John Taylor

Greek to GCSE: Part 1 (eBook, ePUB)

Revised edition for OCR GCSE Classical Greek (9-1)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools, and now endorsed by OCR, this textbook has become a standard resource for students in the UK and for readers across the world who are looking for a clear and thorough introduction to the language of the ancient Greeks. Revised throughout and enhanced by coloured artwork and text features, this edition will support the new OCR specification for Classical Greek (first teaching 2016).

Part 1 covers the basics and is self-contained, with its own reference section. It covers the main declensions, a range of active tenses and a vocabulary of 250 Greek words to be learned. Pupil confidence is built up by constant consolidation of the material covered. After the preliminaries, each chapter concentrates on stories with one source or subject: Aesop, Homer's Odyssey and Alexander the Great, providing an excellent introduction to Greek culture alongside the language study. Written by a long-time school teacher and examiner, this two-part course is based on experience of what pupils find difficult, concentrating on the essentials and on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax: minor irregularities are postponed and subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. It aims to be user-friendly, but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474255172
• Artikelnr.: 45698187

Autorenporträt

John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and now teaches Classics at Manchester University, UK. He is author of Greek to GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016) and Greek Beyond GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), co-author of Writing Greek (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011) and Greek Stories (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), and also author or co-author of a number of Latin textbooks.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Vocabulary and Glossing Maps Chapter 1 (introducing the basics of written Greek
present-tense verbs
nominative and accusative 1st- and 2nd-declension nouns
the definite article
negative forms
prepositions) Chapter 2 (more on 1st- and 2nd-declension nouns
the verb to be
connecting words
time expressions) Chapter 3 (more on 1st- and 2nd-declension nouns
prepositions
sandwich constructions
the imperative
adverbs
the infinitive
adjectives
particles
future and imperfect tenses
questions) Chapter 4 (the aorist tense
gender and declension
compound verbs) Chapter 5 (accents
the third declension
elision
personal pronouns and adjectives
the present participle) Chapter 6 (more on the present participle and definite article
the aorist participle
numerals
more time expressions
more on personal pronouns and adjectives
the future participle) English - Greek Practice Sentences Reference Grammar Glossary of Grammar Terms Vocabulary - English to Greek - Greek to English Index