This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture. This elementary level will introduce the Greek alphabet, greetings and introductions, and how to describe various daily activities. No prior knowledge of Greek is required.

Target group: students aged 10-18, who want to start learning Greek at a later stage

BEGINNERS' LEVEL 1

Provided only online – Tuesdays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. AEST

Commences: 6 October 2020

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $250 plus cost of coursebooks

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

No prior knowledge of Greek is required.

Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Recognise and write the letters of the Greek alphabet
• Read and write simple sentences in Greek
• Exchange greetings in Greek
• Introduce themselves and others
• Identify and use numbers and concepts of time
• Ask and respond to questions about personal details such as name, nationality, family, hobbies and interests
• Express likes and dislikes
• Use language appropriate for certain social occasions
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • The verbs 'to be' and 'to have'
  • Definite and Indefinite articles
  • Nouns (declension)
  • Pronouns (personal, interrogative and possessive)
  • Verbs (First conjugation – Present tense)

BEGINNERS' LEVEL 2

Provided only online – Mondays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. AEST, Wednesdays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. AEST

Commences: 5/7 October 2020

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $250 plus cost of coursebooks

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

If you have not attended Beginners' Level 1, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Exchange personal information, e.g. home, language, nationality, job etc.
• Ask and answer questions about the natural environment
• Ask for something in a polite way
• Talk about a country
• Talk about the weather
• Ask about the price of something
• Identify and use ordinal and cardinal numbers
• Express likes and dislikes
• Describe oneself and others
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • The accusative and genitive case of nouns/pronouns/adjectives
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite and possessive)
  • Verbs (First conjugation – Future tense)
  • Verbs (Second conjugation – Present tense)
  • Adverbs (of quantity, manner, place)
  • Adjectives
  • Adjective and noun agreement
  • Plural of nouns

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