Pedagogy
Webinars
June 2022
In an effort to assist instructors looking to use BLC’s biblical Hebrew or Koine Greek curriculum in their classrooms or online, we are hosting two day-long webinars through video-conferencing. These webinars will provide orientation and guidelines on how to maximize the curricula’s effectiveness by implementing best practices from the field of Second Language Acquisition, thereby tapping into students’ God-given ability to learn languages.
The webinars will be especially useful for instructors planning on adopting a BLC curriculum for the first time, as well as for those simply wishing to learn more about BLC’s curricula.
The webinars are also recommended for all instructors already using a BLC curriculum who have not already attended one of our Pedagogy Workshops. These one-day workshops provide a wonderful opportunity to learn about revisions to our Living Biblical Hebrew curriculum and the development of our all new Living Koine Greek curriculum. We’ll discuss how they can help you better meet the learning goals of your students.
The webinars will be led by a team of BLC instructors who not only have years of experience using the materials both online and in the classroom, but who are part of BLC’s curriculum design team. They will explain how principles from the field of Second Language Acquisition provide the pedagogical foundations for the materials, and will share from experience how best to implement these in a classroom or online environment so as to maximize student learning. A Q&A time will give you the opportunity to ask them questions relating specifically to your teaching context.
Biblical Hebrew: Monday, June 6, 10AM–5PM (ET)
Koine Greek: Tuesday, June 7, 10AM–5PM (ET)
Schedule (all times ET):
10:00–11:00AM: Welcome and principles of Second Language Acquisition
11:00AM–12:00PM Introduction and orientation to the curriculum (part 1)
12:00–12:30PM: Break #1
12:30–2:30PM : Orientation to the curriculum (part 2)
2:30–3:00PM: Break #2
3:00–5:00PM: Wrap-up and Q&A time.
Cost: This Webinar is no longer available
Registration Form:
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Webinar Facilitators:
Brian Schultz (PhD) is associate professor of Biblical Studies at Fresno Pacific University. For over a decade he has been using BLC’s curriculum to teach Hebrew at FPU, which has resulted in nearly tripling enrollment in the Hebrew classes and launching a minor in Biblical Hebrew Language and Literature. He led the effort of expanding and bringing BLC’s Living Biblical Hebrew: Foundations and Jonah (Beta) curricula online, and is co-author of Living Biblical Hebrew: An Instructor’s Manual.
Scott McQuinn (MA) is a doctoral student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His MA thesis was on the topic of Ancient Language Acquisition, where he applied the principles of Second Language Acquisition to the teaching of biblical languages. He has years of experience teaching with BLC, and is lead instructor for BLC’s Live Video Courses in both Hebrew and Greek. He is co-author of Living Biblical Hebrew: An Instructor’s Manual and BLC’s new Living Koine Greek: An Introduction.