How does one go about becoming better at using and speaking Koine/Reconstructed? I've been watching Randall Buth's site for a long time for a session that works in Australian Time, but for some reason a session they are always scheduled during the middle of the night, during church, or this latest one, is scheduled during the Greek class which I teach 😄
Any other ideas?
I enjoy listening to the recordings on this site very much, but I know that listening isn't the same as speaking. I like Benjamins advice to narrate your day to yourself. I'll have to try that.
Ideally, you can find just one other person you can speak Koine Greek with.
However, if you can't find someone else to talk with, there are other options. If you can't find someone like that, then speak to yourself. Talk about everything you are doing during the day. That is how I started before I first took a course with BLC however many years ago that was.
Look at the videos on this website of the Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana (found under Second Temple Period videos). These give you daily life language for Koine Greek. They were designed to teach ancient language learners. Go through these and then try to narrate everything you do in a day (eating, getting dressed, washing up, etc.). I would be happy to give you some more info on this if you are interested.
Exposure to authentic Koine is, of course, going to give you good fuel for fluency as well. This website has a lot of good resources available for that, as you know. Listening to the interviews (where people are actually having a conversation) will also help.
Any other questions, feel free to ask!