Active Classical Languages Club
Hillsdale College
The mission of the Active Classical Languages Club is to provide students with an opportunity to internalize the Latin and Greek through practicing speaking, hearing, writing, and reciting.
Only in modern times has Latin been taught as a dead language. We, rather, subscribe to the Renaissance tradition of Latin education which has equipped some of the best Latinists the world has ever seen. This method teaches students to internalize the language. By participating in the club, students should be able to enter into the linguistic mindset of an ancient Roman or Greek and understand ancient works quickly by sight, without having to think in another language.