The Latin-Centered Curriculum

As far as reading the NT in the original, this is the type of program I would need for her?

Thanks very much!

Kris

Elementary Greek prepares students to read the NT. Students can also move fairly easily from Koine to Attic Greek (the language of Plato and the great classical dramatists) or, with a little more effort, to Homer.

-Drew

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"I wonder how far I shall carry any opinion with me when I plead for active effort to revive the general use of Latin?" - Hilaire Belloc
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Hi,
I'm new to LCC, love what I see so far! My 13 yo ds has been doing Hey Andrew and is in book 5. I'm trying to decide if I should have him finish this series or switch to something else, such as Elementary Greek or go on to Mounce. Any opinions?
Wendy

This is the 2nd try since my IE is having problems. Whether it will be more or less helpful than the original remains to be seen. :)

HA and EG use two completely different approaches to language study. HA is designed for very young students and begins with an inductive approach, transitioning to a deductive approach at about book 4. Deductive language study is closer to a truly classical model.

EG is designed for a slightly older student and is deductive from the beginning. It incorporates much more memorization and a wider vocabulary than HA, as well as more formal language instruction. It is definately a more classical approach and works better with Latin-centered grammar instruction, as it compliments and reinforces the concepts being learned in Latin.

The transition from HA5 to Mounce would be difficult for a 13 yo, IMO. It's basically going from an elementary text to a college one without any intermediate instruction.

Your best course of action is to stay with HA or start over in EG. While EG is a better Latin-Centered fit, you would need to start over from the beginning in it. The pacing, vocabulary, topics, and method of instruction are completely different. Quite likely, your ds would be able to get through 2 levels in 1 or 1-1/2 years, but you would still be starting over.

If HA ain't broke, don't fix it. :) Learning is more important than methodology. Methodology is merely a means to an end. If the "end" of learning Greek is being accomplished by HA, don't feel like you need to change it to be more Traditional. Most of what you are missing in EG can be made up for by thorough Latin study.

Heather
Mama to Mary (10), Ian (6) and Alistair (4)

I think we will continue to work through HA now, just up the pace a little.
Wendy

Hi everybody,

So, how's it going with the Greek? My daughter takes a Henle Latin class and I am about to start Prima Latina with my son. I want to start some Greek, too, but am torn on which program.

I am debating between Hey, Andrew! Teach me some Greek! and Harvey Bluedorn's Alphabeterion and it's workbook, Hupogrammon. Harvey says other programs don't spend enough time on the alphabet. Is anyone familiar with either of these programs?

I don't know why I have the feeling that the Hey Andrew would be on the babyish side and that the Bluedorn might be confusing or difficult. Then there is the Open Texture and who knows what to do!!!

Thanks,
Kelli

I asked my dad to get me the Greek 1 from opentexture at Christmas. I wanted it for myself so I could get a handle on it when i start the kids in the fall. So far I anjoy it. I am on week 18 out of 30 weeks. It is good, but I think that it could be better. I just ordered the Hupogrammon and Alphabeterion, because I am concerned that the opentexture may be too much, too fast. I want the kids to have more time on the alphabet, writing, reading and vocabulary. And less on learning the grammar. It is such a completely foreign looking language, that I really think more time needs to be spent on the building blocks!