Koiné Greek, Year 1

Koiné Greek 1 introduces learners to the basics of the Greek language in an engaging and interactive way. Starting from ground zero, Greek will be used for roughly 90% of all communication that takes place, which will increase in complexity as the course progresses. Each lesson contains a video picture lesson that provides comprehensible input, introducing new vocab and grammar intuitively in the target language, as well as corresponding listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar exercises that further internalize the language. Learners will describe pictures, interact with props, express ideas, read and discuss texts, and ask one another questions about daily life, all with a focus on immediate comprehension in Greek, and not via translation. This forces learners to think in the language right from the start, building the necessary foundation for fluent reading.

The Living Koiné Greek curriculum draws heavily from ancient Greek-Latin conversation manuals that members of each culture (Greeks and Romans) used to learn the other's language. The curriculum covers a range of practical, daily life activities that provide authentic, real-life communication that will help you think and speak in Greek. A story centered around a Hellenistic Jewish family living in Caesarea in the first century AD ties together the picture lessons in each unit into a running narrative that extends across the entire curriculum, not only providing valuable material for developing reading fluency skills but also providing insight into the cultural and historical milieu of first century Palestine. The primary goal of such thoroughly authentic Koiné Greek usage is to enable you to actively control the language in which the New Testament, Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), and many of the Church Fathers were written!