[B-Greek] Machen-Modern vs Mounce-Classical
Trevor Peterson
06peterson at cua.edu
Sat Dec 20 10:05:41 EST 2003
Kat wrote:
> It seems to me there are 2 really good curriculums for self
> study of Koine,
> with many supplements.
>
> Mounce using a classical pronunciation has a CD, flash card software,
> cartoons, quizzes.
>
> Machen using a modern pronunciation has videos, software,
> printed flash
> cards. THe Machen videos also teach sentence diagramming
> which looks REALLY good to
> me with my latin backround.
>
> It looks to me like they are so different it's hard to ask
> "which is better?"
I don't know the specific curriculum you're talking about, but in my
experience Mounce works well for a guided self-study. I've only used it
with adults, though. You might consider the Greek material from
http://biblicalulpan.org/. I think it should work well with any age
group--much of the early material doesn't even use writing but only
sound and pictures. It's a good way to get a feel for the language,
though.
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
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