922-041 LaTrobe-Greek Beginners 1B

This subject was previously MG1BA2: Beginners Mod. Greek 2. Special enrolment arrangements apply. Students must contact the Faculty of Arts Office for application forms and further details. Students intending to complete a major in Modern Greek are also required to take 922-102 LaTrobe-Greece & the Balkans in 20thC in Semester 2.

922-040 LaTrobe-Greek Beginners 1A or an approved equivalent.

In this subject, which is a continuation of Greek Beginners 1A, students should learn to handle common interpersonal transactions in Greek with confidence, and to understand and produce (in speech and writing) simple descriptions, narrations and expressions of attitudes and opinions. Relevant aspects of contemporary Greek society and culture are also introduced. The emphasis continues to be on practice at listening, reading, speaking and writing Greek in everyday situations, but students are also introduced to the structure of the language.

Regular assignments and class exercises totalling 1200 words, two 1-hour written tests, a 30-minute oral/aural test, and class participation.

Materials prepared by the department.

• D Demetra & D Papacheimona, Greek Now 1+1. Nostos, 1992.
• D A Hardy & T A Doyle, Greek Language and People. BBC Books, 1983.