922-115 LaTrobe-Formal Standard Greek

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

922-111 LaTrobe-Greek Beginners 2B or equivalent.

In this subject the Greek conventions for various types of formal discourse are analysed and practised, including formal correspondence, formal reporting, technical description and public announcements. In the process, advanced Greek grammar is studied and practised, and the higher registers of Greek vocabulary introduced. Linguistic skills will also be extended through projects developed and reported on in class, and involving interaction with the local Greek community.

• an enhanced understanding of significant aspects of Modern Greek culture and developed skills in analysis and in critical assessment of existing views of those aspects;

• have developed written and oral skills in discussion of the issues raised and also have a heightened awareness of cultural diversity.

Regular assignments and class exercises (1500 words) 30%; one 750-word project (due week 10) 15%; one end of semester 2-hour written test 40%; one end of semester 15-minute oral-aural test 15%. Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Materials prepared by the department

• D Stavropoulos and A Hatzipanayiotidi, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1982.
• D Stavropoulos, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1988.