Intermediate Grammars
Trevor & Julie Peterson
06peterson at cua.edu
Sun Oct 6 17:30:12 EDT 2002
I guess what counts as intermediate grammar depends to a certain extent on
what your introductory experience looked like. Someone's already mentioned
Mounce and Wallace, which I think would be an especially good follow-up to
Mounce's introductory grammar. Another resource that I would suggest is Ward
Powers's introductory grammar. Let me explain. Although the grammar is
intended for introductory purposes, it contains appendix material to
supplement intermediate learning. Also, if you didn't use Powers or a
similar approach for introductory grammar, it probably has a lot of useful
information woven into the presentation of the initial material that would
be worth gleaning.
Honestly, I tried to use Powers's book for a group that I was teaching at
church and ended up switching back to Mounce. It probably would have been
more workable in a regular classroom structure, but these were limited
sessions (one hour per week) with working adults. The format required a text
that they could use more or less independently with some supplementary
clarification from me in our limited time together. I think Mounce is better
suited for that. The amount of material that Powers packs into each lesson
is a lot to assimilate, and some students found the arrangement of the
material frustrating. But I assured them that it would be a good resource to
have in the future, once they had nailed down the material in Mounce. I'm
sure Ward, who is (or at least was) on this list, would want to advocate his
book as somewhat more useful for beginners than the picture I've painted
here, but my point is not to say it doesn't work as an introductory grammar.
As I said, this was a special situation. My point is that it has a lot to
offer, even for students that have already gone through another introductory
grammar. The review would be helpful anyway, and the different presentation
method would provoke students to think about the elements of the language
more thoroughly. But the added depth of linguistic information and the
intermediate grammar supplements are the real added bonus that make me
recommend it for this particular inquiry.
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Bountrogiannis [mailto:jimboots at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Fri, October 04, 2002 2:59 AM
> To: Biblical Greek
> Subject: [b-greek] Intermediate Grammars
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> Hello B-Greekers, I've finished one year of NT
> Greek and would like to pursue the language at
> the intermediate or 'next' level.
> Can anyone recommend an Intermediate Greek
> Grammar or work book or method of study
> which would be most useful and rewarding in
> the study of Greek?
>
> Thanks for your help!
> james
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