922-111 LaTrobe-MG2CB2:Cont.Beg.Modern Greek 2

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

922-110 LaTrobe-MG2CB1:Cont.Beg.Modern Greek 1 or an approved equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

In this subject students should learn to talk and write in Greek about a wide range of aspects of modern Greek culture and society in an informed and coherent manner, and to interpret short literary texts. Vocabulary and knowledge of grammar is systematically extended in the course of these readings and discussions. Linguistic skills will also be extended through projects developed and reported on in class, and involving interaction with the local Greek community.

Assessment

Regular assignments and class exercises totalling 1000 words, two essays of 500 words in Greek, two 1-hour written tests, two 10-minute oral/aural tests, and two 10-minute oral class presentations.

Prescribed Texts

Materials prepared by the Department.

• D Demetra & D Papacheimona, Greek Now 1+2. Nostos 1992.
• D Stavropoulos & A Hornby, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1982.
• D Stavropoulos, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1988.