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 – Fridays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commences: 19 April 2024

Duration: 11 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $341 (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)

Enrol Online Now

BEGINNERS' LEVEL A1.2

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

Commences: 17 April 2024

Duration: 11 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $341 (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.

If you have not attended Beginners’ Level A1.1, 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:

• 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)

Enrol Online Now

BEGINNERS’ LEVEL Α1.7

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

Commences: 17 April Wednesday 2024

Duration: 11 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $341 (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 A1.6, 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 actions in the past
• Describe actions that are define other actions temporally
• Wish someone who is sick to get well
• Talk about the weather
• Explain something with an additional sentence
• Compare two actions
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • Simple past of conjugation A’ and B’ verbs
  • Simple past of the verbs “είμαι”, “έχω” and “θέλω”
  • Sentences that begin with «όταν, μόλις» and “που”
  • Time expressions
  • Simple past of the irregular verbs
  • Comparative degree of adverbs (by periphrasis)

Enrol Online Now

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 A2.1

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

Commences: 15 April 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 (plus cost of coursebooks $140 inc. shipping 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 3, 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:

• Ask and give information regarding a person
• Describe an event / an accident in a chronological order
• Describe a person (face, body, clothes, personality)
• Express my opinion about somebody
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • Verbs ending in -ω / -όμαι
  • Compound verbs with prepositions
  • The verbs «ασχολούμαι» and «κλαίω»
  • Indirect speech
  • The noun «ο χρόνος»
  • Verbs in -άμαι
  • Adverbs followed by personal pronouns
  • Main and subordinate clauses
  • The definite pronoun «ο ίδιος – η ίδια – το ίδιο

Enrol Online Now

BEGINNERS’ LEVEL Α2.6

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

Commences: 15 April 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 (plus cost of coursebooks $140 inc. shipping 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 A2.5, 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:

• Studies and professions
• To ask and give information regarding the operation of an educational institution.
• To ask and give information regarding the environment and conditions of employment.
• To give simple instructions or to follow instructions from a workplace
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek:
  • Subject, predicate, object
  • Use of cases
  • The prepositions με, σε, για, από + accusative
  • Subordinate clauses
  • The Subjunctive
  • Verbs that follow ότι and να

Enrol Online Now