Italy , birthplace of the Latin and Italian , is becoming illiterate , writes MarchettiSilvia Marchetti . Silvia Marchetti says Italians ' declining knowledge of their mother tongue is becoming an emergency . The approach to teaching Latin in Italian schools needs a makeover , she says .
Italy , birthplace of the Latin and Italian , is becoming illiterate , writes Silvia Marchetti . Marchetti says Italians ' declining knowledge of their mother tongue is becoming an emergency . The approach to teaching Latin in Italian schools needs a makeover , she says .