[B-Greek] Proficiency Guidelines/just for the joy of it
Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com
Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com
Sun Feb 13 16:29:03 EST 2005
In a message dated 2/13/2005 8:24:18 AM Central Standard Time,
TuNeCedeMalis67 at aol.com writes:
>
>
> This has got me really thinking! Many people study French or Spanish just
> for
> the joy of it. They do not have a long term goal of a certain book to read
> at
> the end of their studies. They wallow in the language using whatever
> materials seem fun or are working at the moment.
>
> Each small gain is considered an accomplishment. Being able to greet a
> waiter
> with a couple memorized phrases and being able to pick out a few food words
> is considered a MAJOR accomplishment, even if a person is incapable of
> making
> up even a single original sentence.
>
> I'm just curious if there is a single school in this country that teaches
> Greek just for the pure joy of it. Not with the single mindedness of rushing
> full
> steam ahead to finish a grammar book, and measuring progress with chapters.
>
> Yes, reading the NT in Greek is an important goal, but should it be the ONLY
> goal or the PRIMARY goal for EVERYONE?
>
> What about the idea of studying Greek to just learn Greek? The only time I
> hear about anyone studying Koine for the fun of it is little children using
> "Hey
> Andrew..." They don't know anything other than it's fun.
>
> College courses in Ancient Greek have the highest drop out rate of any
> language. What are we doing wrong? I don't think it's the language. I think
> it's how
> it is taught.
>
> How do we make our studies JOYFUL???
>
> Kat Doe
>
Howdy KD, homeschool mom,
You just nailed me 100%. I am a retired minister that wanted something to do
during the day, so I purchased a homestudy book requiring thirty
minutes-a-day of NT Greek and jumped in. I decided next that I wanted to translate the
Septuagint, bought one and a parsing lexicon and begin. I think ancient Greek
students drop out because of the regimentation it takes. You didn't start your
baby out learning technical rules to English, you started the child with
simple things like, daddy, momma, and dog and cat. I'm learning how to research
and translate Septuagint Greek and I still don't know what a aorist is. When I
ask I get forty miles of technical jargon that I don't understand anyway.
Sorry, I just jumped on a soap box.
Doug Pickrel
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, TX
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