“Something I always say to my students is that when you’re learning any new language, try not to think in your native language; think in the language you’re learning or speaking.” Valentinos Filippou ...

Brandeis undergraduate students in Beginning Ancient Greek (GRK 10a) are taking their language studies beyond the classroom, applying their knowledge in creative and immersive ways in Assistant ...

As I struggle in Alpha Mega with my Google translate app in one hand, hovering over the instructions on a tin of Mr Muscle oven cleaner in the other, I do wonder if my Greek should be better by now.

Many of us have entertained the idea of expanding our horizons. Learning a foreign language is an obvious option. It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, ...

Some years ago, in a fit of religious enthusiasm, I decided that I wanted to learn Greek. This was so that I could read the New Testament in its original language, a desire I could not really explain, ...