Foreign Language Acquisition

OteroFam3 at aol.com OteroFam3 at aol.com
Sun Jan 30 07:16:26 EST 2000


Dear SCM, Randall Buth, Warren Fulton, et al:

    I have thouroughly enjoyed reading the posts on this topic over the last 
few days and I hope it has not reached its end just yet (room for at least 
one more question/post I hope). On 1/25/00 Mr. Fulton stated:



    I whole heartedly agree with this. My high school Latin teacher used 
these four venues to some degree and it made the entire experience more 
valuable. My question is how do we go about using these four approaches in 
regards to Attic and Koine Greek? I am self taught (or rather self 
teaching/learning) in Greek and finding people to speak Greek to or even 
study intensely with is quite a challenge.
    I am familiar enough with the literature and resources available for 
learning to read, and I know there was some discussion recently on writing 
composition for Greek and Latin. However are there any resources for 
listening to Greek (other than living in Greece for two years, sorry Mr. 
Buth) like audio cassettes,etc.? I would imagine that listening enough I 
could merely repeat  out loud what I hear. Mr. Fulton also stated:

<My bout with Greek in college was one-dimensional. Having no sense of what 
the language  sounded like, I applied my analytical skills and knowledge of 
linguistics to the problem. But I did not really learn to read Koine Greek 
until I had learned to speak Modern Greek.>

    Does learning to speak Modern Greek really help to "speak"/read Koine 
Greek (forgive my ignorance)? If so, what resources are there that you might 
recommend, and are there any good resources on the pronunciation of Attic 
and/or Koine Greek? 
    Thank you for your patience and help in advance. Forgive me Mr. Conrad 
and Winberry if I have exhausted this thread and pushed it into extinction.

Esteban Otero
oterofam3 at aol.com
Tampa, USA



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