Teaching Beginning Greek Pronounciation
Sam Johnson (buddy@connecti.com)
Sat, 22 Feb 1997 11:02:59 -0600
I am seeking advice on teaching beginning greek. I have truly enjoyed
the discussion from previous posts but my question is on pronounciation
for beginners. I have learned the Erasmus system but Spiros Zodhiates
convinced me to learn modern greek pronounciation. That is all I use but
I do know the Erasmus system.
I have two eager men at church who will be going into the ministry and
are preparing to go to Seminary in a few years. I am really leaning
toward teaching them modern greek because I see some definite advantages
and I would introduce them of course to erasmus pronounciation but my
emphasis would be modern greek. Does anyone see any real harm in doing
this?
This is not a discussion about modern greek vs koine pronounciation
but about getting two men started in Greek. I have already decided on
the grammer book but I would like to hear from anyone who has an opinion
about this. I have put together a very simple chart on modern greek
pronounciation that would replace the grammer's phonetic pages.
IN-HIM,
sam