MEDMgr08 Modern Greek Seminar IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Petros Marazopoulos, PhD (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Petros Marazopoulos, PhD
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
MEDmgr07 Modern Greek Seminar III && ! REBcA12 Practical Language VI
MEDMgr07
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The course is taught in Modern Greek. Conversation is focused on current topics from Greek newspapers and magazines concerning Greek literature, history and culture on the whole. The main aim of the course is the improvement of independent oral and writing practice in Modern Greek language (CEFR B2).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able:
- to actively communicate in Modern Greek;
- to produce a text concerning discussed topics;
- to understand complet Modern Greek texts (with vocabulary), including journalistic and literary texts.
Syllabus
  • Topics: Arts and Culture in Greece, Greek Traditions, Political situation in Greece, European Union, internet and social networks.
  • Readings from Greek magazines, newspapers and literary works.
  • Conversation based on the readings.
  • Independent oral and writing practice in Modern Greek language.
Literature
  • GKARELĪ, Efī, Efī KAPOULA, Efī KONTOKŌSTA, Machī MONTOZOLĪ, Stela NESTORATOU, Euangelia PRITSĪ, Nikos POUMPĪS and Geōrgia SYKARA. Taxídi stīn Elláda : ellīniká ōs deuterī / xénī glōssa. G' ekdosī / anatheōrīmen. Athīna: Ekdoseis Grīgorī, 2016, 387 stran. ISBN 9789603338147. info
  • GEŌRGIADOU, Ifigeneia. Kaleidoskopio : seirá ekmáthīsīs tīs ellīnikīs ōs xénīs/deuterīs glōssas. 2ī ekdosī. London: Akakia, 2013, 206 stran. ISBN 9781908362674. info
  • VALSAMAKĪ-TZEKAKĪ, Fanī. Ta ellīniká eínai éna -- paichnídi. Thessalonikī: Aristoteleio Panepistīmio Thessalonikīs, Institouto Neoellīnikōn Spoudōn (Idryma Manolī Triantafyllidī), 2003, 218 s. ISBN 9602310960. info
  • Ta ellīniká eínai éna -- paichnídi. Edited by Fanī Valsamakī-Tzekakī. Thessalonikī: Aristoteleio Panepistīmio Thessalonikīs, Institouto Neoellīnikōn Spoudōn (Idryma Manolī Triantafyllidī), 2003, 267 s. ISBN 9602310952. info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of a seminar.
Assessment methods
Written test based on the texts explained and discussed during seminars (min. 70 %); oral examination.
Language of instruction
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je povinný pro studenty jednooborového studia nebo pro studenty dvouoborového studia zaměřené na novořečtinu.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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