First Greek Course

First Greek Course is based on the Greek textbook, written by W.H.D. Rouse and revised for modern audiences by Anne Mahoney. This text is modeled on the "direct method" of language learning, which is nearly an immersion program where as much of the work of teaching and learning is conducted in the native language. The key advantage to such an approach is that students are actively involved in the language. They learn not only to read it, but to speak and write in it. Rouse's Greek Boym the Greek reader, is a companion that carefully follows the progression of this text.

Anne Mahoney is Lecturer in Classics at Tufts University. She has published articles and reviews on Greek poetry, particularly drama; and on Latin poetry, from Saturnians to the 19th century. She also has overseen the revision of "Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar" for Focus Publishing and updated the metrical material in that key reference work. She holds a Ph.D. from Boston University, and is the Focus series editor for Greek and Latin language texts.