COURSE
GREEK Lower Intermediate
Term
Michaelmas
Entry Level
CERF A1
Tutor
Kostas Skordyles
Course Content
Learning outcomes
Course book
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Revision of grammar
The imperative
The present perfect
The passive voice / present tense
Diminutives
Indefinite pronouns
Adjectives: Comparative / Superlative
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Opinions
Describing people
Making simple presentations
Letter writing
Debating
Role play
By the end of the term, students will have been introduced to
more sophisticated grammar and vocabulary and should be
able to produce a coherent text in Greek
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Communicate in Greek, 1 (chapters 19-24)
Communicate in Greek, 1 – Exercise book (chapters 19-24)
Listening: Άκου να δεις, 1
Material provided by the tutor
COURSE
GREEK Lower Intermediate
Term
Hilary
Tutor
Kostas Skordyles
Course Content
Learning outcomes
Course book
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Irregular verbs: past tense, subjunctive
More about the uses of the genitive
Talking about the past
Filling in forms
More adverbs
More interrogative pronouns/adjectives
Negative imperative
Stressed forms of personal pronouns
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Talking about people: family, friends etc.
More practice of aural/oral skills
Role play
Expressing simple arguments
By the end of the term, students should be able to use the
grammar and vocabulary covered so far, producing coherent
texts and arguments.
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Communicate in Greek, 2 (chapters 1-8)
Communicate in Greek, 2 – Exercise book (chapters 1-8)
Listening: Άκου να δεις, 1
Material provided by the tutor
COURSE
GREEK Lower Intermediate
Term
Trinity
Tutor
Kostas Skordyles
Course Content
Learning outcomes
Course book
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Revision of grammar
More adjectives
Deponent verbs
Reflexive verbs
Imperfect of regular/irregular verbs
Present and Past Perfect
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Extending vocabulary
Reading more advanced texts
Further practice of aural/oral skills
Role play
Translation
Reading comprehension tests
Presentations
By the end of the term, students will have been introduced to
more sophisticated grammar and vocabulary and should be
able to produce a coherent text in Greek
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Communicate in Greek, 2 (chapters 9-16)
Communicate in Greek, 2 – Exercise book (chapters 9-16)
Listening: Άκου να δεις, 2
More material provided by the tutor
By the end of the year, regularly participating students are expected to have
reached Common European Framework Level A2, i.e.:
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered
in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area
where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar, or
of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly
give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Students should also be able to sit the exam for the Certificate of Attainment in
Greek (Πιστοποιητικό Ελληνομάθειας), Level A2, acknowledged by the European
Council and awarded by the Greek State.