Re: General differences (Classical Sources Message Board)

Re: General differences
Author: KLC	August 24, 1999 at 14:55:45
in reply to: Re: General differences* posted by Patti on June 6, 1999 at 23:06:29*

Matin Latin may be used early in a child's reading experience. It has not been difficult for my students to switch between Latin and English pronunciation of phonemes. Actually, Latin has so many fewer it would make sense to teach it first...but that's another issue.
Matin Latin teaches the English and Latin grammar in juxtaposed lessons so that a child may see the logic of the English as it is derived from the Latin. In Latin, the inflections of a noun (the endings) show the difference between a noun used as a subject and a noun used as a direct object.
Matin Latin emphasizes learning the vocabulary by concept over word-to-word association (a picture of a girl accompanies puella, not the letters "girl"), and it emphasizes USING the grammar...that is, after only a few lessons, a child can write his own Latin sentences. Some classical educators argue that this introduces the poetic or rhetoric stage in the grammar stage. I would suggest that it shows the use of the memorization and is, therefore, a motivational tool. We do not insist that a child merely recognize lists of nouns in English before we allow him to speak in complete sentences. Why should we teach a foreign language thus?

Boys like the Matin Latin because they are frequently
allowed to draw pictures to show the meaning of the Latin
sentences, rather than having to tediously write out an
English translation.

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> Matin Latin may be used early in a child's reading experience. It has not been difficult for my students to switch between Latin and English pronunciation of phonemes. Actually, Latin has so many fewer it would make sense to teach it first...but that's another issue. > Matin Latin teaches the English and Latin grammar in juxtaposed lessons so that a child may see the logic of the English as it is derived from the Latin. In Latin, the inflections of a noun (the endings) show the difference between a noun used as a subject and a noun used as a direct object. > Matin Latin emphasizes learning the vocabulary by concept over word-to-word association (a picture of a girl accompanies puella, not the letters "girl"), and it emphasizes USING the grammar...that is, after only a few lessons, a child can write his own Latin sentences. Some classical educators argue that this introduces the poetic or rhetoric stage in the grammar stage. I would suggest that it shows the use of the memorization and is, therefore, a motivational tool. We do not insist that a child merely recognize lists of nouns in English before we allow him to speak in complete sentences. Why should we teach a foreign language thus? > > Boys like the Matin Latin because they are frequently > allowed to draw pictures to show the meaning of the Latin > sentences, rather than having to tediously write out an > English translation.
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