Year
2021
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 3-hour seminar weekly
Prerequisites
1 MGRE2201 - Intermediate Modern Greek Part 1
1a MGRE2121 - Upper Level Modern Greek A: Part 1
1b MGRE2121C - Upper Level Modern Greek A: Part 1
1c MGRE2123 - Upper Level Modern Greek B: Part 1
1d MGRE2123C - Upper Level Modern Greek B: Part 1
1e MGRE2101 - Modern Greek IIA: Language
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e))
Enrolment not permitted
1 of MGRE2102, MGRE2122, MGRE2122C, MGRE2124, MGRE2124C has been successfully completed
Topic description

In this topic emphasis is placed on extending further students' oral-aural comprehension, as well as their understanding and use of both spoken and written Modern Greek.

Educational aims

This topic aims to:

  • Consolidate and expand students' knowledge of Modern Greek grammatical structures, syntax and vocabulary acquired at previous levels
  • Assist students to analyse and understand different text types and to produce complex written and spoken texts
  • Develop further students' communicative competence through participation in activities involving group or pair interaction
  • Develop both aural and oral skills through a variety of activities
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

  1. Recognise, reproduce and describe grammatical, syntactic, lexical and phonetic patterns
  2. Communicate in speech and writing on a range of familiar topics using grammatical, syntactical, lexical and phonetic structures acquired throughout the semester
  3. Read and discuss authentic written and oral texts of moderate difficulty
  4. Select, distinguish and understand various genres of text in Modern Greek, and particularly Modern Greek literature