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Ball, Robert J.; Ellsworth, J. D. – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Refutes the claim that Latin can be spoken as if it were a modern language. This article is an effort to combat the movement to teach Latin by the four skills approach and to call for a return to an honest and reasonable way of teaching the classical language, along lines that help preserve its uniqueness and traditional integrity. (21 references)…
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