US$4.99
Author
Fiona McPherson, PhD

This workbook to help beginners tackle ancient Greek uses visual images, verbal mnemonics, practice exercises, and vocabulary practice to take you, step by step, through the process of learning the Greek alphabet. With over 800 ancient Greek words, chosen for their ease of learning, plus a special section of Greek roots used in English.

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This highly visual and full-colour workbook takes you, step by step, through the process of learning the Greek alphabet. It uses several strategies to help learners achieve mastery quickly and thoroughly. These strategies include:

  • grouping
  • visual mnemonics
  • test questions to help you practice
  • vocabulary lists for reading practice.

These vocabulary lists appear for each group of letters, so you can practice on words that only use the letters you have learned. To make them easier to read (and also, beneficially, remember), the words are mostly related to English words. Thus you can not only practice your letters, but also pick up some 800 words as well. Where the meaning of the words is less obvious, mnemonic keywords are provided.

The workbook includes:

  • instruction on learning the individual letters
  • visual and story mnemonics for learning the order of the alphabet
  • targeted vocabulary lists
  • full glossary with word meanings and mnemonics where appropriate
  • a special section of words that provide roots used in English medical and scientific vocabulary.

 

 

Formats: Paperback, E-book (Kindle, ePub, pdf)

Publication date: March, 2020

File size: 12 Mb / 162 pages

ISBN: 978-1-927166-62-8 (digital)

 

 

 

Learning the letters

Grouping for memory

The mnemonic cards

Group 1: Friends

How to practice

Review 1.1

Vocabulary

Spacing your practice

Group 2: Near-friends

More on practice

Review 1.2

Vocabulary

What you need to know about accents & breathings

Group 3: False friends

Review 1.3

Vocabulary

Quick practice

Group 4: Strange but matching

Review 1.4

Vocabulary

Quick practice

Group 5: Strangest

Review 1.5

Vocabulary

Quick practice

Learning the alphabet

Greek Roots (and Further Practice)

Answers to review questions

Glossary

Vocabulary for Group 1

Vocabulary for Group 2

Vocabulary for Group 3

Vocabulary for Group 4

Vocabulary for Group 5

Root Words

Directional

Comparative

Quality

Number

Colour

Biology

Plant

Animal

Mineral

Human

Mind

Body

Senses

Digestion

Medical

Politics & Power

Gods

Places

Physics

Light

Shape

Action

Complete review list