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Latin lessons in secondary school
Latin is chosen early in the classic track and studied for years. Translation, grammar, civilisation: we move forward text by text, because it’s regular translation, not rote learning, that earns the marks.
Faced with a text, the task is to recognise a construction before looking a word up in the dictionary — a reflex that forms slowly and that no shortcut can deliver. That’s why Latin is hard to catch up on in a rush and very easy to catch up on with regular work: a few sentences each week, with someone correcting as you go, are worth more than three hours the night before a test.
All lessons – SecondaryWhy Latin keeps its place in the classic track
It is a subject chosen at twelve and kept for years, often without anyone having weighed up what it demands. Latin can’t be revised the night before: it has to be practised, a little and often. A pupil who translates three sentences a week makes progress; one who learns declensions by heart the night before the test stands still, however hard they work.
What’s assessed is reading. Faced with a text, you have to recognise a construction, find a verb, guess a meaning before checking it — a reflex that forms slowly and that no shortcut can deliver. That is why Latin is hard to catch up on in a rush, and very easy to catch up on with regular work.
Its value hasn’t changed: it’s the subject where you learn to analyse a sentence before translating it. Pupils gain from it in French and in the languages they go on to learn — and in a country that teaches four, that is no small thing.
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I contacted Cours At Home to take Luxembourgish lessons. The lessons are tailored to what we ask for, and scheduling lessons with the teacher is very flexible. I really recommend it, I’m very satisfied.
This language school is great and the staff really listen. Jérôme Koenigsecke, who runs it, is always fully available and will answer all your questions. Liliana (Luxembourgish teacher) is very caring and teaches with exemplary skill.
I am very happy with Cours at Home’s services. I have been using them for a little over three years now, and I can confirm that their service is excellent. Cours at Home always listens to its clients’ needs – needs which, in my case, are rather demanding, since I am usually looking for German-speaking teachers.
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+352 26 30 27 90My child chose Latin and regrets it. Is it too late to catch up?
No, but how you go about it matters more than elsewhere: you don’t catch up on Latin by revising, you catch up by translating. A few sentences per session, corrected as you go, are worth more than a block of grammar reread. Results show over a term, rarely over three weeks.
Do declensions have to be learned by heart?
They need to be at your fingertips, which isn’t the same thing. We fix them through translation, because a table learned out of context never comes back when you need it. Memory comes from use, and far more reliably.
Is Latin still of any use?
For learning to analyse a sentence before translating it — which carries over to modern languages and to writing in French. In a country where a pupil learns four languages, that’s no small skill. That said, if the question is “should they drop it?”, it’s one to raise with their form teacher, not with us.
Do you also cover civilisation and the authors?
Yes, and it isn’t just background: civilisation questions are reliable marks, and knowing a text’s context helps you guess its meaning when the grammar is uncertain.
How often?
One session a week, kept up over time, is the only rhythm that really works for this subject. Latin may well be the subject where intensive cramming gives the worst results.
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