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by RandallButh
September 12th, 2012, 4:17 am
Forum: Seen on the Web
Topic: Bible Software and Seminary Greek Instruction
Replies: 1
Views: 1918

Re: Bible Software and Seminary Greek Instruction

Hoffman: I am quite aware of the various arguments about how Greek should be taught Glad to hear the disclaimer but I had difficulty finding evidence of application or understanding of SLA. I can understand the direction that seminaries are moving because current practices tend to teach people to p...
by RandallButh
September 11th, 2012, 2:31 am
Forum: Seen on the Web
Topic: Raphael Kuhner on the Greek verb
Replies: 2
Views: 1292

Re: Raphael Kuhner on the Greek verb

thank you. enjoyable read.
by RandallButh
September 4th, 2012, 5:34 pm
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings
Replies: 25
Views: 9149

Re: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings

The language is taught and then the various metalanguages are introduced. This is an important difference and advantage in language learning efficiency that has been taken from Second Language Acquistion studies. Actually, isn't that how we all learned English as our primary language? We all learn ...
by RandallButh
September 2nd, 2012, 5:43 pm
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Vocabulary / Week
Replies: 25
Views: 10898

Re: Vocabulary / Week

People read things differently with different backgrounds. I see "reinforcing vocabulary" as meaning that these are the words that will be used in classroom banter, in production drills, and in TPRS side-stories. Ultimately, we all know that words used in context are the ones that stick. R...
by RandallButh
August 31st, 2012, 2:26 am
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings
Replies: 25
Views: 9149

Re: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings

Alright thanks. I need to ask, is the entire first book of yours all pictures that go along with Greek? I'm assuming it starts with basic words and then onto basic sentences and moves on towards more difficult constructions? You mentioned the 2nd book introduces some grammar explanations, but what ...
by RandallButh
August 28th, 2012, 11:21 pm
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Vocabulary / Week
Replies: 25
Views: 10898

Re: Vocabulary / Week

Here is an interesting article about how Greek is unique in that it has a smaller core vocabulary. Major, Wilfred E. (2008). It’s Not the Size, It’s the Frequency: The Value of Using a Core Vocabulary in Beginning and Intermediate Greek. CPL Online, 4.1, 1-24. http://www.camws.org/cpl/cplonline/Maj...
by RandallButh
August 25th, 2012, 1:20 am
Forum: Other
Topic: B-Greekers in Scandinavia?
Replies: 1
Views: 2342

Re: B-Greekers in Scandinavia?

In a year or two I expect you to compare your Greek experieince with your Swedish experience.

Randall
by RandallButh
August 24th, 2012, 8:46 pm
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings
Replies: 25
Views: 9149

Re: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings

Always ask yourself the question from the perspective of a Greek kid--how could they have learned whatever it is you are learning? How would a Greek perceive things? fortunately, we have the writings of fairly sophisticated ancient grammarians. Dionysios the Thracian did NOT list *-ε- *-α- *-ο- in ...
by RandallButh
August 24th, 2012, 1:51 am
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Vocabulary / Week
Replies: 25
Views: 10898

Re: Vocabulary / Week

3) From my experience, some vocab can be learned in 'chunks' -- we learn collocations of words, opposites, semantic domains. Learning these words in groups has a synergistic effect. It's also much faster. Thus, my students can learn colors, numbers, foods much more quickly than they can more abstra...
by RandallButh
August 20th, 2012, 5:30 am
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings
Replies: 25
Views: 9149

Re: Noun Case Endings & Verb Endings

Kevin, that is also a helpful perspective--let those interested read up on their own outside of a Greek class. A Greek class is one of those rarest of environments where things happen in Greek and people can interact in Greek. Such an environment needs care and nurture. In my older age I've also pic...

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