| Sing and Learn New Testament Greek: The Easiest Way to Learn Greek Grammar (Unabridged) |  | Author: Kenneth Berding
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Very Helpful for Beginner May 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first want to say that I am not connected with the author in any way and am not in his classes. I just downloaded the audio version of this with the accompanying PDF of the guide (thanks to Zondervan's great customer service in pointing me to it!)
1. I have taken overall 6 semesters of Attic and Koine Greek and I still find myself having problems remembering these paradigms. To have another sensory way of learning them is very helpful. The more ways the better! The songs cover most of the harder and most common paradigms. One problem is that sometimes the paradigm behind the songs are hard to follow because of the ordering of the words, but in general, the author has done a great job of making the songs accessible.
2. Having said that these songs are catchy and helpful, learning them is no substitute for spending time with the Greek text. The problem with learning a song is that you have to go through the whole thing to find a form and then you have to know the structure of the paradigm behind the song to locate the words proper form. This can be time consuming. So, this CD will not make you proficient at Greek, it will help get a good basis from which to build. Eventually, one should be able to recognize most of these endings and words without singing the songs.
3. Finally, as for the songs themselves, they are catchy but not the sort of thing you would want to listen to outside of studying. The author made them very passable and helpful by sticking to children songs and songs we are familiar with. By doing so, some musical pleasantness was probably sacrificed.
All in all I would highly recommend this CD/text for anybody who wants to refresh on their Greek paradigms and is sick of just sitting there with their text and drilling paradigms into one's head. Also it is great if one commutes.
Awesome way to learn Greek (Jared Cox) April 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm in Dr. Berding's Greek class and his technique is the way to go. I'm horrible when it comes to learning new languages, but Dr. Berding's technique has allowed me to read a large amount of the New Testament after only two semesters. I would recommend this technique to everyone. Dr. Berding has taught me an ancient, dead, foreign language through music. I barely made it through High School Spanish. I'm tone deaf and have absolutely no beat. If this technique works for a guy who's brother punches him in church because he's singing off key and clapping off beat, it'll work for you.
If you can sing you can learn Greek April 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am currently taking my first year of Greek with Dr. Berding, and we have been using a pre-publication version of the songs on this CD and the included charts. I can not imagine learning Greek any other way, and honestly feel bad for those who have.
For someone who is in no way inclined to learning languages or grasping linguistical concepts these songs have made learning Greek possible for me. I've not had to memorize a single paradigm yet I and still parse most any verb you throw my way. These songs will stick in your head forever, and nothing could be more helpful in making your way though verbs than the charts that come with this CD.
Basically if you can sing children's songs then you'll be able to learn Greek.
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