GREEK 4

GST2004

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students learn to talk and write in Greek about a wide range of aspects of modern Greek culture and society in an informed and coherent manner and to interpret short literary texts. Vocabulary and knowledge of grammar are systematically extended in the course of these readings and discussions.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Stephie Nikoloudis

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: GST2003 or subject coordinator's approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: GST2BE4 OR GST1BE4 OR GST3BE4

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Communicate in Greek 2

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Arvanitakis,K. & Arvanitakis,F.

Year: 2010

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: DELTOS

ISBN: N/A

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Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Oxford Greek-English learner's dictionary

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Stavropoulos, D.

Year: 1988

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: OUP

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

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URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Oxford English-Greek learner's dictionary

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Stavropoulos, D. and Hornby, A.

Year: 1982

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: OUP

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

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URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Ability to collaborate with a partner or in a group to perform oral dialogues and oral tests.
02. Ability to evaluate diverse perspectives in a argument of relevant social and/or cultural nature.
03. Ability to interact with Greeks with a degree of fluency and spontaneity in accordance with socio-cultural differences. Understanding of the Greek world and what shapes it.
04. Ability to perform critical analysis and synthesis, and to develop and evaluate arguments. Ability to use a bilingual and monolingual dictionary correctly.
05. Ability to understand texts that consist of high-frequency language; ability to understand contemporary factual and literary texts and to write concisely and critically on contemporary factual and literary topics.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Stephie Nikoloudis

Class requirements

Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
These are Practical Language classes.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One 800-word essay in Greek

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO2, SILO4

Regular assignments and class exercises (800-word equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO4, SILO5

Two oral-aural tests (800-word equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO3

Two written tests (1,600-word equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO2, SILO4, SILO5