Saturday, May 12, 2012

Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers

[Most recently updated 24 October 2012]

Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers relating to the ancient world
Additional resources of thus type are accessible through the  Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) Project pages at the University of Minnesota.

And see also Lexicity
And see also  Smarthistory, a "multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook"
Do you know of others? Do you use any of these in your teaching? Are you developing open access textbooks in any area of ancient world studies? Please respond by clicking the Comments button.

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6 comments:

  1. This is a great notion, this blog. As is open access. I subscribe forthwith. Thanks, Bob Curtis

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  2. This primer is not related to classical antiquity but nevertheless i think it worth to mention it here:
    Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Workshop Handbook (aavailable in English, Spanish, Polish, French, Danish and Slovak):
    http://www.wayeb.org/resourceslinks/wayeb_workbook.php

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  3. Reading Akkadian Hymns and Prayers: An Introduction, ed. Alan Lenzi

    http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/9781589835962.pdf

    It doesn't teach Akkadian, but it does help with rapid reading of 29 selected prayers and hymns.

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  4. I would urge caution - the number of errors in a text devoted to Classical Greek is impressive. An online Greek course by Dora Pozzi is available at http://www.class.uh.edu/MCL/faculty/pozzi/grnl1/intr/intr.0.1.0.htm
    She has retired, but the site is up. The site is showing its age, and you have to re-do some links yourself, but it is a better guide for beginners in my opinion.

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  5. Thanks to all three of you for your comments and addition. Helma's cautionary note is important, especially for students working independently.

    I have also added a link to the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) pages at (http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/index.html) the University of Minnesota

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  6. this is an excellent resource. thank you!

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