[B-Greek] re: Learning Greek, Experiences, and Thoughts
R Yochanan Bitan Buth
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Fri Mar 18 14:17:07 EST 2005
>>Many 2nd language English
>>speakers overseas do something similar: they watch and listen to a
>>movie, while seeing subscripts in their national language.
>
>Similarly, I've been finding it helpful to follow along in the Greek
during
>sermons, etc. Hearing the English translation gives me enough
context clues
>to clarify what I'm seeing in the Greek -- the training wheel
metaphor is
>very apt. It also enforces, obviously, a certain speed to the
reading which
>I think is a good exercise.
>
>Interestingly, when I tried the same thing with some New Testament
>recordings in Spanish, which I understand more-or-less completely but
not
>*natively*, it doesn't work nearly as well. I guess the effort
needed for
>me to understand the spoken Spanish competes with that needed to
understand
>the written Greek.
>
>Brian McCarthy
While every bit helps and I recommend that you continue following
along in Greek, it may be good to draw the more exact parallel:
That would be to listen to a sermon in ancient Greek while following
along with written English notes.
I dare say you would feel a qualitative and quantitative difference in
effect.
Errwso
Randall Buth
Randall Buth, PhD
Director, Biblical Language Center
www.biblicalulpan.org
and Director, Biblical Studies in Israel
Hebrew University, Rothberg International School
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
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