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Tag Archives: Fluency
Demand Change!
You say you want a revolution in Greek teaching? I do too! But what is needed to bring about such a pedagogical reformation? I think the history of foreign language teaching in the United States can give us some idea. … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Bourgeiosie, Change, Che, die Schnuffen, Fluency, Foreign-Language Teaching, Grammar-Translation Method
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Naming the Movement
Every Movement Needs a Name I have often wondered how to name the movement (of which I am a part) to teach Koine Greek as a living language. I think every movement needs a good tag to be successful, one … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Communicative Language Teaching, Fluency, Krashen, Names, Natural Language Learning, Reading Fluency
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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
A Standardized Test for Communicative 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 the need for a standardized test for Koine … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Fluency, Greek Pedagogy, Needed Resources, Proficiency, Standardized Test, Teaching Greek, Testing
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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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What Does it Mean to “Read” Greek? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 1)
By far the most common objection to oral/aural methods for teaching ancient Greek is the following: Greek is a dead language. We will never need to speak ancient Greek, so why should we waste time listening to and speaking it when … Continue reading
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