> What do people think of a grammar course that would use Latin as a basis for
> teaching.  The idea is that an inflected language would make concrete some
> abstract concepts much in the same way that algebra teachers uses blocks.
 
Excellent idea.  Why not offer a course in Latin at whatever the
appropriate grade level might be?  Kids love learning about the
ancient world and Latin-English translation is the most painless way
to introduce simple grammatical concepts while really doing
comparative linguistics, even at the elementary school level.  Great
way of developing vocabulary also.
 
Mieke
 
Mieke Koppen Tucker
Director, Writing Proficiency Programme
Bishop's University
Lennoville, Quebec, Canada