New book on Greek

Tonight I finished chapter 5 of Mounce's textbook on Greek. So far, it is mostly covering basics, such as the letters, sounds and English grammar. Mounce has taught Greek long enough to understand that you cannot teach Greek until you have first reviewed English grammar.

When I was studying French with my previous employer, our instructors were always amazed at how poor our grammar skills were. All through grade school and high school, we studied one class a year of grammar, just so we could say we had taken it. I'd like to think I'm reasonably articulate and literate, even if I don't know what a pronoun is, but I guess I'll have to learn if I want to tackle Greek.