I’ll be OK with Machen for at least 1/3 of the book. I’ve been at Greek for a few years with a variety of books. I started out homeschooling my son who wanted to maybe go to university for a classics degree. He decided it was too much work, took the GED, and decided to start at a junior college a year early instead. He loves the classics, but is too lazy to do the work involved :-0
Anyway, I’m at the point where I really need what Machen has to offer. I really want to master accents and a consistent pronunciation at this point.
Also I cannot master ANY grammar concepts with Mounce as I can guess all the translations My mom was a recovering drug addict when I was a kid and found Jesus. I spent a good part of my childhood sleeping under church pews and coffee tables hearing the scriptures quoted till the wee hours of the morning.
The “Mastering New Testament Greek” software and the kiddie “Hey Andew Teach Me Some Greek” fills in a lot of the teacher missing holes in Machen for me. I’ve also dabbled with a LOT of Mounce already and quite a bit of Dobson as well as some other stuff.
I’m DEFINATELY good to go for the first 1/3 of Machen, and I know to do that will be good for me. If I have to stop at that point and just do Mounce before going back to it, that’s OK. Nothing will have been wasted by doing the first 1/3 of the book.
I need to compose in Greek right now as one of my primary goals.
Eventually I would like to teach ancient Greek to low income students. I need to become ultra comfortable speaking and writing in Greek as I will need to be able to make up my own materials to meet their needs.
I like to use these modern language guidelines to help me set goals, as well as the usual classical language goals of translation. http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/actfl.htm
Sometimes I’m wrong, but most of the time I get good results from trusting my gut and using whatever book I think is best at the time for my current priority.
…STOP…
Now that I have your attention, I think we have reached the point where we have to put a stop to anymore participants.
I haven’t heard back from Geoff what his idea of a maximum amount is but I think this is about it.
I’m surpriced at the amount of interest in this group.
When I first indicated that I would be willing to help out with a study group, Geoff also offered to help but no one came forward to be participant.
So, instead I am helping out with a Pharr group.
I asked Geoff if he is willing to be the main contact person for the Mounce group, but he said that after his move his internet access maybe kind of shaky.
In the Pharr-c group we’ve had quite a few late starters to take the place of those who dropped out.
That worked out okay but it does take extra time for some of us.
Seeing that some of my time is used in the Pharr-c group and I tutor 2 groups at home, I don’t want to have to spend the extra time getting someone up to speed as a late starter.
The upshot of this is: No one will be accepted after we have declared the list closed.
There. That bit of dirty business is out of the way.
If you don’t have the text or workbook yet should get them.
It will have to be the second edition workbook.
You will have very few problems using the first edition textbook though.
You can likely get a used copy of it on ebay.
We will post further details in due time.
We’re hammering out the details and hopefully have some “official” news tuesday. If there is enough interest there could be two separate groups going simultaneously. If anyone wants to take part in whatever is involved with “running” the groups please step forward and I’m sure we can find something for you to do.
I read on the greekstudy list that a new Mounce group might be starting up. Is it already closed? When I was in a previous group, I had to drop out around chapter 23, and would like to give it another try.
If the group is closed, is there a way I could lurk until someone drops out?
June 21 I first volunteered my time as guide and Geoff right after that. No one came forward till Aug 22 and now we have more than we can handle.
You either have to look from the side-lines and when someone drops out (almost inevitable) you could take that ones place.
The other option is (an)other guide(s) coming forward.
If one more ‘shows up’ we could divide the commenting duties but if we get two more, we could split into two seperate groups.
Any one out there?
Hello I am new to Textkit. I noticed on the B-Greek site the mention of a study group for Mouces BBG and found my way here. I might be too late, but I am very interested in participating in the BBG study group.
Additionally, if anyone could guide me toward anything additional I need to participate adequately at this site, it would be greatly appreciate.
Welcome Tracy. I don’t know what’s up with the Mounce study group. I responded to an invitation to join, but haven’t heard anything else since. Perhaps we are waiting for some teaching help.
I found my way to prior posts and Bert mentions an overload of interest in the study group and that once it was closed it was closed. That may be the delay in response you’re experiencing.
I’m patient. If another group is started at a later date, hopefully I won’t be a latecomer at signing up. If we could monitor the group that would be great too, but until then, we might be waiting a while.
Sorry for the lack of information.
We are planning to start Oct. 17. That is still a month away so I was in no hurry to make any announcements (Oops.)
You will receive more information in due time.
We did have a lot of interested people but not all of them have signed up yet. I posted the info page + some additional information on the “Time to sign up for the mounce-a group” thread.
I have only had prior experience with 2 other study groups.
They quickly dwindled in size in a matter of a few weeks so if you had to sit and watch for a while, it would likely not be for very long.
Geoff was quite optimistic about the possibility of having two groups.
That sounds like a good idea but it would require one or two more guides to come forward. I am not that confident of that happening.
My mom was a recovering drug addict when I was a kid and found Jesus. I spent a good part of my childhood sleeping under church pews and coffee tables hearing the scriptures quoted till the wee hours of the morning.
Please put me on the list for the Mounce group as well.
I am new to Textkit. I noticed on the B-Greek site the mention of a study group for Mouces BBG and found my way here. I might be too late, but I am very interested in participating in the BBG study group.