| Unit name | Greek Language Level A2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CLAS20007 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Knippschild |
| 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 in 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 some 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. During the year students should progress to an intermediate level of proficiency (equivalent to about ‘AS’ level).
Aims:
Students will be introduced to the basic knowledge of Greek and the terms and procedures of grammatical analysis.
Together with Greek Language Level A1, students will have acquired a total vocabulary of about 500 Greek words (250 in each teaching block). They will have developed skills in the process of translating straightforward Greek into good English (by the end of A2 students should have read at least 250 lines of Greek, of which at least 150 lines should be un-adapted). They will be able to relate this new knowledge of Greek to their developing skills in the analysis of literary or historical texts.
Seminars and reading classes, grammatical instruction classes.
One 45 min class test (33%)and one 90 min exam (66%)
Set Text:
Introduction to Attic Greek, Donald J. Mastronarde, University of California Press (Berkeley 2013).
Teaching Block 2: Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Liddell and Scott, Oxford University Press
