ISSUES IN TEACHING GREEK

GST3ITG

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students' linguistic abilities in educational areas are strengthened and they are familiarized with Greek language and related educational issues in both Greece and Australia. Students consolidate and develop further their basic language skills, linguistic and cultural understanding. Topics include the study of register, practical language aspects, interviews and report writing and discussion of cultural issues as they are presented in current materials such as newspapers, magazines, video and radio recordings and educational literature.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: James Walker

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: GST2004, GST4008 or equivalent/coordinator's approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: GST2ITG

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

Didaktikes Proseggiseis sta Philologika Mathimata

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Vlahogiannis, Amalia

Year: 2006

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Typothito-G. Dardanos

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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

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 - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Ability to communicate in written Greek at the threshold of language professionalism; ability to discriminate in writing between varieties of discourse and communicative situations; ability to report on educational issues/ practices and summarise.

02. Ability to express their opinion or present an argument on educational issues using specific vocabulary/ terms pertaining to education.

03. Ability to participate in group discussions, work with a partner or as part of a team to perform oral, written tasks and debates.

04. Ability to synthesise and perform critical analysis of a wide variety of audio, video and printed literary materials and to develop and evaluate arguments.

05. Ability to understand literary texts and film adaptations to appreciate distinctions of style as well as view points. Ability to use primary and secondary sources to support their own opinion/ interpretation/ argument.

06. Ability to use Greek flexibly and effectively to negotiate socio-cultural differences.

07. Critical engagement with the Greek world and what shapes it.

08. Demonstrated ability to apply creative thinking processes to complex or ill-structured problems, making meaningful new connections between apparently challenging, contradictory or unlikely elements.

Subject not currently offered - Subject options not available.