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Elementary Modern Greek II
Spring '98
Syllabus
| Week | Grammar | Syntax | Communication | Elements of Culture |
| Week 1
12/14Jan |
adjectives:
comparative, superlative adverbs |
deictic clauses | offering help
expressing approval FOLK TRADITION TOPICS |
the coffee shop in the village
Greek music |
| Week 2
19/21Jan |
deponent verbs: present
indefinite pronouns deictic pronouns |
relative clauses
'there is' structures |
expressing preferences
recognizing people/things FOLK TRADITION TOPICS |
folk art stores
fairy tales |
| Week 3
26/28Jan |
imperative
present conditional |
let's ... structures | asking for info
giving info PUBLIC SERVICES |
at the post office
at the municipality office |
| Week 4
2/4Feb |
more adjectives
more adverbs vocabulary building with prefixes and suffixes |
defining means and manner | expressing obligation
consoling giving advice and directions PUBLIC SERVICES |
at the bank
Greek banks |
| Week 5
9/11Feb |
passive:present, imperfective (A) deponent verbs |
syntax of passive verbs
semi-aux. verbs |
asking for info (formal)
asking for clarification TRAVEL |
the train station
the sea the airport |
| Week 6
16/18Feb |
passive:present, imperfective (B)
how to form nouns |
relative clauses
time clauses |
TRAVEL | on board
travel agencies tourism |
| Week 7
23/25Feb |
REVIEW
MIDTERM |
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MIDTERM |
REVIEW
MIDTERM |
REVIEW
MIDTERM |
| Week 8
2/4Mar |
passive: past tense
how to form diminutives |
conditional sentences | expressing objection
expressing suggestions CULTURE |
Athens museums
cultural events |
| Week 9
9/11Mar |
Spring Break | Spring Break | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| Week 10
16/18Mar |
how to form verbs
present participle past participle |
concession clauses | expressing possibility
expressing impossibility CULTURE |
Constitution Square
Cultural Institutions |
| Week 11
23/25Mar |
passive: subjunctive
conjunctions |
purpose clauses
emphasis |
expressing purpose
explaining GREEK SOCIETY |
Social problems
in the neighborhood |
| Week 12
30Mar/1Apr |
definite pronouns
compound words |
as if clauses
'like ...God' structure |
interrupting
GREEK SOCIETY |
football
the News |
| Week 13
6/8Apr |
passive:future
present perfect |
'therefore' clauses
'without' clauses |
asking for repetition
keeping the conversation going GREECE-EUROPE |
peace demostrations |
| Week 14
13/15Apr |
passive: present perfect | conditional sentences (past)
'doubt' clauses |
expressing doubt
insisting GREECE-EUROPE |
Greece-Balkans-Europe |
| Week 15
20/22Apr |
REVIEW
FINAL |
REVIEW
FINAL |
REVIEW
FINAL |
REVIEW
FINAL |