The curriculum begins instead with the more demanding classical Greek. Inserting texts from Accordance into such a course, as is being suggested here, is doubly attractive to many students, providing computer -supported study of a biblical text. At its introductory stage it serves the purpose equally well whether the language is biblical or classical. Using one of the first class periods to demonstrate some features of Accordance always piques student curiosity. Recognizing the alphabet quickly becomes second nature.
Students tell of how they can feel the text coming under their control.
Greek becomes manageable. For this reason they should be encouraged to begin using Accordance on individual computers as soon as the instructor judges them to be ready. In these beginning classes the brief sample of 'real' Greek can be used to illustrate new topics as they come up. The well-known interest on the part of many young people to 'play around' with computers, often for hours at a time, can lead to assimilating painlessly a good deal of information about Greek, organized and 'patterned' for maximum utility. The main window shows the first four verses of Second John.