Course Details

1. Apply the taught material to various communicative activities such as role-play, pair work, etc., based on real life situations.
2. Produce grammatically and syntactically correct sentences and paragraphs.
3. Write simple texts.
4. Use their skimming and scanning reading skills to get the basic and the deeper meaning of a passage or to look for specific information.

Grammar: Introduction, extension and use of major grammatical and syntactical structures of Modern Greek: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, numerals, cases.

Vocabulary development: Word formation, words in context, antonyms and synonyms.

Reading skills: How to understand the main ideas, infer meaning and look for specific information.

Writing skills: Preparation for writing simple texts.

Speaking skills: Use greetings and be able to give basic information about themselves in order to communicate.

• Chatzipanagiotidi A. & Tloupa S. 1994. Modern Greek I. Athens: Papazisi.

• Chatzipanagiotidi A. & Tloupa S. 1994. Modern Greek II. Athens: Papazisi
• Teaching staff of School for Modern Greek Language of A.U.Th. 2004. Modern Greek for foreighners. Thessaloniki: Institute of Modern Greek Studies.
• Triandaphyllidis M. 2004. Concise Modern Greek grammar. Thessaloniki: Institute of Modern Greek Studies
• Mackridge P. 1985. The Modern Greek Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.