This course aims to introduce students who have no knowledge of Greek to basic communication skills. The emphasis will be on spoken Greek, but some written skills will be taught.
METHODS OF TEACHING: Weekly two hour workshops.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: i) Aural test 40%, ii) Oral class participation 40%, iii) Coursework 20%.

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• demonstrate their ability to recognise familiar words and very basic phrases by taking part in role plays and similar learning tasks.
• demonstrate their ability to understand the gist and extract information of basic texts by adequately completing listening tasks.
• demonstrate a knowledge of basic grammatical structures and phrases by writing short texts and/or translating basic sentences. 

Students will actively participate in dialogues, group discussions and other interactive language exercises. Tapes and authentic work-sheets will enhance students’ active and passive language learning. 24 contact hours – interactive language work-shops

Intellectual Skills                               -    integrate information provided in taught sessions and private study. 

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

1. demonstrate their ability to understand simple instructions and respond appropriately in everyday situations.
2. demonstrate their ability to communicate in spoken and written form using limited vocabulary and formulaic expressions. 

Transferable Skills:- to be responsive to the discipline of working with others as part of a group

                                     - to understand and reflect upon different cultures and societies

Coursework (20%) to test students ability to write basic texts and apply vocabulary  appropriate for everyday life situations

Oral continuous assessment (40%) to test students ability to produce oral dialogues in Greek

Aural class test (40%) to test students understanding of  basic Greek conversations

Topics:

• Greetings
• Nationalities
• Drinks and food
• Occupations
• Asking questions
• Likes and dislikes
• Directions
• Time, days of the week, seasons

Grammar:

• the alphabet
• definite/indefinite article
• present tense (to be; three out of four verb categories)
• basic use of the cases in Greek nouns
• adjectives
• pronouns; personal pronouns; possessive pronouns
• numbers
• question particles
• endings of nouns (masculine, feminine, neuter)

D Hardy, Greek Language and People: A BBC course for Beginners Greek