MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - If you really want to enhance your vocabulary, take Latin. Latin is everywhere - in our government buildings, in medical and legal language, and it is the foundation for Romance ...

In the basement of a nursing home in Milwaukee, the world's best Latin lessons are given for free. That's where Father Reginald Foster, a priest who lacks patience, gives his lessons. He's managed to ...

Seventh grade students at Ottoson Middle School participated in gladiator battles with cardboard swords during Latin class and used Latin cheers and phrases. (Photo by Nathan Klima for The Boston ...

Carol Ramsey smiles when her students use the so-called dead language to talk about the latest Ben Affleck movie. After all, students can say or write just about anything in her class — as long as ...

Fan fiction, Minecraft and Taylor Swift lyrics are hardly the stuff of traditional Latin lessons. They are, however, part of an expanding repertoire that teachers are successfully drawing on to deepen ...

Researchers found that in teaching English learners -- students who aren't fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken -- the Latin roots of words helped ...