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Syllabus
Module aim
• The objective of the course is the practical study of Modern Greek as a foreign language.
Students develop their language skills (writing, reading and speaking) at an advanced level B2+/
C1. They learn basic vocabulary and become acquainted with the grammar of Modern Greek as
well as with the cultural and pragmatic context.
• At the end of the course and after its successful completion students should be in a position
to understand and to express themselves in oral and written language with accuracy and to use
the language in a wide variety of communicative situations.
• They should also be in a position to draw specifi c information and views presented in the
context of conversations between several native speakers on a wide variety of topics; to express
personal views and to participate effi ciently in a longer conversation.
• Besides understanding specifi c information, students should furthermore recognise the style
and the aiming of text passages taken either from newspapers, magazines, regulations and
offi cial letters and reports, or from the literature, which refl ect the basic characteristics of the
culture, the interpersonal relations and the social issues in Modern/Contemporary Greece.
Information
Year: 2020/2021
Semester: Summer
Hours: 60
Language: Greek, English
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Topic: Modern Greek Language B2+: General Course
Module: 09-PNJNOW-66
Prerequisites
Language: Greek – Communication in English, German, Polish possible
Term: Summer Semester 2021 (01/03/21-23/06/21)
2. Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
• Upper intermediate level (B1/B2) of knowledge of the Modern Greek Language.
• Equivalent competence in oral and written communication.
• Any further knowledge in Ancient, Medieval or Modern Greek Language/History/Culture could
be beneficial.
Lecturer
Nikolaos Giallelis, MA
Academic title: lecturer
Email: nikgiall@o365.amu.edu.pl
Reading list
Πλουτίζω τα ελληνικά μου, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki 1982Β. Ζούκα - Ν. Γουντικιάν – Μ. Κουφάκη, Νέα Ελληνικά για ξένους, Athens 2007
D. Holton - P. Mackridge - I. Philippaki-Warburton, Greek, A Comprehensive Grammar of the
Modern Greek Language, London and New York, 2008
