"EASY GREEK" SYLLABUS

Class 1: Overview, Alphabet, Pronunciation, Article:

• Ask students why they want to learn Greek. Give/Show examples from Greek NT of how learning Greek will address their wants
  • Student wants to know why translations differ, and how to choose. Show a passage where the Greek can be translated either way, or where the textual variant allows different translations.
  • Student wants to know "formal equivalence" vs. "dynamic equivalence" reason. Show idiomatic passage.
  • Etc.
• Go over alphabet and pronunciation. Work on letters dissimilar from English equivalents.
  • Spend time on this until everyone can read letters and diphthongs and blends.
  • Do exercise with English words spelled with Greek letters.
• Go over Article paradigm so everyone can pronounce it and recognize forms.
• Homework: Learn alphabet and sounds, and Article paradigm.