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Masciantonio, Rudolph – Foreign Language Annuals, 1977
This article examines the linguistic benefits of Latin in light of recent research which seems to document the relevance of Latin in building English vocabulary and reading skills. Evidence is cited from eight educational projects in which an experimental group of students taking Latin, and a control group not taking Latin, were pretested,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classical Languages, Elementary Education, English