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Fall 2021 Modern Greek AA: Elementary Modern Greek Harvard College/GSAS: 159840 Meeting Time: Μ., T., W., Th. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Meeting Place: Emerson 104 Canvas site: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/89772 Instructor: Dr. Calliope Dourou Office Hours: TBA Office Location: TBA E-mail: [email protected] Course Description: For students with no knowledge of Modern Greek. Basic oral expression, listening comprehension, grammar, reading, and writing. Language instruction is supplemented by reading of simple literary passages and other texts as well as by online instruction. Part one of a two- part series.
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Modern Greek AAModern Greek AA: Elementary Modern Greek
Harvard College/GSAS: 159840 Meeting Time: Μ., T., W., Th. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Meeting Place: Emerson 104 Canvas site: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/89772
Instructor: Dr. Calliope Dourou Office Hours: TBA Office Location: TBA E-mail: [email protected]
Course Description: For students with no knowledge of Modern Greek. Basic oral expression, listening comprehension, grammar, reading, and writing. Language instruction is supplemented by reading of simple literary passages and other texts as well as by online instruction. Part one of a two- part series.
Recommended texts: Holton, D., Mackridge, P., Philippaki-Warburton, I. Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language (Essential Grammars). Taylor & Francis, 2004.
Stavropoulos, D. N. Oxford English-Greek Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford, 2008.
Stavropoulos, D. N. Oxford Greek-English Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford, 2009.
Grading Attendance, homework, and participation: 20% Quizzes (x5): 25% Midterm exam: 15% Final Project: 20% Final Exam: 20%
Attendance and timeliness policy
Students are responsible for notifying the instructor of any absences, in advance when possible, otherwise as soon as possible after the absence.
Absences for certain reasons are always excusable; these include: •Religious observance (with advance notice) •Participation in intercollegiate athletic competition (with advance notice) • Interviews for jobs, graduate schools, fellowships, etc. (with advance notice) •Personal or family emergency • Illness or other incapacity.
Each unexcused absence will adversely affect the attendance/participation portion of your grade. Quizzes, homework, or other work not completed on time due to absence may be made up if the absence is excused. Make-ups must normally be taken on the first day that the student returns to class after the absence. If the absence is not excused, the student may submit the work for feedback, but will receive a grade of 0. Please do your best to arrive on time. Repeated lateness will adversely affect the attendance/participation portion of your grade.
Academic honesty policy: Students are encouraged to study together, but all written work submitted for a grade (including quizzes and exams) must be the sole, unaided work of each student. Collaboration on such work will be considered plagiarism and cases will be referred to the Administrative Board of Harvard College. If you are in doubt as to whether collaboration is permitted on any given assignment, please ask your instructor first.
Special accommodations: Any student requiring special accommodation should provide the instructor with a letter from the Accessible Education Office as soon as possible, so that we will have time to make the necessary arrangements. No accommodations can be made until the letter is received. All correspondence with the AEO will remain confidential.
Goals of the course: By the end of the semester you are expected to reach the novice level and be able to do the following in each one of the four language skills*:
LISTENING: I can understand simple questions, statements, and frequently used commands SPEAKING: I can communicate short messages on highly predictable, everyday topics READING: I can understand key words and cognates from highly predictable texts WRITING: I can write in lists and notes, primarily by using words and phrases
* These criteria are based on ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Schedule WEEK 1:
W 9/1: Introductions & The Greek Alphabet Th 9/2: Letter Combinations I - Greek for you A1 (Introduction)
WEEK 2:
