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Prerequisite for entry
Having completed level 4 or equivalent.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Progression
After 20 hours students may progress to level 5+.
Aims and objectives
- to enable students further develop their skills (in listening, speaking, reading and writing) in Modern Greek in a variety of everyday situations;
- to further develop awareness of aspects of Greek culture within a European / global context.
A communicative method of teaching / learning is fostered, although aspects of grammar are covered as well. Students are aided to reflect on their learning skills and experiential / autonomous learning is encouraged, including the use of interactive ICT material.
Course content
Main topics/themes to be covered:
- further practice on likes and dislikes (present, past)
- further practice on recalling actions from the past (simple past, imperfect)
- further practice on asking for and giving directions
- civilisation, history, mythology etc ...
- educational system听
- describing and writing recipes
Linguistic structures/ Phonetics
- verbs: simple imperative and the use of personal pronouns (direct, indirect object)/simple past/ imperfect/ active voice participle (present) 听听
- nouns: feminine /singular (-畏) plural (-蔚喂蟼) 听听
- adjectives: quantifier (蟺慰位蠉蟼)
- pronouns: quantitative demonstrative etc鈥�
Learning resources
Books
- The course is based on 螝螞螜螝 蟽蟿伪 蔚位位畏谓喂魏维 螔2 / 螝lik sta ellinika B2 (by M. Karakirgiou and V. Panagiotidou, Centre of the Greek Language Publishers, Thessaloniki 2016)
- The course is based on 螝螞螜螝 蟽蟿伪 蔚位位畏谓喂魏维 螕 (伪鈥� 渭苇蟻慰蟼) / 螝lik sta ellinika 螕听 (a鈥�) part听 听(by M. Karakirgiou and V. Panagiotidou, Centre of the Greek Language Publishers, Thessaloniki 2013).
References
- Grammar Book: Greek, A Comprehensive Grammar of the Modern Language, by David Holton et al., Routledge, London 1999
- Students will also study the story听 螠蠉胃慰喂 / Myths听 (by Maria Aroni , Deltos Publishers, Athens 2002) or 螘位位畏谓喂魏萎 螠蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪, 韦蟻蠅喂魏蠈蟼 蟺蠈位蔚渭慰蟼, 螣未蠉蟽蟽蔚伪/Greek mythology, Trojan war, Odyssey (by Dora Papaioannou, Deltos听 Publishers, Athens, 2004) or 韦慰 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈魏魏喂谓慰蠀 蟽蟺喂蟿喂慰蠉 /韦he secret of the red house听 (by Argiro Margariti , Deltos Publishers, Athens 1999).
