Best use of time

A.Lukaszewski all1 at st-and.ac.uk
Thu Jun 6 14:27:46 EDT 2002


Without wanting to confuse things more, I learned most of my beginning 
Hebrew from LaSor's work and loved it.  I then went on to study other 
languages using the same semi-inductive approach.  It worked like a gem. 
  His approach to the verbal system and the pronominal suffixes, etc. 
was brilliant in its simplicity, IMO.

Al Lukaszewski
University of St. Andrews


Ken Smith wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>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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