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150-168/268/368/468 Informal and Colloquial Modern Greek

Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.

Credit points: 18.75 1st year, 16.7 2nd, 3rd and 4th years

Coordinator: Associate Professor E Gauntlett.

Prerequisite: Intermediate Modern Greek B or Advanced Modern Greek 2 or equivalent.

Contact:

150-168:

Up to six hours per week.

150-268/368/468:

Up to three hours per week.

Objectives:

Students on completion of the subject should have a working knowledge of the distinctive peculiarities of the informal, colloquial and non-standard varieties of Modern Greek.

Content:

Theory of differences between spoken and written language, informal and formal style and register. Grammar, semantics and lexicon at an appropriate level. Students enrolled in 150-168 will also study the socio-cultural context and historical background to contemporary usage.

Assessment:

150-168:

Regular written language work up to 2,000 words (30 per cent); one essay up to 2,000 words (25 per cent); oral test (10 minutes, 5 per cent) and a 2-hour written examination (40 per cent).

150-268/368:

Regular written language work up to 2,500 words (35 per cent); mid-semester class test (30 minutes, 10 per cent); oral test (10 minutes, 5 per cent) and a 2-hour written examination (50 per cent).

150-468:

Regular written language work up to 2,000 words and one project up to 2,000 words (65 per cent); and a 2-hour written examination (35 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

• Mackridge P The Modern Greek Language Oxford or Patakis. Dangitsis K Lexiko tis laikis Athens. Demiri-Prodromidou E et al I glossa ton idiotismon ke ton ekfraseon University Studio Press Thessaloniki. Kondosopoulos N Dialekti ke idiomata tis neas ellinikis Athens. Stavropoulos D and Hornby A Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary OUP. Stavropoulos D Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary OUP
• Only for 150-168: Clogg R A Concise History of Greece CUP

1. Modern Greek, Faculty of Arts (v3, p135) : Next:150-169 | Prev:150-167

2. Greek, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p118) : Next:150-169 | Prev:150-167

150-168/268/368 Informal and Colloquial Modern Greek

Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.

Credit points: 18.75 1st year, 16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator: Associate Professor E Gauntlett.

Prerequisite: Intermediate Modern Greek B or Advanced Modern Greek 2 or equivalent.

Contact:

150-168

Up to six hours each week.

150-268/368

Up to three hours each week.

Objectives:

Students on completion of the subject should have a working knowledge of the distinctive peculiarities of the informal, colloquial and non-standard varieties of Modern Greek.

Content:

Theory of differences between spoken and written language, informal and formal style and register. Grammar, semantics and lexicon at an appropriate level. Students enrolled in 150-168 will also study the socio-cultural context and historical background to contemporary usage.

Assessment:

150-168

Regular written language work up to 2,000 words (30 per cent); one essay up to 2,000 words (25 per cent); oral test (10 minutes, 5 per cent) and a 2-hour written examination (40 per cent).

150-268/368

Regular written language work up to 2,500 words (35 per cent); mid-semester class test (30 minutes, 10 per cent); oral test (10 minutes, 5 per cent); and a 2-hour written examination (50 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

• Mackridge P The Modern Greek Language Oxford or Patakis
• Dangitsis K Lexiko tis laikis Athens
• Demiri-Prodromidou E et. al. I glossa ton idiotismon ke ton ekfraseon University Studio Press Thessaloniki
• Kondosopoulos N Dialekti ke idiomata tis neas ellinikis Athens
• Stavropoulos D and Hornby A Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary OUP
• Stavropoulos D Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary OUP
• Only for 150-168: Clogg R A Concise History of Greece CUP

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2. Greek, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p118) : Next:150-169 | Prev:150-167

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