Methodologies

Contrasting methodologies

Last week I had to give a talk to my colleagues, the faculty of the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Sciences at Fresno Pacific University. I chose to speak on the importance of teaching the biblical languages and why I teach biblical Hebrew differently than the traditional way. In order to help me, I [...]

By Brian Schultz|2017-06-12T21:31:36-07:00October 30th, 2011|ancient language acquisition, biblical language fluency, Hebrew as second language, Reading biblical languages, second language acquisition|2 Comments

10 Reasons for using “Communicative Language Teaching”

Biblical languages are usually taught using a Grammar-Translation approach, where one learns grammar rules and vocabulary in order to translate a text into one's mother tongue. The Biblical Language Center, however, purposely avoids GT in favor of the principles of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Here are 10 reasons why.

By Brian Schultz|2011-03-10T22:55:24-08:00March 9th, 2011|ancient language acquisition, Blog|3 Comments

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