922-187 LaTrobe-Study Abroad Greece/Cyprus

Special enrolment arrangements apply. Students must contact the Faculty of Arts Office for application forms and further details.

Completion of two first-year Modern Greek language subjects with at least an H2B and approval of the subject coordinator.

In this subject students undertake an intensive program of formal language-learning and cultural immersion of four to six weeks in duration in Greece or Cyprus. Eligible programs are offered by several Greek universities. If the number of interested students warrants and circumstances allow, the program may be partly taught in Greece/Cyprus by a member of the department's staff. Students enrolling in this subject must pay their own airfares and meet their personal travel, accommodation and living expenses in Greece/Cyprus. Scholarships are available on a competitive basis to assist with such expenses, including the Melbourne Abroad Scholarships (Language Study), and those offered by Greek/Cypriot tertiary institutions. Details are available from the coordinator.

• 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.

Exercises and tests prescribed for in-country language program 60%, a 1500-word diary describing and discussing cultural activities attended in Greece/Cyprus 40% (due by a date specified for each student upon their return). Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.