Greek - Intermediate level

LGREC1100.
The course is open to everyone (UCL students, UCL staff, students not otherwise registered at UCL).

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

The course is structured around various themes (e.g. shopping, telephone, work).

Code: proficiency in the basic vocabulary and structures (1,000 basic words).

• Vocabulary: consolidation and extension.
• Oral expression: emphasis on communication rather than correctness; however, particular attention is paid to phonetic correctness;

Culture: at all levels, awareness of the Greek culture.

Reading comprehension:

• description of  events,
• expression of feelings and wishes,
• articles and reports on contemporary issues.

Listening comprehension - individually:

• conferences and discourses,
• TV shows on actualities and information;

Listening comprehension - interactively:

• conversation on some common subject.

Oral expression - individually:

• ability to express clearly one's centers of interest, to develop one's viewpoint;

Oral expression -  interactively:

• ability to communicate easily and spontaneously,
• to take an active part in conversations in familiar situations,
• to present and defend one's views.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Several marks are taken into account for the final mark:

1. continuous evaluation,
2. written examination,
3. oral examination.

Learning takes place in context, based on documents adapted for teaching and/or true documents (reading and listening comprehension).

Vocabulary and basic structures are exercised in, consolidated, and widened by means of written and oral exercises (drill exercises, role playing games, interviews, conversations in small groups of 2 or 4 students).

CEFR levels:

• B1: oral expression, listening and reading comprehension
• A2/B1: written expression.

Content:

• exercises on vocabulary and grammar
• listening and reading exercises
• oral exercises (individual and interactive)
• written exercises
• texts and activities on general topics.

Course material:

• Textbook from KLIK STA ELLINIKA, Epipedo A2, KENTRO ELLINIKIS GLOSSAS, Thessaloniki 2014
• Audio- and videocassettes
• Other teaching material.

• Workload: classroom training hours: 84
  Autonomous training: 130 hours.
• Educational environment: groups up to 25 students.
• The teacher can be joined in his office at appointed times, or by e-mail.