First Greek Course

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Rouse's classic book has been thoroughly revised for the modern students by Anne Mahoney.

This text is the central Greek textbook, written by W.H.D. Rouse and revised for modern audiences by Anne Mahoney. This text was modeled on the "direct method" of language learning, which is nearly an immersion program where as much of the work of teaching and learning is conducted in the native language. The key advantage to such an approach is that students are actively involved in a language. They learn not only to read it, but to speak and write in it.

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Primary text for the first year, two semester course in ancient Greek that wishes to use a reading or immersion approach. This text is designed for courses in the introduction to classical Greek using the "direct method" of learning. This method is a near immersion method in which much of the course and the book as possible is done in Greek, relying less on translation and more on acquiring skills in reading, speaking and thinking in the target language.

About the Author

Anne Mahoney is Lecturer in Classics at Tufts University.  She has published articles and reviews on Greek poetry, particularly drama; and on Latin poetry, from Saturnians to the 19th century.  She also has overseen the revision of Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Focus Publishing and updated the metrical material in that key reference work.  She holds a Ph.D. from Boston University, and is the Focus series editor for Greek and Latin language texts.

Companion Text

The Greek reader, Rouse's Greek Boy, is a companion that carefully follows the progression of this text.

Rouse's Greek Boy: A Reader
Anne Mahoney
ISBN: 978-1-58510-324-9
$16.95