{"id":32530,"date":"2022-04-07T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T01:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloeckerblog.com\/?page_id=32530"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T08:11:08","slug":"why-learn-latin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloeckerblog.com\/index.php\/why-learn-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Learn Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry mate \/ sorry my friends, this site is under construction, but will be published soon &#8230;. just bookmark it in case you are interested!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Education is a wide field &#8230; (Theodor Fontane, German novelist) quoted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So where to start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"32562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloeckerblog.com\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash.jpg?fit=427%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"427,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash.jpg?fit=427%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash.jpg?resize=427%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash.jpg?w=427&amp;ssl=1 427w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/priscilla-du-preez-eqsyjou8wrg-unsplash.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the beginning, my grandfather used to say bantering, he was a farmer and his thoughts were pretty cool looking back now: Some people are working and others are studying &#8211; he survived two World Wars in Europe, but never told me details HOW &#8230;shame on me not asking him too much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So from farming in the country in Northern Europe between the North Sea (Blanke Hans) and Baltic Sea and Denmark and River Elbe (Hamburg) to education and the digital transformation in Europe, Australia and the world &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the key idea of this new site <strong>Why Learn Latin<\/strong> at all and more to come soon &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why learn languages?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About Letters and Numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About Grammar and Math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With my best wishes from Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and take care yours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peblogger.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phb <\/a>\/ @peblogger (Twitter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Found in my Mail Box and written by Heribert Prantl (SZ App) a well known German Columnist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"32571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloeckerblog.com\/img_8194\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?fit=750%2C1334&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,1334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_8194\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?fit=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?resize=365%2C650&amp;ssl=1 365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloeckerblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_8194.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Abstract: Learning to learn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The mere ability to speak elevated words is not what makes learning Latin worthwhile. Whoever learns Latin does not simply learn a language that is supposedly dead because no one speaks it anymore. He doesn&#8217;t just learn chiseled grammar and meaningful, concise expression. One learns to solve problems: First, almost everyone sits in front of Latin sentences like an ox in front of a mountain. But then, if you have a good teacher, you learn how to conquer the mountain. You learn to decipher incomprehensible sentences &#8211; and then you unroll them. You find the key to the sentence, you find the verb, which is often very late in the sentence. Cracking sentences and then rendering them accurately in your own language &#8211; that&#8217;s a good school for cracking cases later, as a lawyer or academic or scientist. And there are many problems to crack in every profession.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. August 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sehr geehrter Herr Bloecker,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vor Jahren habe ich meine Zettelwirtschaft beendet. Ich habe es mir angew\u00f6hnt, Notizen f\u00fcr dies und das in ein Leerbuch zu schreiben, also in ein Buch mit leeren Seiten \u2013 die To-do-Listen, die Arbeitsprogramme, die Gedanken und Hinweise f\u00fcr Kommentare und Kolumnen. Ein Leerbuch ist ein Lehrbuch f\u00fcr mich selbst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mehr Latein wagen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In diesem Buch habe ich in der vergangenen Woche eine Nachricht aus Gro\u00dfbritannien notiert: Der Bildungsminister dort will das Fach Latein an den staatlichen Schulen ausbauen. Bildungsminister Gavin Williamson sagte der Zeitung&nbsp;<em>Daily Telegraph<\/em>: \u201eWir wissen, dass Latein den Ruf hat, ein elit\u00e4res Fach zu sein, das nur wenigen Privilegierten vorbehalten ist.