makes it elitist. No?
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Does this really address the elitism of Latin? It doesn't seem to me relevant to most people. Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, which seems to me to imply that we should be reducing the emphasis on Latin rather than reverting to it.
I should say all the same that I kind of wish I knew more Latin. Lately I've been very interested in learning more about the history of Rome in the 1st Century BC, which would presumably be even more fun if I could read the original Latin histories. Still, with so many other things to focus on, and with modern languages being more relevant in general, I'm not sure what to think of this.
I should say all the same that I kind of wish I knew more Latin. Lately I've been very interested in learning more about the history of Rome in the 1st Century BC, which would presumably be even more fun if I could read the original Latin histories. Still, with so many other things to focus on, and with modern languages being more relevant in general, I'm not sure what to think of this.
Jim
///%/Lately I've been very interested in learning more about the history of Rome in the 1st Century BC, ////
Although admirable in your situation, I cannot see secondary schoolboys being remotely interested in that particular era.
I may well be wrong.
I look forward to posts by PP on this subject-;)
///%/Lately I've been very interested in learning more about the history of Rome in the 1st Century BC, ////
Although admirable in your situation, I cannot see secondary schoolboys being remotely interested in that particular era.
I may well be wrong.
I look forward to posts by PP on this subject-;)
even if they bring it back to secondaries, it will be a choice as to whether to study it or not i presume.
In my secondary school, taking ANY languages further than the first year depended on your aptitude, your other options for GCSE and how many people wanted to do it. Therefore only 30 people out of the year got to do latin.
I cant imagine it's changed (if it's compulsory, where are they going to find all the latin teachers from?)
In my secondary school, taking ANY languages further than the first year depended on your aptitude, your other options for GCSE and how many people wanted to do it. Therefore only 30 people out of the year got to do latin.
I cant imagine it's changed (if it's compulsory, where are they going to find all the latin teachers from?)
// I cannot see secondary schoolboys being remotely interested in [the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Empire].
I may well be wrong. //
I'm not sure how general the interest would be, but it's guaranteed to have zero engagement if it isn't taught! I think most history in UK schools is focused, for obvious reasons, on British history -- eg, Roman history when I was taught it at Primary school began in 55BC, and then skipped a century.
But anyway. The history can be taught separately from the language, even if they are related, so it's not really relevant to the question of Latin being taught at State Schools.
I may well be wrong. //
I'm not sure how general the interest would be, but it's guaranteed to have zero engagement if it isn't taught! I think most history in UK schools is focused, for obvious reasons, on British history -- eg, Roman history when I was taught it at Primary school began in 55BC, and then skipped a century.
But anyway. The history can be taught separately from the language, even if they are related, so it's not really relevant to the question of Latin being taught at State Schools.
I did. But I wouldn't want to derail the thread by exploring it too much.
On the subject of elitism, I don't think Latin or any other subject is inherently elitist -- that only comes if/when you look down on those who haven't been taught it, or deliberately trade jokes/quotes in Latin without translating for the benefit of those who don't speak it.
On the subject of elitism, I don't think Latin or any other subject is inherently elitist -- that only comes if/when you look down on those who haven't been taught it, or deliberately trade jokes/quotes in Latin without translating for the benefit of those who don't speak it.
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