An Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose. - DICKEY, Eleanor,

KORTE INHOUD

'Eleanor Dickey?s new book, An Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose, should be seen not just as a textbook for Greek Composition classes, but a system for how Greek Prose Composition ought to be taught. Rather than simply being given a grammatical topic for review and a number of English sentences to translate at home, the student instead begins with a reduced list of words to memorize actively ahead of time, and only then, after memorizing the words and grammar, turns to the assignment, which is to be done from memory. (...) Dickey?s solution to the problem consists of ?presenting a finite body of information, large enough to cover all the really important facts but small enough to be memorized in one semester? (x). (...) In its goals, precision, and effectiveness, Dickey?s book is the best on the market?in fact, it is hard to imagine a better one. (...) Dickey?s divides the vocabulary chapter by chapter. This seemingly small difference has wide-ranging consequences: it causes the exer... Lees verder...

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2016Uitgever: Cambridge University Press312 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521184258ISBN-13: 9780521184250