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The Hand Talk Series Set

sarah — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:16:56 +0000

The books in the Hand Talk series, by author Barbara Champion, introduce children to American Sign Language (ASL) in a way that enables them to understand that being unable to communicate orally is a frustration that can be overcome. Children can read about the fun and ornery character of Reni, a boy who is both spirited and vulnerable because of his fears about not being able to be understood. Children learn alongside Reni; the back half of each book contains through specific written instructions for making each sign in the book, as well as photos and QR codes that link to videos of the author signing each word or phrase.

While the books are certainly helpful for deaf or hard-of-hearing children and those around them, they also teach valuable nonverbal communication skills to special-needs children, minimally verbal children, and very young children, as well as their parents, teachers, caregivers, and anyone else who engages with a child who struggles with spoken language. They are also a fun way to learn the basics of sign language for those kids who would like to learn a new skill.

Author Barbara Champion‘s students include those who are deaf/hard of hearing, nonverbal, autistic, and those with special needs such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and others.
She says: “All of these children have benefited from learning to communicate with sign language. In fact, some of these kids had no language at all before they came into our program and are now able to communicate their feelings, needs, and imagination.”

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A Reader’s Greek New Testament: Third Edition

Hester VanBraeden — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:10:14 +0000

A Reader’s Greek New Testament: Third Edition saves time and effort in studying the Greek New Testament. If a Greek word appears in the New Testament fewer than 30 times, then a definition is provided. This serves as an aid when you encounter less common vocabulary, allowing you to focus on reading, comprehension, parsing, and grammatical issues. You no longer have to interrupt your reading, searching through a lexicon! Featuring a handsome Italian Duo-Tone binding, A Reader’s Greek New Testament: Third Edition is a practical, attractive, and surprisingly affordable resource.

Features of this third edition include: footnoted definitions of all words occurring 30 times or less; mini-lexicon of all words occurring more than 30 times; Greek text underlying the New International Version; footnotes comparing the Greek text with the critical text of UBS5/NA28; 4 pages of full-color maps; marker ribbon; and easy-to-read Greek fonts.

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Greek I – Complete Set (Veritas Press)

Hester VanBraeden — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:20:44 +0000

GREEK I IS A YEAR-LONG COURSE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 7-12.

Whether you want to read ancient prose or poetry, to study the New Testament in its original language, or to gain an appreciation for ancient culture, Greek is a wonderful choice. Greek I is an introductory level course that provides an overview of the basics of Greek grammar and vocabulary. Students read several Greek stories, answer comprehension questions about those readings, and demonstrate their understanding of the language by writing several Greek compositions. Finally, students will translate passages in the New Testament, aiding them significantly in their understanding and interpretation of Scripture. Greek I is offered in You Teach and Live Online formats.

The Veritas Approach to Greek

What could be better than reading the New Testament in the original language?

While the study of Greek offers this wonderful possibility, it also offers many other benefits to students: it develops grammar abilities, it expands memory skills, and it gives students access to English words that come from Greek. These skills are primary when it comes to students developing into articulate and thoughtful adults.

The grammar skills that Greek provides come from learning a highly formalized language built around explicit grammar forms. Greek is built on inflected forms that use declensions and conjugations. This kind of structured grammar instills a sense of order in language and shows students that there is a rational way to communicate in a language. This foundational concept also applies to English as students see similar concepts and ideas in the grammatical forms of English.

Greek also offers students the ability to develop memory skills. While all students have memory abilities, it is important to continue to sharpen these skills so students can apply their memories to a variety of materials both written and visual. Linguistic memory training is particularly powerful as it enables students to practice remembering words and meanings. This comes through memorizing vocabulary and grammar forms. The ability to remember a variety of words and then select the right word from memory is a key skill that empowers students to speak clearly and persuasively.

The study of Greek also opens the world of English roots to the student. While many words come from Latin cognates, Greek has also made a wide impact on English. Words like eureka, euthanasia, misogyny, hippopotamus, and many others come from Greek. Knowing the original Greek spelling and form enables the student to remember these words, understand what they mean, and employ them in society today. There also countless other biblical words that come from Greek and are used throughout the Christian world: synagogue, logos, baptism, prophet, Philip, angel, etc. The study of Greek opens the world of Scripture and theology to students of all ages.

While language skills start in a child in the grammar stage, language study at all levels is beneficial because it continues to hone grammar and language skills that feed into a student’s logic and rhetoric abilities. Greek, like Latin, is a key language in this area.

This course is recommended for students after taking Latin, but students can also go straight into this course. It is recommended for ages 12 and up.

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The Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary

Hester VanBraeden — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:17:58 +0000

The Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary is a brand new elementary level dictionary, ideal for learners of Classical Greek at school and university level. It covers over 20,000 Greek words and phrases in clear, user-friendly translations, and over 4,000 English words in common usage. The dictionary also offers help with Greek to English sentence construction and prose composition, and provides tables of irregular verbs. Additional information includes detailed lists of numerals and proper names, a guide to pronunciation, and a map of Greece.

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Basics Of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards (2nd Edition)

Hester VanBraeden — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:09:35 +0000

Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards by William D. Mounce is intended to accompany the fourth edition of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar. The vocabulary cards provide beginning students essential help in vocabulary acquisition of the Greek New Testament. Cards are numbered according to word frequency.

