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Modern Language I (Modern Greek)

Code: 106897 ECTS Credits: 6
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
1500086 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 4
2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning OT 4
2504611 Archaeology OT 3
2504611 Archaeology OT 4

Contact

Name:
Joan Pages Cebrian
Email:
joan.pages.cebrian@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

None.


Objectives and Contextualisation

- to introduce the students in the Greek modern language and his culture
										
											
										
											- to give students the basic knowledge of morphology and lexicon 
										
											
										
											- to achieve fluid interaction in basic communicative situations
										
											
										
											- to approach students to modern Greek culture (literature, music, gastronomy, landscapes, idiosyncrasies ...)
										
											
										
											- to enjoy the learning of the oldest living language in Europe
 

Learning Outcomes

  1. CM32 (Competence) Present research in formats suited to personal demands and styles, both individually and in small groups.
  2. CM38 (Competence) Plan work autonomously and effectively in order to achieve the objectives set in the presentation of the results of fieldwork in anthropology.
  3. CMU32 (Competence) Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
  4. SM42 (Skill) Identify the main and secondary ideas in order to express them in a linguistically correct manner.
  5. SM43 (Skill) Maintain a conversation that is suited to the level of the person being addressed.
  6. SM44 (Skill) Express oneself orally and in writing in the studied language, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
  7. SM45 (Skill) Deliver oral presentations and discussions using the appropriate vocabulary and academic style.
  8. SM46 (Skill) Prepare correct, properly organised discourse, both orally and in writing, in the corresponding language.
  9. SM48 (Skill) Identify the main and secondary ideas in order to express them with linguistic accuracy.
  10. SM49 (Skill) Hold a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor.
  11. SM50 (Skill) Express oneself in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  12. SM51 (Skill) Make presentations and oral debates using an appropriate vocabulary and academic style.
  13. SM52 (Skill) Produce organised and correct discourse, orally and in writing, in the corresponding language.
  14. SMU42 (Skill) Identify primary and secondary ideas to express them with linguistic accuracy.
  15. SMU43 (Skill) Be able to hold a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor .
  16. SMU44 (Skill) Communicate effectively in the studied language in oral and written form, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
  17. SMU45 (Skill) Make oral presentations and debates using appropriate vocabulary and academic style.
  18. SMU46 (Skill) Prepare an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language in an effective and organized manner.

Content

- The Greek alphabet. Pronunciation of the letters. Diftongs and consonantal groups.
										
											
										
											- Basic nominal morphosyntax. Declensions (the cases). Gender and name. The article.
										
											
										
											- The adjective. The adverb
										
											
										
											- Basic verbal Morphosyntax. Present active and passive. Future and subjunctive.
										
											
										
											- Basic vocabulary
										
											
										
											- Culture: brief recent history of Greece; literature and music; landscape and gastronomy

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Introduction into basic grammar 46.75 1.87
Type: Supervised      
Audiovisuals 29 1.16
Oral expression 20 0.8
Vocabulary 20 0.8
Writting and reading 30 1.2

This course aims to be an introduction to the learning of the modern Greek language, based on the acquisition of basic grammar and basic vocabulary, in order to provide students with the necessary tools to achieve basic vocabulary and sufficient grammatical knowledge 
The oral aspect will be important.
 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Partial Exam 1 30% 1.5 0.06 CM32, CM38, CMU32, SM43, SM44, SM45, SM46, SM48
Partial Exam 2 35% 1.5 0.06 SM42, SM43, SM44
Participation at class 15% 1 0.04 SM45, SM46, SM48, SM49, SM50, SM51, SM52, SMU42, SMU43, SMU44, SMU45, SMU46
oral test 20% 0.25 0.01 SMU43, SMU44, SMU45, SMU46

There will be two partial exams. The first one at the end of October with half of the subject of the course. The second at the beginning of January with the second half of the subject. 
The second test will also have the revaluation value of the first one. The first exam will have a value of 30%, the second one of 35%. There will also be an oral test of 20%, and 15% of regular activities and participation.

In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.

This subject does not incorporate single assessment.


Bibliography

Arvanitakis (2002) Epikinoniste Elliniká I. Thessaloniki.

Makridis-Olalla (2005) El Nuevo Diccionario Griego-Español.

Atenas Iordanídou (1992). Ta rímata tis Neas Ellinikís.


Software

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Language list

Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.