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Tag Archives: Curriculum
A Review of Randall Buth’s Living Koine Greek Material
Whenever anyone asks me how they can work toward Greek fluency on their own, I always point them to Randall Buth’s materials, produced and sold by the Biblical Language Center. They use pictures and audio to help the student internalize … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements
Tagged Biblical Language Center, Book Reviews, Curriculum, Living Koine Course, Randall Buth
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Setting the Bar at Fluency, pt. 1 (SBL 2012 Report)
This post is the third post in my report on the annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature, held Nov 17-20 in Chicago. Here are the first and second parts. In its second session, our Applied Linguistics group hosted a panel to address the question, “Where should we … Continue reading
Where Should We Set the Bar in Biblical Language Training? (SBL 2012 Report)
This post is part 2 of my report on the the annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature, held Nov 17-20 in Chicago. Here is the first part. In its second session, our Applied Linguistics group hosted a panel to address the question, “Where should we … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Ancient Greek, Curriculum, ETS, Goals, Greek Pedagogy, New Testament Greek, SBL, Seminaries, Society of Biblical Literature
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A Comprehensive Classroom Curriculum for Living Koine Greek (Needed Resources)
About the Series This is part of an ongoing series where I discuss resources that should be developed to aid teachers and students in acquiring Koine Greek communicatively. In this installment, I address what I think is perhaps the most important … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Curriculum, Greek Pedagogy, Greek Resources, Language Lab, Resources, Teaching Greek, Testing, TPR, TPRS
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Greek Immersion in the Seminary Curriculum—Practical Suggestions (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 8)
About the Series In the last post, I discussed two typical modern language programs and their requirements. The point was to show how typical seminary requirements for Greek/Hebrew pale in comparison, as modern language programs a) require 50 credits worth … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Basics of Greek Pedagogy, Curriculum, Greek Pedagogy, Immersion, Seminaries
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Greek Immersion in the Seminary Curriculum–What’s Needed to Make it Work? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 7)
About the Series This is part 7 in a series of posts laying out the problems with typical Koine Greek teaching methods and proposing a reformation in pedagogy. In my last post, I noted the rise of the “tools” approach … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Basics of Greek Pedagogy, Biblical Greek, Curriculum, Modern Languages, Seminaries, Teaching Greek
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Bible Software, Greek Tools, and a Future for Immersion (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 6)
About the Series This is part 6 in a series of posts laying out the problems with typical Koine Greek teaching methods and proposing a reformation in pedagogy. In the last post, I discussed the amount of time it takes to … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Basics of Greek Pedagogy, Bible Software, Curriculum, Fluency, Proficiency, Tools
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How Long, O Lord, Until I Know Greek? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 5)
About the Series This is part 5 in a series of posts laying out the problems with typical Koine Greek teaching methods and proposing a reformation in pedagogy. Part 1 talked about what it means to read Greek or any other … Continue reading
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