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Greek to Gcse - Couverture souple

Taylor, John

 
9781853996566: Greek to Gcse

Synopsis

This course was written in response to a JACT (Joint Association of Classical Teachers) survey of over 100 schools. It offers a fast-track route to GCSE for those with limited time. It 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. The course has been tested and refined in 15 schools over the last three years. Part 1 covers the basics: the main declensions, a range of active tenses and a vocabulary of 275 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, the "Odyssey" and Alexander the Great. Part 1 is self-contained, with its own reference section.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The twovolume course Greek to Gcse was written in response to a Jact survey of over 100 schools and first published in 2003. The course offer a fasttrack route to Gcse for those with limited time. It is based on experience of what pupils find difficult. It concentrates on the essentials, and on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax. It aims to be userfriendly, but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study.

Part 1 covered the basics: the main declensions, a range of active tenses, and a vocabulary of 275 Greek words to be learned. Part 2, here issued in a new edition, introduces a wider range of grammatical forms and constructions. This revised edition has been adapted to complete the coverage of requirements for the current Gcse, expanding vocabulary to 480 words. Reading material moves from Socrates and the Sophists to the world of myth, and finally to extended passages of lightly adapted Herodotus. Practice passages and revision sentences for Gcse complete Part 2, which has a reference section covering the whole course.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Taylor is Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, Kent. He is the author of Greek to GCSE Parts I & II, Greek Beyond GCSE, Essential GCSE Latin and (with Stephen Anderson) Writing Greek.

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