Learning to Read Again
Starting Greek has reminded me how strange it feels to look at a language and not immediately be able to read it. I have to admit to thinking of myself as a strongly text-based language learner. I usually want to see a word written down and writing things out helps me remember them. Greek complicates that slightly because, at the moment, the written form is almost completely unfamiliar. I’m interested to see whether that changes the way I learn - whether I rely more on sound than I normally would, or whether written Greek simply becomes my anchor again once I’m comfortable with the alphabet. Maybe I don’t actually learn best from writing at all; perhaps I’ve just always had the luxury and privilege of being able to read from Day 1. I’ve been using Judith Meyer’s Greek Script Hacking , which introduces the alphabet gradually and gets you decoding words rather than just memorising 24 letters in isolation. I’ve found that approach really useful, especially because some Greek letters ...