\u201c Und er erkl\u00e4rte sein Vorhaben: \u201eDas Fach kann jungen Menschen so viele Vorteile bringen, also m\u00f6chte ich diese Kluft schlie\u00dfen.\u201c An vierzig staatlichen Schulen vor allem in armen Vierteln soll es ein Latein-Pilotprogramm geben. Premierminister Boris Johnson konnte sich dazu eine seiner koketten Eitelkeiten nicht verkneifen: Er habe, so erz\u00e4hlte er, in der Schule \u201efast nichts anderes gelernt als Latein und Griechisch. Und jetzt regiere ich das Land\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Das wunderbare Textarchiv der&nbsp;<em>S\u00fcddeutschen Zeitung<\/em>&nbsp;hat mir aktuelle Zahlen zum Lateinunterricht an deutschen Schulen geliefert \u2013 \u201esechs Prozent aller deutschen Sch\u00fclerinnen und Sch\u00fcler lernen Latein\u201c, notierte ich im Leerbuch. Und ich hielt dort auch den Titel eines Buches fest, das ein Ordinarius der M\u00fcnchner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t, der Altphilologe Wilfried Stroh, vor 15 Jahren geschrieben hat: \u201eLatein ist tot, es lebe Latein!\u201c Sein Untertitel: \u201eKleine Geschichte einer gro\u00dfen Sprache\u201c.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eine Liebeserkl\u00e4rung<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Der Kollege Thomas Ribi, Redaktor im Feuilleton der&nbsp;<em>Neuen Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung<\/em>, hat diese Geschichte gepriesen und dem Lateinischen eine Liebeserkl\u00e4rung gemacht: Er schrieb im NZZ-Feuilleton, Latein sei nicht einfach nur eine Sprache; sie sei \u201eFrischluft f\u00fcr den Geist\u201c und \u201eein Spiegel, in dem sich b\u00fcndelt, was die Kultur Europas ausmacht\u201c. Auch das habe ich notiert. Und als ich das Leerbuch zuschlug, fiel mein Blick auf den Satz, der da auf den Umschlag gepr\u00e4gt ist: \u201eRem tene, verba sequentur\u201c. Das ist ein Satz von Cato, auf Deutsch: Beherrsche die Sache, dann werden die Worte folgen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nota bene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die neuen Leerb\u00fccher mit alten Spruchweisheiten zu betiteln, hat sich eine befreundete Lateinlehrerin ausgedacht \u2013 und mir sch\u00f6n gepr\u00e4gte Exemplare zum Geburtstag geschenkt. Etwa alle zwei Monate ist so ein Leerbuch voll. Ich habe aus britischem Anlass die vollgeschriebenen und die noch leeren B\u00fccher zur Hand genommen und mir dabei \u00fcberlegt, was die aufgepr\u00e4gten Sentenzen auf den Umschl\u00e4gen mit meiner Arbeit zu tun haben: \u201enota bene\u201c steht da, also \u201ewohlgemerkt\u201c; und \u201eesse quam videri\u201c, also \u201emehr Sein als Schein\u201c, und, unvermeidlich, \u201ealea iacta est\u201c, das Wort, das Caesar gesagt haben soll, als er den Rubikon \u00fcberschritt. Auch \u201eprudentia potentia\u201c, also \u201eWissen ist Macht\u201c und \u201edies diem docet\u201c, was bedeutet, dass ein Tag den anderen lehrt. Der bezeichnendste Titel ist wohl \u201eVademecum\u201c. So hei\u00dft zwar heute auch ein Mundwasser; das Wort war aber lange gebr\u00e4uchlich f\u00fcr ein handliches Buch, das einen in allen Lebenslagen n\u00fctzlich begleitet: \u201eGeh mit mir\u201c. Ich habe es immer bei mir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Geh mit mir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geh mit mir: Die kleinen Spr\u00fcche geh\u00f6ren zu dem, was vom Lateinunterricht ganz gewiss \u00fcbrig bleibt. Diese Spruchweisheiten sind die Sprachbr\u00f6sel der Kultur. Wenn man Jura studiert, sammelt man viele weitere solcher Sprachbr\u00f6sel ein. \u201eDolo facit, qui petit, quod statim redditurus est\u201c. Der Satz stammt von dem r\u00f6mischen Juristen Julius Paulus, der Ende des&nbsp;zweiten&nbsp;und Anfang des&nbsp;dritten Jahrhunderts&nbsp;nach Christus lebte. Er steht in den&nbsp;Digesten, der ber\u00fchmten Rechtssammlung des ostr\u00f6mischen Kaisers&nbsp;Justinian und bedeutet, dass arglistig handelt, wer etwas verlangt, was er augenblicklich wieder zur\u00fcckgeben muss. \u201eExceptio doli\u201c, nennen das die Spezialisten, also die \u201eEinrede der Arglist\u201c: Niemand soll erfolgreich eine Leistung einklagen k\u00f6nnen, die er nach Erhalt sogleich zur\u00fcckgeben m\u00fcsste, weil dem Schuldner ein entsprechender Gegenanspruch zusteht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eine juristische Klausur kann man auch l\u00f6sen, ohne so einen lateinischen Satz zu zitieren; aber ein wenig Eindruck machen kann man damit schon. Lateinische Spr\u00fcche begleiten das Studium \u201eab ovo\u201c \u2013 vom Ei, also von Anfang an. Man lernt, was \u201eculpa in contrahendo\u201c ist und welche Folgen dieses \u201eVerschulden bei den Vertragsverhandlungen\u201c hat; man lernt, dass auch die andere Seite geh\u00f6rt werden soll: \u201eEt audiatur altera pars\u201c. Was eine \u201ebrevi manu traditio\u201c ist, lernt man erst, wenn man sich im Sachenrecht schon einigerma\u00dfen auskennt und hoffentlich, was im Studium heute als Luxus gilt, auch ein wenig Rechtsgeschichte studiert hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Das Wunder des r\u00f6mischen Rechts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die R\u00f6mer waren die besten Juristen, die die Welt je gesehen hat. Das r\u00f6mische Recht hat, weltweit, zwei Jahrtausende gepr\u00e4gt. Sein hoher Abstraktionsgrad und sein Verzicht auf religi\u00f6se Legitimation hat dazu gef\u00fchrt, dass ganz verschiedene Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsformen