Why Latin and Greek?
Points in favour of learning Latin and Ancient Greek
Studying of Latin and Greek
– boosters the understanding of language itself (more)
– simultaneously also trains thinking skills (more)
– deepens understanding of the mother tongue (more)
– facilitates learning foreign languages (more)
– greatly facilitates the acquisition of special terminologies
(in medicine, law, the natural sciences and humanities)
– opens a path to understand Europe's cultural roots,
which are the same for a large number of people
coming from many countries and
having different mother tongues.
Latin can also help those who come from a different language of origin to improve their language skills in a new language such as English, German or French. (more)