Unit name | Greek Language Level A1 |
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Unit code | CLAS30006 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Lyndsay Coo |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The two units at this level (Greek A1 and Greek A2) are designed for those who have little or no previous knowledge of ancient Greek, and aim to teach students the techniques of reading straightforward original Greek texts with the aid of a dictionary and reference grammar. Students unused to the workings of an inflected language and the grammatical terms used to analyze it will be given special help. Where appropriate, the contexts of original Greek passages will also be studied in order to help students place the Greek language in its ancient cultural and literary settings.
Aim:
Students will be introduced to the basic knowledge of Greek and the terms and procedures of grammatical analysis.
By the end of this unit, students will
1. Be able to translate approximately 250 Greek vocabulary items into English;
2. Be able to analyze basic elements of Greek morphology and syntax;
3. Be able to translate very simple Greek to English
Seminars and reading classes, grammatical instruction classes.
1 x 45-minute class test (25%) and 1 x 2-hour exam (75%) [both assessing all intended learning outcomes]
J. Morwood, Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek (Oxford University Press)
J. Taylor, Greek to GCSE: Parts 1 and 2 (Bloomsbury)