Massachusetts: I would like to learn how to speak Greek, Can you tell me the best way to go about it?

Question

I am in South Eastern Massachusetts. I homeschool my 2 children, so I have a flexible schedule. I do not have a lot of money!! Are there inexpensive resources, in my area, where I can learn Greek? My grandfather was born in Greece, but when he came to the U.S., he became part of his new country. He stopped speaking Greek, and learned to speak, read, and write English. He never spoke to anyone in Greek, except to swear on occasion. LOL I would like to reclaim some of my heritage, so if anyone can help, I would appreciate it. Thank you!!

Answer 1

This is the program recommended for Classical homeschooling. I have heard good things about it but have not used it myself. There are sample pages available to see.
http://www.greeknstuff.com/andrew.html

If it is for you more than the kids and you want to speak it and don't care too much about reading and writing it Rosetta Stone is supposed to be the best at teaching languages. Here is the link for that. http://www.rosettastone.com/en/offer/overture/grk

Wish you all the best of luck. Hope I helped.

Answer 2

I enjoyed Berlitz tapes. They don't translate anything, they just run noise in the background and you figure out what's going on, just like people learn as children. So, you hear a car starting and the tape says, in another language, "This is a car. This is a Japanese car. This is a Toyota." You really get it, and you don't mentally translate from one language to another. I enjoyed it.

Answer 3

Hang out at a local Greek restaurant eating giro sandwiches(=