M 9/6: NO CLASS — Labor Day T 9/7: Letter Combinations II – Greek for you A1 (Introduction) W 9/8: The definite article ο-η-το and the three genders of the nouns Th 9/9: The personal pronoun εγ, εσ, αυτς and the present tense of the verb εμαι
WEEK 3:
M 9/13: QUIZ 1 T 9/14: Plural of courtesy εσες, affirmation ναι, negation χι, δεν W 9/15: The possessive pronoun μου, σου/σας, the cardinal numbers 0-10 Th 9/16: Demonstrative Pronouns (αυτς, αυτ, αυτ)
Schedule WEEK 4:
M 9/20: Interrogative Pronouns (ποιος; ποια; ποιο;)
T 9/21: Possessive Pronouns (του, της, του) W 9/22: The indefinite article νας-μα/μια- να Th 9/23: The noun endings
WEEK 5:
M 9/27: QUIZ 2
T 9/28: The cardinal numbers 11-31 W 9/29: The accusative case Th 9/30: Verbs of conjugation A
WEEK 6:
M 10/4: The expression με λνε T 10/5: The accusative of the indefinite article να(ν)-μια/μα-να W 10/6: The preposition σε + definite article (acc.) Th 10/7: The accusative of the feminine nouns in -ος & the verb χω
Schedule WEEK 7:
M 10/11: NO CLASS — Indigenous Peoples’ Day T 10/12: MIDTERM
W 10/13: The cardinal numbers 30-100 & the ordinal numbers Th 10/14: The accusative of the personal pronoun αυτν/τον, αυτν/την, αυτ/το
WEEK 8:
M 10/18: Τhe demonstrative pronoun εκενος, εκενη, εκενο, the possessive pronoun (plural) μας, σας, τους T 10/19: The verbs πω, ακοω W 10/20: Τhe verbs εμαι, πω in the future tense Th 10/21: The verbs κνω, χω in the future tense
WEEK 9:
T 10/26: The indefinite pronoun κθε
W 10/27: The expression μου αρσει Th 10/28: Verbs of conjugation B-1st class
Schedule WEEK 10:
M 11/1: Adverbs of quantity and manner T 11/2: The indefinite pronouns λλος-λλη- λλο, καννας/κανες-καμα/καμι- καννα W 11/3: Adverbs of place Th 11/4: The third person verb υπρχει
WEEK 11:
M 11/8: QUIZ 4 T 11/9: Singular of adjectives ending in -ος- η-ο, -ος-α-ο, ς-ι- and adjective & noun agreement W 11/10: Plural of neuter nouns ending in -ο,-ι & plural of neuter adjectives ending in -ος-η-ο, -ος-α- ο, ς-ι- Th 11/11: Τhe cardinal numbers 100-1999 & Colors
WEEK 12:
M 11/15: The plural of the definite article, the masculine nouns in -ας, -ης, -ος & the feminine nouns in -α, -η, -ος T 11/16: Τhe expression μου αρσουν & the indefinite indeclinable pronouns κτι, τποτε/τποτα W 11/17: The interrogative pronoun πσος; πση; πσο; Th 11/18: The plural of the indefinite and interrogative pronouns λλος-η-ο, ποιος-α-ο & the three genders of the cardinal numbers 1, 3, 4
Schedule
M 11/22: QUIZ 5
T 11/23: LACTA FILM
W 11/24: NO CLASS — Thanksgiving Recess Th 11/25: NO CLASS — Thanksgiving Recess
WEEK 14:
M 11/29: Sentences that begin with γιατ & neuter nouns ending in -μα
T 11/30: The adjective πολς-πολλ-πολ
W 12/1: FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Th 12/2: REVIEW Final Exam Date: TBA
Communicative Aims Weeks 1-2:
I greet, I welcome I introduce I answer with a Yes or a No I say that something is mine or yours
Weeks 3-4:
When do we say good morning, good afternoon? I ask: This or that? I say my nationality I ask information about someone or something I ask and answer questions about the natural environment where we live I ask questions about an object
Weeks 5-6:
I ask how someone is I give answers I ask the name of a person or a thing I ask someone where he is from I ask where someone lives I say where I live Near or far away? Type of residence? In which floor? I ask if someone has something I ask where someone was born
Communicative Aims Weeks 7-8:
I ask about someone’s job or studies
I ask where someone is working I ask someone if s/he knows someone else I ask what someone is doing now I ask the price of something I ask what someone will do in the future I ask about the weather I make additions I ask what someone does every day
Weeks 9-10:
I say what I like and how much I like it I ask if someone likes something I ask what someone else likes I say what languages I speak I talk about my marital status I say my favorite person or thing I ask for something in a polite way I say where something is located I ask if there is something somewhere
Communicative Aims
Weeks 11-12:
I talk about a country I describe I talk about my origin and my citizenship I ask about the quantity I ask if somebody wants anything else I ask about the price of a product Transactions at the cashier
Week 13:
I ask why I give a reason why I say: There is… I specify the quantity that I want
Useful websites *This list is certainly not exhaustive; the list will expand over the semester according to students’ interests.
