[B-Greek] Paradigms or Rules
Eddie Mishoe
edmishoe at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 15 02:36:14 EDT 2008
Learners will be in constant doubt and hesitation of retaining data if they are told all along the way of learning that there are exceptions to this rule, now that rule. I would highly recommend you NOT introduce even the concept of exceptions. Learning something based on the general 'rule' will go far more in helping them when they finally understand an exception exists here, and now there. Exceptions should not be introduced in Greek 101. We don't correct children when they are at an early age. Once they are old enough, we finally tell them, "Oh by the way, the word is 'went' not goed.'
In Greek 102 you only then tell the students that there are occasional exceptions to rules and point out only a few along the way of lecturing. Then, as they begin reading gobs and gobs of Greek, they will run up against the exceptions.
Bottom line: learning paradigms intermixed with "watch out for this exception and that one" can bring the above-average learner to a halt. (Besides, learning exceptions much later will better secure the general rules. And now the rub: the above I have found to be true in my experience; I suspect Dr Buth or Conrad simply had the mental capacity to learn and retain Greek no matter how they learned it. I'm trying to defend the average Joe Schmoe in class :o )
Eddie Mishoe
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