Tuesday, January 15, 2008

GlyphStudy

GlyphStudy Group

There are two conversations currently underway on the GlyphStudy email group which may be of interest to blog visitors. It is completely free to join and participate in the GlyphStudy group, which exists to help people learn hieroglyphs. There is extensive mutual support from group members, and the allocation of homework (which is returned to a moderator and collated into a PDF saved at the Group's site for reference) is a powerful incentive to keep up with the lessons. Have a look at the Group's home page, above, to read more about what we're all about.

The first is a discussion that may be of interest is about whether or not there is enough interest to support a new study group for beginners who wish to learn hieroglyphs. Previous study groups are at different stages of James Allen's book, but the current discussion suggests that perhaps a less ambitious text could be considered - Collier and Manley or Karmin, for example. The group has a volunteer to co-ordinate the new group and correlate the homework. If you feel that this might be of interest have a look at the above page, where you can read the discussion and join the group. The most useful thread in this context is probably:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlyphStudy/message/2735

The second discussion is focusing on the possibility of studying from De Buck's reader. There are complications about how this could be managed, particularly given the expense and availability of the book concerned, but those interested in this proposal might like to have a look at the above page where the current conversation can be followed.

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