Pep Talk

For most of you, and for me as the teacher of this course, the goal is that you in a reasonably short period of time learn enough to be able to read and navigate with understanding a decent portion of the Greek New Testament. This requires mastering the basic grammar and a fairly large vocabulary, and spending some time in the Greek New Testament - all of which we will do in the course.

My "1 hour a day, 5 days a week" guideline for what it takes to learn the material (esp. vocabulary memorization and review) is probably going to be kicking in for you soon, if it hasn't already. Make this course a priority for the next 8 months and you will achieve the above goal.

Get on top of the material now, be sure to do all the Exercises, and (most important of all) do the work daily and regularly - i.e., don't "cram" on Friday night! (As William Mounce writes in the Introduction to his Greek grammar: "Those who cram, perish.")

And remember: Don't let the fog and the slog overwhelm you!

If you're starting to think that learning Greek is hard work ... well, you're right! (But it needn't take 25 years; you can learn a lot in one year!)