Intensive course of Ancient Greek with the Polis method
Learn to speak Ancient (Koine) Greek as a Living Language
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
Would you like to read in the original the New Testament, the Parallel Lives of Plutarch, or the Histories of Polybius, as you would read an English text? Hearing or speaking ancient Greek, you can learn the language, which molded western culture, as naturally as you would learn a modern language: in a living way. With the Polis method, you can do it.
This course draws most of its inspiration from techniques usually applied nowadays for teaching modern languages. This method offers a series of Greek texts ordered according to a natural progression. From the first class, the course is taught in Greek and the students may dialog and interact in Greek with the teacher. The vocabulary applied during the course is drawn from different databases : Apollonius Dyscolus’ (grammatical vocabulary), Plutarch’s (usual daily words) and New Testament concordances (common vocabulary). In addition, the vocabulary of the Septuagint is applied whenever necessary.
You will find more information on the Polis method in the following site: http://poliskoine.com/
Do you want to try a short sample of one lesson of last year’s course? [video]
General information:
Level I (requirements: knowledge of the Greek alphabet): 80 Hours (with the collaboration of prof. Thomas Rego)
Level II (requirements: knowlegde of basic Greek grammar): 40 Hours
The first day of lessons there will be an exam to fix the Greek level of each student
Location: Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome, Italy) URL: http://www.pusc.it
Dates: July 4-29, 2011, Monday-Friday.
Schedule: Level I: 4 hours a day (9.00 am to 1.00 pm) . Level II. 2 hours a day (11.00 to 1.00 pm)
Price:
Level I: 550 euros
Level II: 300 euros