[B-Greek] The BANE of Biblical Greek Pedagogy
Paul Zellmer
pzellmer at sc.rr.com
Wed Feb 23 08:04:00 EST 2011
Carl,
Say it ain't so! If you are old, what does that make the rest of us? You've got a long way to reach Moses, much less Methuselah!
But, on a more serious note, I concur with the great advantages gained by developing composition abilities. It most quickly helps build vocabulary. But how do we avoid ingraining unnatural (read that, non-ancient Greek) grammar patterns?
Paul Zellmer
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl Conrad
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:41 AM
To: Richard Smith
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] The BANE of Biblical Greek Pedagogy
On Feb 23, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
> Is part of the problem with the ancient languages that learning to converse is not emphasized. All other language studies, emphasize to some degree speaking, listening, and composing.
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> I cannot make a simple sentence in BGreek, and my efforts would be more dismal in BHebrew.
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> I am self taught, and old. I wonder if self taught in a language is as about as good as being self represented in court?
I would urge you at your earliest convenience to join in the group at ΣΧΟΛΗ (http://schole.ning.com/) where you can at once make the acquaintance of others
who want to dialogue with each other in voice and written notes and share information about using ancient Greek as a real vehicle of communication.
I am old myself and my days of teaching and learning in the classroom are long since over; nevertheless, as the dictum of Solon has it: GHRASKW AEI POLLA DIDASKOMENOS. I did two years of Greek composition in graduate school and have taught it tutorially several times at Washington University. Composition accompanying reading really does wonders to help one internalize the language. But it is only in the last year or so that I ever started corresponding in Greek and I've been surprised and delighted to find that it is much easier and much more fun than I had ever thought.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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