Χάρις καὶ ειρήνη
Posted: August 9th, 2017, 11:11 pm
Greetings B-Greek Community,
Χαῖρε!
My heart is full on account of finding this online community of Greek Geeks. Εὐλογητὸς Kύριος ὅτι εὕρηκα ὑμῖν!
I have a couple sections with headings below. Feel free to not read them. I kind of wrote a lot, but maybe someone will be interested to read about my educational background and current work.
Background
I began studying Koine in 2005, so I am kind of new to the language still, but probably not as new as some.
I have taken courses Biola University (Talbot School of Theology), Trinity Western University (Associated Canadian Theological Schools) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. I have yet to complete a terminal degree, but I earned a MLE (Master of Applied Linguistics and Exegesis) at Trinity Western University, and at the same time, studied at Canada Institute of Linguistics. Part of my focus was on Koine Greek and the Greek New Testament. I did discourse analysis in the Gospel according to John, and analyzed & described Koine Greek using Role and Reference Grammar. I also read and wrote a bit in philosophy of language.
My professional background includes teaching English as a second and foreign language and also teaching articulatory phonetics. This year I will teach Greek for the first time to student-translators from four different language communities in the South Pacific.
Current Research and Ministry
Currently, I work as a Translation Specialist which involves being an instructor and an exegetical advisor. I am assisting translators and committees from two different language communities in the South Pacific to translate the Greek New Testament into their languages for the first time. A bit has been drafted into both languages previously, but nothing has been published yet.
The curriculum I am developing for Greek will lead the students into Greek using an eclectic communicative approach. I am writing an annotated bibliography for Communicative Koine Greek Pedagogy as I work on developing curriculum (Greek 1-4 and New Testament Exegesis 1-4) for the small institute I work at here in the South Pacific.
Anyway that is a bit about me and what I am up to these days.
Looking forward to reading here,
Ryan Douglas
Χαῖρε!
My heart is full on account of finding this online community of Greek Geeks. Εὐλογητὸς Kύριος ὅτι εὕρηκα ὑμῖν!
I have a couple sections with headings below. Feel free to not read them. I kind of wrote a lot, but maybe someone will be interested to read about my educational background and current work.
Background
I began studying Koine in 2005, so I am kind of new to the language still, but probably not as new as some.
I have taken courses Biola University (Talbot School of Theology), Trinity Western University (Associated Canadian Theological Schools) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. I have yet to complete a terminal degree, but I earned a MLE (Master of Applied Linguistics and Exegesis) at Trinity Western University, and at the same time, studied at Canada Institute of Linguistics. Part of my focus was on Koine Greek and the Greek New Testament. I did discourse analysis in the Gospel according to John, and analyzed & described Koine Greek using Role and Reference Grammar. I also read and wrote a bit in philosophy of language.
My professional background includes teaching English as a second and foreign language and also teaching articulatory phonetics. This year I will teach Greek for the first time to student-translators from four different language communities in the South Pacific.
Current Research and Ministry
Currently, I work as a Translation Specialist which involves being an instructor and an exegetical advisor. I am assisting translators and committees from two different language communities in the South Pacific to translate the Greek New Testament into their languages for the first time. A bit has been drafted into both languages previously, but nothing has been published yet.
The curriculum I am developing for Greek will lead the students into Greek using an eclectic communicative approach. I am writing an annotated bibliography for Communicative Koine Greek Pedagogy as I work on developing curriculum (Greek 1-4 and New Testament Exegesis 1-4) for the small institute I work at here in the South Pacific.
Anyway that is a bit about me and what I am up to these days.
Looking forward to reading here,
Ryan Douglas