This article was co-authored by Tian Zhou and by wikiHow staff writer, Jennifer Mueller, JD. Tian Zhou is a Language Specialist and the Founder of Sishu Mandarin, a Chinese Language School in the New York metropolitan area. Tian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) from Sun Yat-sen University and a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from New York University. Tian also holds a certification in Foreign Language (&ESL) - Mandarin (7-12) from New York State and certifications in Test for English Majors and Putonghua Proficiency Test from The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. He is the host of MandarinPod, an advanced Chinese language learning podcast.
There are 8 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page.
wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. This article received 15 testimonials and 92% of readers who voted found it helpful, earning it our reader-approved status.
This article has been viewed 723,791 times.
Despite what you may have heard, Latin is hardly a "dead language." Many Latin words have made their way into our everyday speech, with even more being used on a regular basis by doctors, lawyers, and scientists. Many words in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and other languages come from Latin. Although Latin isn't commonly offered in a lot of schools, you can learn Latin on your own with a little self-discipline. Start by mastering the Latin alphabet and pronunciation so you'll know how to sound out words, even if you don't know what they mean. Use drills and exercises to help with grammar, which you'll also pick up if you try to read Latin text. It won't take long for you to start understanding spoken and written Latin. Bonam Fortunam! (Good luck!) [1] X Research source