An alternative to Machen?cornertalker wrote: ↑October 2nd, 2020, 8:42 am So - with objections noted about the "clunker" Machen - recommend another.
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An alternative to Machen?cornertalker wrote: ↑October 2nd, 2020, 8:42 am So - with objections noted about the "clunker" Machen - recommend another.
As I mentioned above I taught out of "classic" Machen for 4 years at WTS. It was a fairly comfortable fit at the time, since it was similar to my beginning Greek text in College, Crosby & Schaeffer. But even then I didn't like the highly artificial sentences used for the exercises, and noticed certain weak points that need a lot of supplementing. Currently I teach out of Athenaze, a classical primer, but starting with Attic Greek ensures good success with the NT. I also like it because the ratio of time spent in the language to explanation is high. Otherwise, practically anything more recent. I haven't vetted this, but it looks promising:cornertalker wrote: ↑October 2nd, 2020, 8:42 am So - with objections noted about the "clunker" Machen - recommend another.
You're welcome to use the Online Textbook for practice sentences - parallel Greek and English - cover one side up, then check your translationcornertalker wrote: ↑October 2nd, 2020, 8:42 am So - with objections noted about the "clunker" Machen - recommend another.
Ed, it's good to see you online. To answer the "NYU" strategy, it would appear that CUNY advertizes a "total immersion" Greek program:ed krentz wrote: ↑October 3rd, 2020, 12:42 pm . . .
My oldest son took a year of Classical Greek in one semester at Yale, with the final exam on Plato’s Apology. After forty years of teaching ancient history and classics he has piblished translations of Xenophons Hellenika and two volumes of Polyaenos’ Strategemats.
I agree that Athenaze is an excellent teaching resource. I would only supplement it with a careful study of NYU’s strategy for teaching a year of Greek in a ten-week summer session.
Do you have details on this program? What books do they use? Can it be done independently?
Intensive is a better description than what we normally mean by immersive, and is the word that the Institute itself uses. It has long been the go to for those who require one of the languages (Greek or Latin) for graduate school but didn't plan their undergraduate curriculum well. I have known several people who used it (including one of my undergrad classics professors), and all turned out quite competent in the language.Jason Hare wrote: ↑October 4th, 2020, 6:09 pmDo you have details on this program? What books do they use? Can it be done independently?