Get to know Greece: o Official tourism web site for Greece, run by the Greek National Tourism Organization: http://www.visitgreece.gr/el#&slider1=2 o Stavros Niarchos Foundation: https://www.snf.org/el/
Museums: https://heraklionmuseum.gr https://www.namuseum.gr National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens: https://www.emst.gr Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art: https://goulandris.gr Delphi Archaeological Museum: https://delphi.culture.gr Benaki Museum: https://www.benaki.org/index.php?lang=el Museum of Cycladic Art: https://cycladic.gr
Theatre: National Theatre of Greece: https://www.n-t.gr/el/ National Theatre of Northern Greece: https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=el- GR
Literature: http://www.greek- language.gr/digitalResources/literature/tools/concordance/index.html
Harvard College/GSAS: 159840 Meeting Time: Μ., T., W., Th. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Meeting Place: Emerson 104 Canvas site: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/89772
Instructor: Dr. Calliope Dourou Office Hours: TBA Office Location: TBA E-mail: [email protected]
Course Description: For students with no knowledge of Modern Greek. Basic oral expression, listening comprehension, grammar, reading, and writing. Language instruction is supplemented by reading of simple literary passages and other texts as well as by online instruction. Part one of a two- part series.
Recommended texts: Holton, D., Mackridge, P., Philippaki-Warburton, I. Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language (Essential Grammars). Taylor & Francis, 2004.
Stavropoulos, D. N. Oxford English-Greek Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford, 2008.
Stavropoulos, D. N. Oxford Greek-English Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford, 2009.
Grading Attendance, homework, and participation: 20% Quizzes (x5): 25% Midterm exam: 15% Final Project: 20% Final Exam: 20%
Attendance and timeliness policy
Students are responsible for notifying the instructor of any absences, in advance when possible, otherwise as soon as possible after the absence.
Absences for certain reasons are always excusable; these include: •Religious observance (with advance notice) •Participation in intercollegiate athletic competition (with advance notice) • Interviews for jobs, graduate schools, fellowships, etc. (with advance notice) •Personal or family emergency • Illness or other incapacity.
Each unexcused absence will adversely affect the attendance/participation portion of your grade. Quizzes, homework, or other work not completed on time due to absence may be made up if the absence is excused. Make-ups must normally be taken on the first day that the student returns to class after the absence. If the absence is not excused, the student may submit the work for feedback, but will receive a grade of 0. Please do your best to arrive on time. Repeated lateness will adversely affect the attendance/participation portion of your grade.
Academic honesty policy: Students are encouraged to study together, but all written work submitted for a grade (including quizzes and exams) must be the sole, unaided work of each student. Collaboration on such work will be considered plagiarism and cases will be referred to the Administrative Board of Harvard College. If you are in doubt as to whether collaboration is permitted on any given assignment, please ask your instructor first.
Special accommodations: Any student requiring special accommodation should provide the instructor with a letter from the Accessible Education Office as soon as possible, so that we will have time to make the necessary arrangements. No accommodations can be made until the letter is received. All correspondence with the AEO will remain confidential.
Goals of the course: By the end of the semester you are expected to reach the novice level and be able to do the following in each one of the four language skills*:
LISTENING: I can understand simple questions, statements, and frequently used commands SPEAKING: I can communicate short messages on highly predictable, everyday topics READING: I can understand key words and cognates from highly predictable texts WRITING: I can write in lists and notes, primarily by using words and phrases
* These criteria are based on ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Schedule WEEK 1:
W 9/1: Introductions & The Greek Alphabet Th 9/2: Letter Combinations I - Greek for you A1 (Introduction)
WEEK 2:
M 9/6: NO CLASS — Labor Day T 9/7: Letter Combinations II – Greek for you A1 (Introduction) W 9/8: The definite article ο-η-το and the three genders of the nouns Th 9/9: The personal pronoun εγ, εσ, αυτς and the present tense of the verb εμαι
WEEK 3:
M 9/13: QUIZ 1 T 9/14: Plural of courtesy εσες, affirmation ναι, negation χι, δεν W 9/15: The possessive pronoun μου, σου/σας, the cardinal numbers 0-10 Th 9/16: Demonstrative Pronouns (αυτς, αυτ, αυτ)
