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Tag Archives: Teaching Greek
New Videos from the Biblical Language Center
You’ll want to be sure to read about and check out the new videos the Biblical Language Center has posted here, taken during their recent “Jesus in Jerusalem” Koine Greek immersion experience in January. The first video provides
Posted in Announcements
Tagged Biblical Language Center, Randall Buth, Teaching Greek, TPR, TPRS, Videos
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Using Electronic Lexica in Communicative Pedagogy (BibleWorks 9 Review, pt. 3)
Introduction In this series I am exploring some ways that the new BibleWorks 9 can be used, not simply as a tool for exegesis or Bible study, but as an aid to communicative learning and teaching. For a good overview … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy, Reviews
Tagged Bible Software, Bibleworks, Interlinears, Lexicons, Teaching Greek, Vocabulary
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Greek the Obscure?
I was alerted to this great section of Thomas Hardy’s classic, Jude the Obscure, by Donald Fairbairn, who refers to it in his new book, Understanding Language (which I discussed briefly here). I think it captures perfectly how disappointed many … Continue reading
Greek Jonah Comic Strip
The Animated Hebrew site, the creation of Charles Grebe at Briercrest Seminary, has been around for a while, so you’ve probably heard of it. If you haven’t, you need to go check it out. Charles is sympathetic to living language … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Resources
Tagged Comic, Easy Reading, Jonah, LXX, Resources, Teaching Greek
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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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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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My Midterm Greek Exam
Too Much Testing Makes Αλέξανδρος a Dull Boy Some of you may be curious to see how testing would work in a communicative classroom. On the one hand, I abhor testing and grades, and think that neither one of them belongs … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Assessment, Greek 101, Greek Midterm Exam, Greek Pedagogy, Teaching Greek, Testing
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Immersion Greek: Developing the Necessary Support Structure (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 9)
About the Series In the last post, I discussed some ways seminaries and colleges could accommodate an immersive approach to Greek pedagogy in their curricula and begin to approach the amount of training students receive in modern language programs, or … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Basics of Greek Pedagogy, Faculty, Greek House, Greek Pedagogy, Language Lab, Resources, Seminaries, Teaching Greek
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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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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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