This research explores the utility of Latin as an aid to the acquisition of modern Italian. Latin is the root of the Romance languages, and consequently many words in Italian derive directly from Latin or are cognate with Latin words. Lexical connections between the languages could therefore prove useful for students learning Italian. The motivations for researching this particular area stem from the current trend of valuing subject areas in terms of their ‘utility’ to learners. Through this research I hope to show that Latin should be valued not only intrinsically, but also that it has extrinsic value as an aid to learning modern languages.

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课堂上的双语：使用拉丁语辅助现代意大利语的学习

本研究探讨了拉丁语在学习现代意大利语方面的作用。拉丁语是罗曼语系的词根，因此意大利语中的许多单词直接源自拉丁语或与拉丁语单词同源。因此，语言之间的词汇联系可能对学习意大利语的学生有用。研究这一特定领域的动机源于当前根据学科领域对学习者的“效用”来评估学科领域的趋势。通过这项研究，我希望表明拉丁语不仅应该受到重视，而且应该具有作为学习现代语言的辅助工具的外在价值。