922-043 LaTrobe-Greek Intermediate 1A

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.

This subject assumes some knowledge of Modern Greek but without having attempted VCE Modern Greek. Students are required to sit a placement test and have permission from the subject coordinator to enrol.

In this subject students discuss issues relating to contemporary Greek and Australian society in Greek, extending their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar as required. Oral and literacy skills are developed primarily through use of media reports, articles and film. On completion of the subject, students should be able to discuss in Modern Greek their opinions on a range of basic issues relating to modern Greek culture and society in an informed and coherent manner.

• 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 1-hour written test 15% (due mid-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 Stavropoulos and A Hornby, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1982.
• D Stavropoulos, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1988.
• D Demetra and D Papacheimona, Greek Now 2#2. Nostos 1992.