damit arbeiten konnten und k\u00f6nnen. Das BGB, das deutsche B\u00fcrgerliche Gesetzbuch, ist juristische Algebra auf der Basis des r\u00f6mischen Rechts. Und viele lateinische Begriffe sind so etwas wie dessen Fu\u00dfabdr\u00fccke im Alltag: pro bono, pro domo, pro forma, pro futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lernen lernen&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aber die blo\u00dfe F\u00e4higkeit zum gehobenen Wortgeklingel ist es nicht, was das Lateinlernen lohnt. Wer Latein lernt, der lernt nicht einfach eine Sprache, die angeblich eine tote Sprache ist, weil sie niemand mehr spricht. Er lernt nicht nur eine ziselierte Grammatik und eine sinnstiftende, pr\u00e4zise Ausdrucksweise. Man lernt, Probleme zu l\u00f6sen: Erst einmal sitzt fast jeder vor lateinischen S\u00e4tzen wie der Ochs vor dem Berg. Aber dann lernt man, wen man einen guten Lehrer, eine gute Lehrerin hat, wie man den Berg bezwingt. Man lernt, unverst\u00e4ndliche S\u00e4tze zu entschl\u00fcsseln \u2013 und dann rollt man sie auf. Man findet den Schl\u00fcssel zum Satz, man findet das Verb, das oft erst sehr sp\u00e4t im Satz steht. S\u00e4tze knacken und dann in der eigenen Sprache treffend wiedergeben\u2013 das ist eine gute Schule, um sp\u00e4ter, als Jurist, F\u00e4lle zu knacken. Und Probleme zu knacken gibt es in jedem Beruf.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mit Latein kann man also, den Satz habe ich mir ins Leerbuch notiert, das Lernen lernen. Vielleicht stimmt es ja auch, dass sich andere Sprachen, wenn man Latein kann, leichter lernen lassen. Altphilologen behaupten das. Aber: Um Latein zu lernen, braucht es kein solches \u201eAlibi\u201c. Und dass Lateinlernen auch eine Gaudi ist: das wei\u00df Jeder, der das \u201eLeben des Brian\u201c gesehen hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quod erat demonstrandum. Ich w\u00fcnsche Ihnen gute Augusttage, Erholung \u201euno contextu\u201c \u2013 also ohne Unterbrechung durch schlechte Nachrichten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ihr<br>Heribert Prantl<br>Kolumnist und Autor der&nbsp;<em>S\u00fcddeutschen Zeitung<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Great Britain<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Cambridge University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advice from Steven Hunt &#8211; Teaching Latin today (Britain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2022\/apr\/07\/teachers-encouraged-to-use-taylor-swift-lyrics-to-make-latin-accessible\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2022\/apr\/07\/teachers-encouraged-to-use-taylor-swift-lyrics-to-make-latin-accessible<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steven Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/teaching-latin-contexts-theories-practices-9781350161382\/\">https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/teaching-latin-contexts-theories-practices-9781350161382\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoted:<br>&#8220;<em>Building on and updating some of the issues addressed in&nbsp;Starting to Teach Latin, Steven Hunt provides a guide for novice and more experienced teachers of Latin in schools and colleges, who work with adapted and original Latin prose texts from beginners&#8217; to advanced levels. It draws extensively on up-to-date theories of second language development and on multiple examples of the practices of real teachers and students. Hunt starts with a detailed look at deductive, inductive and active teaching methods, which support teachers in making the best choices for their students&#8217; needs and for their own personal preferences, but goes on to organise the book around the principles of listening, reading, speaking and writing Latin. It is designed to be informative, experimental and occasionally provocative. The book closes with two chapters of particular contemporary interest: &#8216;Access, Diversity and Inclusion&#8217; investigates how the subject community is meeting the challenge of teaching Latin more equitably in today&#8217;s schools; and &#8216;The Future&#8217; offers some thoughts on lessons that have been learnt from the experiences of online teaching practices during the Covid-19 lockdowns.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Practical examples, extensive references and a companion website at www.stevenhuntclassics.com are included. Teachers of Latin will find this book an invaluable tool inside and outside of the classroom.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Hunt Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevenhuntclassics.com\/about\">https:\/\/www.stevenhuntclassics.com\/about<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coe, B., &amp; Steven, H. (2022). Adaptive teaching for GCSE and A level classical literature. <em>Journal of Classics Teaching,<\/em> 1-3. doi:10.1017\/S2058631021000787<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit my site <a href=\"https:\/\/peblogger.com\/the-lexicon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cognitive Development and Mental Lexicon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry mate \/ sorry my friends, this site is under construction, but will be published soon &#8230;. just bookmark it in case you are interested! &#8220;Education is a wide field &#8230; (Theodor Fontane, German novelist) quoted! So where to start? 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