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Modern Language II (Modern Greek)

Code: 106907 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

To have studied Modern Greek I or having similar background knowledge.

 

Objectives and Contextualisation

- to ensure basic grammar while extending vocabulary and other grammatical forms.
										
											
										
											- to read fluently and understand texts of medium-low difficulty (news, descriptions, recipes, songs ...)
										
											
										
											- to interact fluently in simple everyday communicative situations.
 

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. SMU42 (Skill) Identify primary and secondary ideas to express them with linguistic accuracy.
  14. SMU43 (Skill) Be able to hold a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor .
  15. SMU44 (Skill) Communicate effectively in the studied language in oral and written form, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
  16. SMU45 (Skill) Make oral presentations and debates using appropriate vocabulary and academic style.
  17. SMU46 (Skill) Prepare an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language in an effective and organized manner.

Content

- Nominal and adjectival advanced morphosyntax.
										
											
										
											- Verbal morphosyntax: aorist and perfet. Usual irregular verbs.
										
											
										
											- Consolidation of the acquired lexicon and extension of new lexical and semantic fields.
										
											
										
											- Language, culture and society: differences between Καθαρεύουσα (pure language) and Δημοτική (popular language). The basis of modern Greek culture: classical heritage, Byzantine world and Turkish domination.

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Grammar 40 1.6
Type: Supervised      
Audiovisuals 20 0.8
Oral expression 47 1.88
Type: Autonomous      
Writting and reading 40 1.6

The methodology provides, as a basic tool for the learning of vocabulary and the implementation of grammar, the gradual introduction of Greek as a vehicular language in the classroom.

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
Final exam 40% 1.5 0.06 CM32, CM38, CMU32, SM42, SM43
Oral exposition 20% 0.5 0.02 SM43, SM49, SMU42, SMU43, SMU44, SMU45, SMU46
Regular participation 10% 0 0 SM43, SM49, SM50, SM51, SMU42, SMU43, SMU44
Writing compositions 30% 1 0.04 CMU32, SM42, SM43, SM44, SM45, SM46, SM48

There will be four evaluation records:
										
											
										
											- Regular delivery forms (30%)
										
											
										
											- Written evidence at the end of the course (40%)
										
											
										
											- Oral presentation during the course (20%)
										
											
										
											- Regular participation (10%)

This subject does not incorporate single assessment.


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.

 

Bibliography

teacher's materials.


Software

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Language list

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