When I read the thread "Learning ancient Greek by Speaking and Hearing"
my first thought was the chance would be a fine thing.
Wouldn't we all love to have a teacher who was able to devote themselves
exclusively to you.
I have looked around for Ancient Greek instruction in my region but all seem very old
school. When I was learning Serbo-Croat were very little help except for the chats in the
bar afterwards with our teacher who was a native speaker.
Going to live in the country where the target language is spoken is indeed good advice.
Negotiating with a non-English-speaking landlady does wonders for your language.
Likewise, if you don't learn to say "25 dekagrams of mushrooms please" you starve.
It is not just necessity, it's that a lot of everyday living conversation is pretty predictable and so
you get a lot of repetition. Even the a lot of every day chat is pretty conventional and so it is not difficult to learn how to understand and comment on the days weather.
Anyone got a spare time machine lying around?
So any suggestions?
The Agora here should be ideal but the Greek threads are still a bit beyond me.
I tried suggesting an online game that required negotiation elsewhere but I guess that's something
that only appeals if you are already into that kind of gaming.
Perhaps a thread on the Agora in which several of us agree to describe the weather each day where they live?
Any other suggestions?