Greek as a Treat
Introduction to the Teacher
Despite the sterling efforts of Kris Waite and Fred Pragnell, the prep school Greek sector, which is a small one, is poorly served. There's no money in it for publishers, of course. Secondary level text books are often used faute de mieux, but the basic requirements of young beginners (e.g. unsophisticated explanations, spacious lay-out, clear and large text) are different from those of teenagers. Hence Greek as a Treat. This is a foundation course targeted at young learners which can be completed, assuming about one hour's lesson time a week, in three terms. It is non-exam-/syllabus-specific and provides plenty of opportunities for writing in Greek, which some modern coursebooks don't. At the end of the course the pupil will have a sound grasp of first and second declension nouns and adjectives, four indicative active verb tenses (present, imperfect, aorist and future), simple infinitives and imperatives, and simple questions using ἆρα. From this solid base pupils will be able to progress with confidence on to the more mainstream coursebooks.