Indicative examples of assessment tasks are available on the unit's iLearn.

Late Assessment Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline.

CLASSES

For current updates and seminar times please consult the MQ Timetables website: https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2021/.

Both of the weekly seminars will be recorded. Weekly recordings will be uploaded within 48 hours and could be accessed in Echo360.

REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS

Required and recommended texts

• K. & F. Arvanitakis, Epikinoniste Ellinika 1 (Communicate in Greek 1), New Edition, Deltos Publications, Athens 2002 (Course textbook available online or at the Bilingual Bookshop, Address: 180 Unwins Bridge Rd, St Peters NSW 2044)
• K. & F. Arvanitakis, Exercise Book 1a, New Edition, Deltos Publications, Athens 2002 (available online or at the Bilingual Bookshop, Address: 180 Unwins Bridge Rd, St Peters NSW 2044)

Other texts recommended are:

• CONCISE MODERN GREEK GRAMMAR, by Manolis Triantaphyllidis, tran. by J. B. Burke, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 1997.
• GREEK: A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE, by David Holton, Peter Mackridge and Irene Philippaki-Warburton. Routledge, London, 1999.

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

All unit information, weekly recordings, homework, assessment tasks, additional vocabulary, grammar exercises, texts, materials and potential changes to the due dates or classes will be regularly announced and updated on the unit’s iLearn.  It is essential to familiarise yourself with access to iLearn as you will on a weekly basis find the homework and the tasks. It is recommended that you visit the page at least twice a week. 

Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

Is my unit in iLearn?: https://unitguides.mq.edu.au/ilearn_unit_status/ to check when your online unit will become available.

Technology

Students are required to have access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.

Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.

Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.

• For central technical support go to:  http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/

For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to:  https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/tools-and-resources/ilearn/ilearn-quick-guides-for-students

In both weekly Seminars students will be introduced to new grammar patterns and vocabulary of Modern Greek language and practice their speaking, listening, reading and writing and will be engaged in Modern Greek texts with everyday topics and aspects of Greek culture.

Week 1: Asking for and giving information about the existence or not of something/ someone in an area – Indefinite article/ pronoun – Adverbs of place – Ordering in a café

Week 2: Asking for and giving information about prices and quantity – plural of nouns and adjectives – Fruits, cheeses, meats in Greek

Week 3:  Expressing information when buying – Expressing likes and dislikes – Adjectives of nationality – Clothe sand shoes in Greek

Week 4: Endings of Greek verbs Type A in Simple Future tense (e.g., κάνω) – Talking about future actions - Exchanging information about travelling – Means of transportation

Week 5: Endings of Greek irregular verbs and verbs Type B1 (e.g., μιλάω) in Simple Future tense – Ordering in a taverna

Week 6: Ordinals – Accomodation  - Names of various levels in a building

Week 7: Expressing necessity, request, possibility, desire, planning – Introduction to Simple Subjunctive mood in Greek

Week 8: Simple Subjunctive mood in Greek verb Types A1, B1, B2, Γ1, Γ2 – Greek words and phrases in phone calls

Week 9: Endings of Greek irregular verbs and verbs Type A in Simple Past tense (e.g., κάνω) – Talking about past actions – Weak forms of personla pronouns

Week 10: Talking about the weather – Exchanging information about duration – Use of accusative in time expressions

Week 11: Comparing people and objects – Describing people

Week 12: Revison  - Oral test

Week 13: Revision – Final test

This unit provides advanced learners with the opportunity to work towards language skills at level A2, the second level on the six-level scale of competence laid down in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Through engagement with the Greek language in a range of contexts, the unit invites you to develop the ability 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.