Best use of time
Ken Smith
kens at 180solutions.com
Thu Jun 6 13:21:37 EDT 2002
On the flip side, I learned Hebrew with LaSor's Introductory (and
Inductive) Hebrew Grammar, and it was one of the worst academic
experiences I've had. I would never recommend his approach to anyone.
A completely inductive approach would probably work if the entire class
were taught like a modern "second language" class, i.e., how Randall
teaches his. But if you're only going from a textbook, and aren't
producing the language at all or interacting with it verbally, an
inductive approach is probably the worst of both worlds.
Ken Smith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric S. Weiss [mailto:eweiss at gte.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 7:30 AM
> To: Biblical Greek
> Subject: [b-greek] Re: Best use of time
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> I've never used it (though I bought a set - 2 vol., one light
> blue, the 2nd green - at Half-Price Books in Dallas), but
> William Sanford LaSor's grammar on NT Greek uses a completely
> inductive approach, I believe. The student reads the book of
> Acts (certainly NOT the easiest NT book), and learns grammar
> along the way. One person has written somewhere that they
> never did grasp the Greek verbal system until they read
> LaSor's explanation. Now THAT'S plunging right in to the NT!!
> And, you'd have the benefit of having also read/translated
> Acts, which would put you quite a bit ahead of those who,
> after completing 1st-year Greek, are only capable of doing I
> John or John or some simple Gospel passages.
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