The Transfer Effects of the Study of Latin & Greek on Language Competence and Cognition: a Longitudinal Study in Flemish Secondary Education Ghent University
The relevance of the study of Latin & Greek (L&G) in secondary education is being questioned more and more. Proponents have claimed that it greatly improves linguistic abilities and even cognition beyond the linguistic domain, e.g. analytical thinking. Numerous American scholars have set up field tests, but they focused on the influence of Latin on English vocabulary acquisition by native speakers. Moreover, these studies all lack a ...