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Monday, April 7
Very listenable talk on Herodotus - Radio 3
by
arltblogger
on Mon 07 Apr 2008 23:46 BST
I've just listened to an excellent talk in the Radio 3 Essay series. Prof Christopher Pelling has an engaging manner of speaking, and filled in the background to Herodotus expertly and ended with something a bit controversial. more »
Sunday, March 2
Susan Greenfield on Greek and Science
by
arltblogger
on Sun 02 Mar 2008 17:47 GMT
What have the frenzied wine-worshipping rituals of Greek mythology got to do with the intricacies of the human brain? A surprising amount, argues neuroscientist Susan Greenfield more »
Thursday, December 13
Radio 3 series on Greek and Roman authors
by
arltblogger
on Thu 13 Dec 2007 23:43 GMT
I have just heard the last of the Homer talks, given by the poet Michael Longley. I do recommend that you listen to these programmes - use the Listen Again facility on the BBC website. more »
Thursday, November 8
How to kill Greek?
by
arltblogger
on Thu 08 Nov 2007 23:31 GMT
It's been brought to my attention that under the new specification the set books for AS and A2 are different. more »
Monday, July 16
Short stories in Greek, please
by
arltblogger
on Mon 16 Jul 2007 00:39 BST
I would be grateful for any short stories based on Athenaze Book that I could use as reading with beginner students aged 11-14 years. more »
Sunday, June 10
Learn Greek this summer via your computer
by
arltblogger
on Sun 10 Jun 2007 17:59 BST
Monday, November 6
Watch a video of the Latin and Greek for All stand
by
arltblogger
on Mon 06 Nov 2006 19:46 GMT
A 6 minute video of the stall at The Language Show in Olympia more »
Sunday, October 8
Lexicon or dictionary? All new, anyway
by
arltblogger
on Sun 08 Oct 2006 18:43 BST
Saturday, September 2
A version of the 2006 A level Greek prose has been posted
by
arltblogger
on Sat 02 Sep 2006 21:54 BST
Thanks to Robert West, who led a Greek Prose group at the ARLT Summer School, a version of the latest Greek prose is in the For Teachers section of the ARLT website. more »
Friday, September 1
New on the ARLT website - questions on Ion
by
arltblogger
on Fri 01 Sep 2006 23:24 BST
Thanks to Dr Alison Henshaw for a new set of tests on GCSE set text Ion by Euripides. This is the first contribution on a Greek topic. Because of the problem of Greek fonts the tests are in PDF format. more »
Tuesday, August 1
Can you help this mother?
by
arltblogger
on Tue 01 Aug 2006 00:04 BST
If you have suggestions for books to read to prepare for the Greek Religion and Sparta topics in GCSE Greek, please let me know, so that I can pass them on. more »
Sunday, July 9
A radio 4 programme to listen to on Tuesday - Greek music (?)
by
arltblogger
on Sun 09 Jul 2006 17:52 BST
Until recently, we had little idea how ancient Greek music might have sounded. But now, for the first time in 2,500 years, we have a chance of actually putting together the available information. more »
Sunday, March 19
The Shield of Achilles - at Chatsworth
by
arltblogger
on Sun 19 Mar 2006 23:24 GMT
Some pictures of the replica of the Shield of Achilles in Chatsworth. more »
Wednesday, February 22
Greek set texts audio
by
arltblogger
on Wed 22 Feb 2006 18:41 GMT
Here for the first time are recordings of a Greek GCSE set text. more »
Sunday, January 8
Why study English when you can learn Greek?
by
arltblogger
on Sun 08 Jan 2006 16:24 GMT
Something to print out in large type and stick on your classroom wall. It's from more »
Sunday, July 24
Summer School 2005: Jenny March on unseen drama
by
arltblogger
on Sun 24 Jul 2005 20:37 BST
These are the notes that I made during Dr March's lecture, tidied up as best I can. more »
Saturday, May 28
Greek alphabet on the internet
by
arltblogger
on Sat 28 May 2005 00:04 BST
An article in Kathimerini says that the Greek alphabet will be permissable for web site names soon. more »
Sunday, April 17
The delight of having a daughter studying Greek
by
arltblogger
on Sun 17 Apr 2005 15:55 BST
There's a lovely piece in the Telegraph Education section by a man whose daughter has announced her intention of taking Greek for GCSE. more »
Saturday, January 15
Why did I not know about this free Greek teaching conference?
by
arltblogger
on Sat 15 Jan 2005 11:45 GMT
JACT and the Hellenic Society have joined forces to put on an INSET Day on Teaching Greek on Saturday 12 February - yes, less than a month away. more »
Sunday, October 24
"Hareios Poter Kai he tou Philosophou Lithos"
by
arltblogger
on Sun 24 Oct 2004 16:42 BST
Apparently the Classicsal Greek version of the first Harry Potter book is due out this month. The Wall Street Journal gave it a distinctly quizzical, if not downright sarcastic, welcome last Thursday. But at least it's publicity for the book and the language. See what you think. more »
Ready for Christmas - in Greek
by
arltblogger
on Sun 24 Oct 2004 00:30 BST
If you are thinking of reading St Luke's account of the birth of Christ with your Greek class at the ... more »
Saturday, October 23
Why in heaven's name are you majoring in Greek?
by
arltblogger
on Sat 23 Oct 2004 17:57 BST
A lecture by Lynn Sherr given in April 2003 in New Hampshire
contains some good ammo for promoting the study ... more »
The Lampeter on-line Greek course
by
arltblogger
on Sat 23 Oct 2004 14:00 BST
An interesting survey of Greek teaching in US schools
by
arltblogger
on Sat 23 Oct 2004 13:41 BST
This dates from 2000, but the site is still there - I stumbled across it just now.
I was chiefly interested in the comments that a number of teachers made about Athenaze: more »
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