Schedule WEEK 4:
M 9/20: Interrogative Pronouns (ποιος; ποια; ποιο;)
T 9/21: Possessive Pronouns (του, της, του) W 9/22: The indefinite article νας-μα/μια- να Th 9/23: The noun endings
WEEK 5:
M 9/27: QUIZ 2
T 9/28: The cardinal numbers 11-31 W 9/29: The accusative case Th 9/30: Verbs of conjugation A
WEEK 6:
M 10/4: The expression με λνε T 10/5: The accusative of the indefinite article να(ν)-μια/μα-να W 10/6: The preposition σε + definite article (acc.) Th 10/7: The accusative of the feminine nouns in -ος & the verb χω
Schedule WEEK 7:
M 10/11: NO CLASS — Indigenous Peoples’ Day T 10/12: MIDTERM
W 10/13: The cardinal numbers 30-100 & the ordinal numbers Th 10/14: The accusative of the personal pronoun αυτν/τον, αυτν/την, αυτ/το
WEEK 8:
M 10/18: Τhe demonstrative pronoun εκενος, εκενη, εκενο, the possessive pronoun (plural) μας, σας, τους T 10/19: The verbs πω, ακοω W 10/20: Τhe verbs εμαι, πω in the future tense Th 10/21: The verbs κνω, χω in the future tense
WEEK 9:
T 10/26: The indefinite pronoun κθε
W 10/27: The expression μου αρσει Th 10/28: Verbs of conjugation B-1st class
Schedule WEEK 10:
M 11/1: Adverbs of quantity and manner T 11/2: The indefinite pronouns λλος-λλη- λλο, καννας/κανες-καμα/καμι- καννα W 11/3: Adverbs of place Th 11/4: The third person verb υπρχει
WEEK 11:
M 11/8: QUIZ 4 T 11/9: Singular of adjectives ending in -ος- η-ο, -ος-α-ο, ς-ι- and adjective & noun agreement W 11/10: Plural of neuter nouns ending in -ο,-ι & plural of neuter adjectives ending in -ος-η-ο, -ος-α- ο, ς-ι- Th 11/11: Τhe cardinal numbers 100-1999 & Colors
WEEK 12:
M 11/15: The plural of the definite article, the masculine nouns in -ας, -ης, -ος & the feminine nouns in -α, -η, -ος T 11/16: Τhe expression μου αρσουν & the indefinite indeclinable pronouns κτι, τποτε/τποτα W 11/17: The interrogative pronoun πσος; πση; πσο; Th 11/18: The plural of the indefinite and interrogative pronouns λλος-η-ο, ποιος-α-ο & the three genders of the cardinal numbers 1, 3, 4
Schedule
M 11/22: QUIZ 5
T 11/23: LACTA FILM
W 11/24: NO CLASS — Thanksgiving Recess Th 11/25: NO CLASS — Thanksgiving Recess
WEEK 14:
M 11/29: Sentences that begin with γιατ & neuter nouns ending in -μα
T 11/30: The adjective πολς-πολλ-πολ
W 12/1: FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Th 12/2: REVIEW Final Exam Date: TBA
Communicative Aims Weeks 1-2:
I greet, I welcome I introduce I answer with a Yes or a No I say that something is mine or yours
Weeks 3-4:
When do we say good morning, good afternoon? I ask: This or that? I say my nationality I ask information about someone or something I ask and answer questions about the natural environment where we live I ask questions about an object
Weeks 5-6:
I ask how someone is I give answers I ask the name of a person or a thing I ask someone where he is from I ask where someone lives I say where I live Near or far away? Type of residence? In which floor? I ask if someone has something I ask where someone was born
Communicative Aims Weeks 7-8:
I ask about someone’s job or studies
I ask where someone is working I ask someone if s/he knows someone else I ask what someone is doing now I ask the price of something I ask what someone will do in the future I ask about the weather I make additions I ask what someone does every day
Weeks 9-10:
I say what I like and how much I like it I ask if someone likes something I ask what someone else likes I say what languages I speak I talk about my marital status I say my favorite person or thing I ask for something in a polite way I say where something is located I ask if there is something somewhere
Communicative Aims
Weeks 11-12:
I talk about a country I describe I talk about my origin and my citizenship I ask about the quantity I ask if somebody wants anything else I ask about the price of a product Transactions at the cashier
Week 13:
I ask why I give a reason why I say: There is… I specify the quantity that I want
Useful websites *This list is certainly not exhaustive; the list will expand over the semester according to students’ interests.
Get to know Greece: o Official tourism web site for Greece, run by the Greek National Tourism Organization: http://www.visitgreece.gr/el#&slider1=2 o Stavros Niarchos Foundation: https://www.snf.org/el/
Museums: https://heraklionmuseum.gr https://www.namuseum.gr National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens: https://www.emst.gr Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art: https://goulandris.gr Delphi Archaeological Museum: https://delphi.culture.gr Benaki Museum: https://www.benaki.org/index.php?lang=el Museum of Cycladic Art: https://cycladic.gr
Theatre: National Theatre of Greece: https://www.n-t.gr/el/ National Theatre of Northern Greece: https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=el- GR
Literature: http://www.greek- language.gr/digitalResources/literature/tools/concordance/index.html
