Beginning-Intermediate Conversational Ancient Greek: Easy Stories and Conversation

Beginning-Intermediate Conversational Ancient Greek: Easy Stories and Conversation

Course Description: In this class participants will read, paraphrase, and discuss entertaining stories primarily drawn from the 19th century Greek readers of Colson, Morice, and Moss. These will include Aesop fables, myths, legends, jokes, medieval stories, and more. Participants will practice some personal conversation each class with vocabulary or topics prompted by the readings themselves, as well as discuss art related to the stories. The instructor aims for this class to be a vivacious, jovial, low-stress atmosphere that builds confidence.

DETAILS

Level: Participants should have at least some experience speaking Ancient Greek, and have complete typical elementary Greek course via grammar-translation approach.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Mondays, 8:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

David Ring

David Ring teaches Latin and Ancient Greek as living languages by using an eclectic mix of methods, ranging from the insights of Renaissance Humanist pedagogy (especially the advice of Erasmus) to the Direct or Nature method to (first and foremost) Teaching with Comprehensible Input. Be it a discussion in Latin or Greek about a beautiful painting, or personal life conversation, or solving riddles, or paraphrasing poets into simpler prose, or storyboarding Lucian's True Stories -- David and his students aim to get lost in the joy of what they are doing, such that they forget they are speaking Latin or Ancient Greek. He believes that the purpose of liberal education is to help young people grow in self-knowledge -- both individual and cultural --, to help them form sharp intellects, wise judgment, and greatness of soul. He believes this is best done via direct encounters with the greatest minds and greatest stories of the last 3,000 years.