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Graded Reader Of Biblical Greek

Hester VanBraeden — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:05:06 +0000

Making the leap from the basics of biblical Greek to its real-life application can be a frustrating challenge for students of intermediate Greek. A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek was developed to make the transition easier. It takes beginning exegetes from simple to progressively more difficult biblical texts. Students can now learn New Testament Greek the way they would any other language: through a graded program. A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek applies an inductive method to learning intermediate Greek grammar. It provides a workable introduction to exegesis, word studies, and developing a large vocabulary; and it assists the student in preparing for class, allowing classroom time to be put to its most effective use. – Twenty Greek passages are presented in graded order. – Difficult and unfamiliar grammatical constructions are explained. – All words that occur fewer than 20 times in the New Testament are defined. – An “Exegetical Discussion” section helps the exegete gain a deeper understanding of the language. A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek is the result of ten years of use and refinement by the author in an actual classroom setting.

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Basics Of Biblical Greek Grammar (4th Edition)

Hester VanBraeden — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:02:28 +0000

Clear. Understandable. Carefully organized. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar by William D. Mounce is the standard textbook for colleges and seminaries. Since its initial publication in 1993 its integrated approach has helped more than 250,000 students learn New Testament Greek.

The fourth edition of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar has been updated throughout based on continuing feedback from professors, students, self-learners, and homeschoolers, making it even more effective for today’s students. As well, improvements have been made based on recent developments in scholarship.

The key to the effectiveness of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar in helping students learn is in how it introduces them to the language. Students learn about the features of the Greek language in a logical order, with each lesson building upon the one before it. Unnecessary obstacles that discourage students and hinder progress are removed, such as rote memorization of endless verbal paradigms. Instead students receive encouragement along the way to assure them they are making the necessary progress. As well, detailed discussions are included at key junctures to help students grasp important concepts.

By the time students have worked their way through Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar they will have learned:

The Greek Alphabet
Vocabulary for words occurring 50 times or more in the Greek New Testament
The Greek noun system
The Greek verbal system, including indicative and nonindicative verbs, and participles

A robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies. These include a workbook, video lectures for each chapter featuring the author, flashcards keyed to vocabulary in each chapter, a laminated quick study sheet with key concepts, and audio of the vocabulary for each chapter to aid in acquisition.

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Basics Of Biblical Greek Workbook (4th Edition)

Hester VanBraeden — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 03:58:28 +0000

This expanded and updated workbook is designed with the student in mind and intended for use with the standard-setting Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar textbook, now in its fourth edition.

Two optional chapters have been added to the Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook, allowing students to read large chunks of the biblical text and enjoy the fruits of their labor faster than ever before. Each chapter is divided into six sections and includes extensive exercises and significant biblical passages for translation.

One of the most helpful and unique features of the workbook remains. You can go through the workbook on one of two tracks: Track One follows the workbook (and textbook) in its regular order, while Track Two is organized so you can learn verbs earlier in the course.

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Henle Latin Third Year Set

sarah — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:15:47 +0000

Memoria Press provides the resources necessary for students to succeed in learning the Latin of Cicero without the need for a classroom teacher and lends the content of Henle Latin Third Year the framework of lesson guidance and assessment necessary to conduct a yearlong course.

Henle Latin Third Year teaches students to reach beyond grammar and grasp the rudiments of rhetoric with the help of Cicero, perhaps Rome’s most illustrious orator. Students who have completed Henle Latin First Year and Second Year will know the value of a thorough guide to the program, which makes the Memoria Press Student Guide, Teacher Manual, and Quizzes & Tests sources of invaluable support in learning and mastering rhetorical Latin, even without the guidance of an experienced teacher.

These texts organize the course into a sensible schedule, provide a wealth of insight to assist students in their exercises, and provide level-appropriate assessments to determine mastery of Latin.

Companion Products:

Henle Latin Third Year Set

Henle Latin Third Year – Teacher Manual
Henle Latin Third Year – Student Guide
Henle Latin Third Year – Quizzes & Tests
Henle Latin Third Year – Flashcards
Henle Latin III – Answer Key
Henle Latin III – Text
Henle Latin Grammar

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Henle Latin Third Year – Quizzes & Tests

sarah — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:09:05 +0000

Sample

Henle Latin Third Year teaches students to reach beyond grammar and grasp the rudiments of rhetoric with the help of Cicero, perhaps Rome’s most illustrious orator.

Students who have completed Henle Latin First Year and Second Year will know the value of a thorough guide to the program, which makes the Memoria Press Student Guide, Teacher Manual, and Quizzes & Tests sources of invaluable support in learning and mastering rhetorical Latin, even without the guidance of an experienced teacher.

These texts organize the course into a sensible schedule, provide a wealth of insight to assist students in their exercises, and provide level-appropriate assessments to determine mastery of Latin.

Companion Products:

Henle Latin Third Year Set

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Henle Latin Third Year – Teacher Manual

sarah — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:02:36 +0000

Sample

Henle Latin Third Year teaches students to reach beyond grammar and grasp the rudiments of rhetoric with the help of Cicero, perhaps Rome’s most illustrious orator.

These texts organize the course into a sensible schedule, provide a wealth of insight to assist students in their exercises, and provide level-appropriate assessments to determine mastery of Latin.

Companion Products:

Henle Latin Third Year Set

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Henle Latin Third Year – Student Guide

sarah — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:50:11 +0000

Sample

Learning from Henle Latin just got easier! Henle Latin Third Year teaches students to reach beyond grammar and grasp the rudiments of rhetoric with the help of Cicero, perhaps Rome’s most illustrious orator. These texts organize the course into a sensible schedule, provide a wealth of insight to assist students in their exercises, and provide level-appropriate assessments to determine mastery of Latin at its finest.

Companion Products:

Henle Latin Third Year Set

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