922-044 LaTrobe-Greek Intermediate 1B

This subject was previously MG1IM2: Intermediate Modern 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 should also take 922-102 LaTrobe-Greece & the Balkans in 20thC in Semester 2.

922-043 LaTrobe-Greek Intermediate 1A or an approved equivalent.

In this subject students 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.

• have enhanced their oral-aural and literacy skills in standard Modern Greek and their capacity to function in communities whose culture is encoded in this language, whether in Australia or overseas;

• have acquired the essential cultural knowledge required for effective communication, the linguistic means to explore Modern Greek culture, and an appropriate understanding of the structure of the language;

• be trained to communicate in a different linguistic and cultural code which should enhance their mental agility and their awareness of cultural diversity.

Weekly assignments and class exercises of 1200 words 30% (due throughout the semester), a 500-word essay in Greek 15% (due at the end of semester), a 1-hour written test 25% (due at the end of semester), a 10-minute oral/aural test 10% (due mid-semester) and a 15-minute oral/aural test 20% (due at the end of semester).

Materials prepared by the department.

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