Classical Greek 2: module 2
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
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Course Code: RG379
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Duration: 11 sessions (over 11 weeks)
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What is the course about?
This course continues from the Classical Greek 2: Module 1, aiming to improve your fluency in reading and translating Classical Greek, and helping you to gain a greater knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. We will be using Reading Greek, a textbook designed for adult learners based on original Greek sources.
This is a live online course. You will need:
- Internet connection. The classes work best with Chrome.
- A computer with microphone and camera is best (e.g. a PC/laptop/iMac/MacBook), or a tablet/iPad/smart phone/iPhone if you don't have a computer.
- Earphones/headphones/speakers.
We will contact you with joining instructions before your course starts.
What will we cover?
We shall be using the textbook Reading Greek (JACT/CUP 2007). Reading of adapted passages included in the Text and Vocabulary volume will be combined with grammar instruction and exercises on grammatical points. We will continue from around Section 5CD.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
have some understanding of:
- Imperfect Indicative Active and Middle
- Augments
- Positioning of Adjectives
- Future Indicative, Active and Middle
- Future of ‘to be’ and ‘to go’
- Indefinite and Interrgogative words
- Type 3d nouns like t¿¿¿¿¿¿ ‘trireme’
- Nouns like p¿t¿¿
- First Aorist Indicative, Active and Middle
- Aspect
- Type 3h nouns.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
You should have completed Classical Greek 2 Module 1 or have an equivalent knowledge. As the course is taught in English, please read the outline carefully to decide if you may benefit from support with your English skills to help you take part fully in this class.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
The course consists of translation, grammar instructions and grammar exercises with a high level of student interaction (individual, pair and group work). Students are expected to do the homework regularly and participate in oral classroom activities. Homework will require approx. 1-2 hours per week.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Please come provided with writing material, and a copy of the following books:
Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises (ISBN 978 0 521 698528);
Reading Greek: Text & Vocabulary’ (ISBN 978 0 521 698511);
Reading Greek: An Independent Study Guide (ISBN 978 0 521 698504);
Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary (ISBN 978 0 19 860512 6).
Basics of Greek Accents (ISBN 978-0310555643).
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Greek 2: module 3.
I graduated in Classics and trained as a Language and Classics teacher at Pembroke College Oxford and at Exeter University. I have forty years' experience as an English Language teacher and Programme Manager in Further Education. Since 2000 I have worked as a Tour Guide for English Language students at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. At the British Museum I also offer workshops for children on Ancient Greek and Egyptian Life, and I have taught on the Museum's Iraq Emergency Programme training Iraqi Archaeologists. I have taught Classics in Primary and Secondary schools and privately since 1983, and I have been a Tutor in Classics at City Lit since 2012. At City Lit I teach Latin and Greek classes both at Keeley Street and as part of the City Lit's partnership with the British Museum. I am currently leading a project to record an audio facility for the Cambridge University Press 2016 edition of Reading Latin - the course-book used in most City Lit Latin courses. I try to include speaking and listening work in my classes, thus following the students' stated preference for hearing how we think Latin and Greek were spoken in Classical times.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
