[B-Greek] Funk and 'monitors'
John Sanders
jfs at jfsanders.com
Wed Jun 6 09:19:40 EDT 2007
just some idle musings to go along with Jonathon's comments.
For universities and seminaries to change the way they teach Greek and Hebrew (and Latin), there needs to be an incentive.
If there is some reasonable expectation that the efficiency of instruction will improve dramatically; for instance, if at the end of two years of the "Buth" system, a student can be expected to be able to read at the level of a student at the third or even fourth year-then there is something worthwhile having.
Also, if there is a reasonable expectation that the effectiveness will improve dramatically; for instance, if say at the end those three or four years 40% or 50% of the students in a traditional system are able to read the GNT without the need of a commentary or a grammar and only occasionally the need for a dictionary is required, but, with the "Buth" system that rate can be expected to be increased to 65% or 70%-then there is something worthwhile having.
The second item is cost. If it can reasonably be expected that present staff can be trained in the new methodology so that operating cost are not increased and if it can reasonably be expected that the staff can be brought up to the required level of fluency with relatively minor costs, then there will be a reasonable expectation of return on investment.
If a business model and marketing model were developed with these in mind, then there may be a reasonable expectation that Universities and seminaries will adopt the "Buth" system.
John Sanders
Suzhou, China
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