An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek [Paperback]

Joint Association of Classical Teachers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521478634 | ISBN-13: 978-0521478632 | Publication Date: August 25, 1995

This Independent Study Guide is intended to help students who are learning Greek on their own or with only limited access to a teacher. It contains notes on the Greek texts that appear in the Reading Greek Text volume, translations of all the texts, answers to the exercises in the Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises volume and cross references to the relevant fifth-century B.C. background in The World of Athens. There are instructions on how to use the course and the Study Guide. Apart from those studying entirely on their own, students in schools, in universities and summer schools who have to learn Greek rapidly and intensively will also welcome the appearance of this book.

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Text: English, Greek

Book Description

This guide contains notes on the Greek texts that appear in the Text volume; translations of all the texts; answers to the exercises in the Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises volume as well as cross references to the relevant fifth-century B.C. background in The World of Athens.

Product Details

• Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (August 25, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521478634
• ISBN-13: 978-0521478632
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,065,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A self-study guide, designed to be used with the series., November 13, 1997

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This review is from: An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek (Paperback)

Designed to be used in conjunction with the "Reading Greek" series. Gives answers to problems and translation notes. Excellent for self-study for someone who has had some training in a foreign language (esp. Latin), or has occasional access to a Greek teacher.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The patch you need for "Reading Greek", September 19, 2002

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Diotima "Mantinea" (Western Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek (Paperback)

"Reading Greek" was first published in two volumes: the TEXT and the GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND EXERCISES. "An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek" was subsequently published to patch up the shortcomings of the original volumes (which could not be easily reprinted with corrections because they are so interrelated). The authors - a committee - admit that even teachers of Greek found the original volumes quite difficult to follow. The original explanations are too brief; reference material is scattered throughout the text; and the typography is poor (with some very small Greek fonts, and badly organized headings and subheadings).
If your school or university has prescribed "Reading Greek" - you wouldn't buy it otherwise - you are, unfortunately, part of a captive market and you really need to buy "An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek" as well to make sense of the course.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You need this if you are studing Reading Greek on your own., February 7, 2006

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If you are using JACT's Reading Greek to learn Greek, you need this book. I wholeheartedly reccomend this series, as it is the best reading method Greek series I could find.

Since I took a year of Greek in college, I'm not so much learning Greek as getting reacquainted. But I took the class ten years ago, so naturally, I had forgotten lots.

I started by reviewing the first chapters in Reading Greek, but I quickly realized that I needed more than just what the text and grammar/exercise book could supply together.

Luckily this book exists. It's design for each chapter really helps. First it presents some words and phrases which might be a bit sticky--I check here before I even try to read a new section. Then I read the Greek section in the text. Then I come back to the Independent Study Guide, check the English translation section to see if I understood what I read. And I am faring much better now.