What's coming up for LGPSI...

If you've been over to the main LGPSI interface lately, you'll see it's currently at chapter 12. Actually I have written up to chapter 16, but with a little delay in posting some of those until I've had at least an initial chance to revise and review.

My plan this year is to get to at least chapter 20. But I'm also at a point where I need to pause and assess a few things. It's not too difficult for me to bang out a chapter of relatively simple Greek and move the story along, but on any given chapter I need to be thinking about: what vocab is being introduced and how, what structures are being introduced and how, and what on earth is happening in the story.

So, I have a bit of planning work to do. Particularly I have two tasks on my plate that I want to get somewhat sorted at least before moving forwards.

The first is I need a better awareness of overall vocabulary mapping. In particular, LGPSI volume 1 has as its end point a core vocabulary that builds towards students being set-up to move on to the New Testament, Lysias, Plato, Xenophon, and Herodotus. I'm not promising that the transition will be seamless, but that's the kind of core vocabulary I'm interested in baking into LGPSI so learners get to the end with a good deal of vocabulary exposure.

The second is I need a better awareness of grammar features. In a truly acquisition driven model, you wouldn't worry so much about sequencing grammar, provided it's comprehensible. That is... difficult with a static text. What I'd like to do is have a good roadmap for myself in the first instance, so I can see at a glance what's been introduced, where, and what needs to be held off, restricted, or repeated, reinforced.

So those two things are on my to-do list, before I try to move too far forwards.

And, if you're wondering what I mean by 'volume 1', well. Essentially I envisage that there will be a first/core LGPSI series of chapters (aka 'book') of 50 chapters. Or so. Maybe more, maybe less. But because I think of this as a really open-ended venture, it leaves lots of space for (i) sequels, (ii) parallel stories/episodes, (iii) expansions of particular parts, (iv) prequels? (v) new stories in different time periods, (vi) sequel volumes that work towards particular authors. All that is big picture and long term stuff, but I like to dream big and lay a wide foundation.

Thanks to everyone who's reading/using/talking about/generally supporting LGPSI. It means a lot to me and I'm excited to see this project going forward.