CE1679: Greek For Beginners II

School Continuing and Professional Education
Department Code LEARN
Module Code CE1679
External Subject Code R910
Number of Credits 10
Level L4
Language of Delivery English
Module Leader Ms Helga Eckart
Semester Spring Semester
Academic Year 2013/4

Outline Description of Module

This course aims to introduce students who have a basic knowledge of Greek or who have completed Greek for Beginners I (CE1678). 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%.

Email: Languages@cardiff.ac.uk

On completion of the module a student should be able to

Knowledge and Understanding:    

  • 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. 

How the module will be delivered

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

Skills that will be practised and developed

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

 This course will enable students to learn more  basic structures of Greek in order to communicate at a basic level in everyday situations. Students will also get an insight into various aspects of Greek culture.

How the module will be assessed

 

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

 

 

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Written Assessment 100 Coursework N/A

Syllabus content

Topics:                                             

  1. Shopping
  2. Travel/Holidays
  3. Booking hotel rooms
  4. Talking about the family
  5. Colours
  6. Talking about yourself
  7. Expressing opinions 

Grammar:

  1. expressions: I want; I think; I can
  2. use of the article as a substitute for nouns
  3. possessive pronouns (emphatic)
  4. declension of various categories of nouns
  5. future tense; past tense
  6. subjunctive

Essential Reading and Resource List

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

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