5.0102 Responses: Old Church Slavonic; OED2 on-line (2/40)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 27 May 91 16:16:17 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0102. Monday, 27 May 1991.
(1) Date: Fri, 24 May 91 11:47 EDT (20 lines)
From: JOHNSTON@brandeis.bitnet
Subject: RE: 5.0053 Q: Teaching a Classical Language
(2) Date: Fri, 24 MAY 91 12:25:02 BST (20 lines)
From: RGLYNN@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK
Subject: OED2 on-line (licence restrictions)
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Date: Fri, 24 May 91 11:47 EDT
From: JOHNSTON@brandeis.bitnet
Subject: RE: 5.0053 Q: Teaching a Classical Language
On the question of teaching Old Church Slavonic, a required
language for students who "sincerely detest" it, I should think
it would be wise to expose those students to some of the
GLORIOUS hymns in OCS. I may be a hard-nosed Latin grammarian,
but I do think students find it easier to pin themselves down
to the hard work of learning all those paradigms when they
have had a glimpse of the beauty that they will one day be
better able to appreciate. Simply by playing some recordings
of the music, while the students follow it with copies of
the words (and translation) can make a big difference.
I find that this sort of thing can be done intermittently
over the school term; going over the translation with the
students, lingering on those passages and/or words/forms
that the students have already learned should be helpful.
(It certainly helps when teaching Latin.)
Pat Johnston
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Date: Fri, 24 MAY 91 12:25:02 BST
From: RGLYNN@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK
Subject: OED2 on-line (licence restrictions)
I was on the point of sending a message about the licence
restrictions on the OED2 mag tape when I ready Katharina
Klemperer's message advising of this. I should have made
this point clearer in my original message -- sorry! The
Agreement that the purchasing site makes with OUP explicitly
states that the licence is not transferable and that the
data may not be accessed by terminals other than those of
the purchasing site. In the actual agreement these terms are
of course couched in strict legal language, but I think you'll
all get the general gist.
Ruth Glynn
Electronic Publishing, OUP
Walton Street
Oxford OX2 6DP, UK