One, Two, Three - Kechagias, Asterios E.

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Résumé :
How can one's first steps in a language so ancient and enigmatic as Akkadian become easier? How could one learn that language without hurdles? Is it possible to find enjoyment in learning an ancient language? This book attempts to address these questions. It is the result of many long years of research, reflection, workshops, classes, and dialogues with students, language teachers, illustrators, and designers. The book introduces readers to both spoken and written Akkadian with its cuneiform syllabic script. As a volume of Polis 123 series it applies the well-proven methods of teaching: Living Sequential Expression and Total Physical Response. Anyone who has learned to speak a foreign language knows that speaking a language offers a whole different set of experiences than simply reading. And learning Akkadian as a spoken language will provide users of this book with a new, deeper understanding, or perhaps even a better sense of intimacy, with this most ancient and important language....

Biographie:
Linguist Christophe Rico has a doctorate in ancient Greek and holds the French official accreditation to direct PhD research. Member of the Faculty of the University of Strasbourg, he is Professor of Greek Philology at the Ecole Biblique of Jerusalem. Since 2011, he directs the Polis Institute at Jerusalem where ancient languages (Greek, Latin, biblical Hebrew, Syriac, Coptic, classical Arabic) are taught through full immersion as living languages according to the Polis method. Peter J. Gentry received his PhD from the University of Toronto in Septuagint and the ancient Near East in 1994...

Sommaire:
How can one's first steps in a language so ancient and enigmatic as Akkadian become easier? How could one learn that language without hurdles? Is it possible to find enjoyment in learning an ancient language? This book attempts to address these questions. It is the result of many long years of research, reflection, workshops, classes, and dialogues with students, language teachers, illustrators, and designers. The book introduces readers to both spoken and written Akkadian with its cuneiform syllabic script. As a volume of Polis 123 series it applies the well-proven methods of teaching: Living Sequential Expression and Total Physical Response. Anyone who has learned to speak a foreign language knows that speaking a language offers a whole different set of experiences than simply reading. And learning Akkadian as a spoken language will provide users of this book with a new, deeper understanding, or perhaps even a better sense of intimacy, with this most ancient and important language....