This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture. This elementary level will introduce the Greek alphabet, greetings and introductions, and how to describe various daily activities. No prior knowledge of Greek is required.

Target group: students aged 10-18,who begin to learn Greek at a later stage.

1. A1 level courses preparing students to be able to:

• understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
• introduce themselves and others and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have.
• interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

BEGINNERS' LEVEL A1.1

Provided only online – Tuesdays 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Commences: 16 July 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 (plus cost of coursebooks $150 if applicable)

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

No prior knowledge of Greek is required.

Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Recognise and write the letters of the Greek alphabet
• Read and write simple sentences in Greek
• Exchange greetings in Greek
• Introduce themselves and others
• Identify and use numbers and concepts of time
• Ask and respond to questions about personal details such as name, nationality, family, hobbies and interests
• Express likes and dislikes
• Use language appropriate for certain social occasions
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • The verbs 'to be' and 'to have'
  • Definite and Indefinite articles
  • Nouns (declension)
  • Pronouns (personal, interrogative and possessive)
  • Verbs (First conjugation – Present tense)

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BEGINNERS' LEVEL A1.2

Provided only online – Fridays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commences: 19 July 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 (plus cost of coursebooks $150 if applicable)

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

If you have not attended Beginners’ Level A1.1, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level.

Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Recognise and write the letters of the Greek alphabet
• Read and write simple sentences in Greek
• Exchange greetings in Greek
• Introduce themselves and others
• Identify and use numbers and concepts of time
• Ask and respond to questions about personal details such as name, nationality, family, hobbies and interests
• Express likes and dislikes
• Use language appropriate for certain social occasions
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • The verbs 'to be' and 'to have'
  • Definite and Indefinite articles
  • Nouns (declension)
  • Pronouns (personal, interrogative and possessive)
  • Verbs (First conjugation – Present tense)

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BEGINNERS’ LEVEL Α1.3

Provided only online – Wednesdays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commences: 17 July 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 plus cost of coursebooks if required

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description                                                                                                                                                             

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

If you have not attended Beginners’ Level A1.1 and A1.2, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Ask what someone is doing now/ does every day
• Talk about the weather
• Ask about the price of something
• Make additions
• Ask and answer questions about one’s job or studies
• Ask and answer questions about one’s workplace
• Ask and answer questions about one’s present or future activities
• Express likes and dislikes
• Describe one’s personal profile and preferences
• Talk about where something is - location
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • Verbs in Present and in Future tense
  • The indefinite pronoun “κάθε”
  • The phrase “μου αρέσει”
  • Verbs of conjugation B’
  • The accusative of the personal pronoun (αυτόν/τον, αυτήν/την,αυτό/το)
  • The demonstrative pronoun (εκείνος, εκείνη, εκείνο)
  • The possessive pronoun - plural (μας, σας, τους)
  • The indefinite pronouns (κάθε, άλλος-η-ο, κανείς-καμία-κανένα)
  • The adverbs of place (μέσα, έξω, μπροστά, πίσω, επάνω κλπ.)
  • The third person verb υπάρχει
  • Plural of adjectives
  • Adjective and noun agreement

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BEGINNERS’ LEVEL Α1.8

Provided only online – Wednesday 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commences: 17 July 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 (plus cost of coursebooks $150 if required)

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description                                                                                                                                                             

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

If you have not attended Beginners’ Level 6, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Give orders or instructions 
• Describe a health problem
• Carry out a transaction at the post office, at the bank
• Say the problem that you have
• Ask and give permission
• Ask information about working conditions
• Understand classified ads
• Ask information in order to rent a house
• State a condition for an action that follows
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek
  • Imperative B of conjugation A’ & B’ verbs
  • Imperative B of the irregular verbs
  • The expression “με πονάει”
  • The negative particle “μη(ν)”
  • Sentences that begin with “αν”
  • Nouns of foreign origin

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2. A2 level courses preparing students to be able to:

• understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
• communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
• describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

BEGINNERS’ LEVEL A2.2

Provided only online – Mondays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. 

Commences: 15 July 2024

Duration: 2 weeks x 2 hours 

Cost: $310 plus cost of coursebooks $125 if required 

Class is limited to 10 students. 

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone. 

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This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.  

If you have not attended Beginners’ Level Α2.1, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level. 

Outcomes 

By the end of the course, students will be able to: 

• Describe a house
• Say from what material things are made
• Rent or buy a house
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek 
• The definite pronoun «μόνος, -η, -ο»
• The three moods: the indicative, the subjunctive, the imperative
• Time clauses with “πριν”, “μόλις” and “όταν”
• Adjectives in comperative degree
• Adverbs in -α
• The verb “ενδιαφέρομαι” and the phrase “με ενδιαφέρει”

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BEGINNERS’ LEVEL A2.7

Provided only online – Mondays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Commences: 15 July 2024

Duration: 10 weeks x 2 hours

Cost: $310 (plus cost of coursebooks 125$ if required)

Class is limited to 10 students.

To attend the online sessions, all you need is the link we will provide via email, a device with internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

Course Description                                                                                                                                                             

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of the Greek language and culture.

If you have not attended Beginners’ Level A2.6, you need to contact us for a language skill assessment before enrolling in this level.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will learn about:

• Studies and professions
• To ask and give information regarding the operation of an educational institution.
• To ask and give information regarding the environment and conditions of employment.
• To give simple instructions or to follow instructions from a workplace
• Greek Culture & Poetry
• Identify and use grammatical concepts in Greek: 
  • Subject, predicate, object
  • Use of cases
  • The prepositions με, σε, για, από + accusative
  • Subordinate clauses
  • The Subjunctive
  • Verbs that follow ότι and να