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Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 30 tri-weekly lectures and 20 bi-weekly PGTA-led seminars.
Content: An introduction to the ancient Greek language, following on from Greek for Beginners A, and including the study of grammar, principles of sentence construction and the reading of selected texts. The module aims to provide students with a knowledge of Classical Greek language and principles of sentence construction sufficient to translate simple passages of Greek prose into English and simple English sentences into Greek. Two classes per week will be split into small groups, each group taught by a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant.
Skills: Students should be trained in translating Greek texts into English and English sentences into Greek, learning vocabulary and studying Greek grammar and syntax. By the end of the module students are expected to have reached a level approximately equivalent to the end of chapter 11 of Beginners Greek.
Module text: Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises (2nd Edition: Cambridge/JACT 2007), Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary (2nd Edition: Cambridge/JACT 2007)
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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