Tuesday, October 9, 2007

It's All Greek To Me!

I began my first class of the fall semester--Koine Greek (ancient Greek used in the Bible and ancient literature). The difference between this class and the Greek class I took in Bible college 24 years ago is that this one is taught in Greek. Fourteen of the sixteen students are native French speakers who know little or no English, so our common language is Greek. The professor used only Greek until 90 minutes into the class when he gave us his name and instructions for the course using our mother tongue. The initial classes involve only listening and following commands. It is quite comical at times as we stand, hop, run, point, etc, etc, listening for the teacher's approving word, kolos (correct)!

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