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Modern Greek for Late Beginners

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 begin to learn Greek at a later stage.


1. A1 level courses preparing students to be able to:

  • understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
  • introduce themselves and others and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have.
  • interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.


BEGINNERS' LEVEL A1.1

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

Commences: 7 February 2024

Duration: 8 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $248 (plus cost of coursebooks $150 if applicable)

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)

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BEGINNERS’ LEVEL Α 1.6

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

Commences: 7 February 2024

Duration: 8 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $248 (plus cost of coursebooks $150 if required)

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 A1.5, 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:

  • Describe parts of the house
  • I say what year something happened
  • I say what I like to do
  • I describe actions in past
  • I describe actions that define other actions
  • I wish someone who is sick to get well
  • I talk about the weather
  • Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek:
    • Masculine nouns ending in -ες
    • Feminine nouns ending in -ση, -ξη, -ψη
    • Subjunctive A
    • The cardinal numbers 1.000 – 2.000.000
    • Simple past of conjugation A’ verbs
    • Sentences that begin with όταν, μόλις
    • Time expressions
    • Simple past of irregular verbs

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BEGINNERS’ LEVEL Α1.8

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

Commences: 5 February 2024

Duration: 7 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $217 (plus cost of coursebooks $150 if required)

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 A1.4, 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:

  • Book a ticket, make a reservation at a hotel or at a restaurant
  • Give orders or instructions
  • Describe a health problem
  • Carry out a transaction at the post office, at the bank
  • Say the problem that you have
  • Ask and give permission
  • Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek:
    • Subjunctive B’ and verbs that are followed by subjunctive
    • The position of the personal pronoun in sentences in the subjunctive mood and in the future tense
    • Impersonal verbs and expressions
    • Sentences that begin with «για να»
    • Imperative B of conjugation A’ & B’ verbs
    • Imperative B of the irregular verbs
    • The expression “με πονάει”
    • The negative particle “μη(ν)”

 

2. A2 level courses preparing students to be able to:

  • understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
  • communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
  • describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

 

BEGINNERS’ LEVEL A2.5

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

Commences: 5 February 2024

Duration: 7 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $217 (plus cost of coursebooks 130$ if required)

Class is limited to 10 students.

 

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

Commences: 6 February 2024

Duration: 8 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $496 (plus cost of coursebooks $130 if required)

Class is limited to 4 students. PRIVATE CLASS

 

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 A2.4, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level.

 

Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will learn about:

  • To make transactions in a shop
  • To say from what material something is made
  • To talk about health and nutrition issues
  • Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek:
    • Neuter nouns in -ον
    • Feminine nouns in -ού / -ούδες
    • Possessive pronouns
    • Cardinal numbers
    • The pronoun τόσος,-η,-ο & όσος, -η, -ο
    • Indirect speech
    • Verbs
    • Imperfect future
    • Impersonal expressions with ότι
    • The correlative conjunction είτε…είτε
    • Sentences introduced by τι
    • Accentuation of monosyllable words and nouns
    • Middle disposition verbs
    • Fragments/Elliptical sentences


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