ANCIENT GREEK WORKSHOP INTERMEDIATE

The 'Beginners' Greek' classes are intended for those students who have not attended the Liceo Classico or studied ancient Greek for A-levels (maturità classica) and wish to attain a level of proficiency suitable for the study of ancient literature, philosophy, archaeology, ancient history and epigraphy.

The course is divided into three parts of 30 hours each. Attendance and examination in each part yield 2 CFU, the sum being of 6 CFU for the total 90 hours.

At the end of the Laboratorio 2 students will:
- strengthen previous knowledge of elementary grammar;
- know further rules of Greek grammar and its structure, completing nominal morphology and the moods of the present system;
- be able to read and translate short texts of elementary to intermediate difficulty;
- understand the basic structures of Greek and be able to adequately render them into Italian.

Course taught in 'blended' mode: one weekly traditional class followed by an online class on the Moodle platform. Attendance of online classes and completion of assignments are an integral part of the course and are compulsory.

Attendance of classes, active participation in online learning activities and individual study will enable students to:
- KNOW the basic linguistic terminology of Greek; nominal morphology: from declensions to adjectives, numerals and pronouns; verbal morphology: the entire present system, including its moods and their syntactic use; the basics of syntax..
- UNDERSTAND texts in ancient Greek; the linguistic complexity of the language; the strategies that allow us to translate an ancient text into a modern language;
- ACQUIRE basic Greek vocabulary; critical judgement concerning the best translation choices; ability to evaluate one's work and learning progress; ability to explain one's translation choices to other members of the class and its teacher; ability to discuss a text in a group; ability to explain clearly the grammar and structure of a language;
- LEARN how to take notes and use online resources; how to manage time and deadlines set each week; how to evaluate the level of difficulty of a text; how to answer grammatical and theoretical questions of increasing difficulty correctly.

Compulsory:
- adequate proficiency in Italian, which will enable the student not only to attend classes, but above all to translate Greek into Italian adequately.
- knowledge of the Greek alphabet and its pronunciation;
- adequate knowledge of 1st and 2nd declensions, and the morphology of the present and imperfect
- knowledge of the rules of contraction
- understanding of and ability to recognize declarative and infinitival clauses.

Students with no school knowledge of Greek must attend and pass the final examination of Laboratorio di greco 1.
Students with school or previous knowledge of Greek can freely access the course.

- Morphology and phonology of 3rd declension nouns and 2nd class adjectives
- Personal, demonstrative, relative, interrogative and indefinite pronouns; possessive adjectives;
- Comparatives and superlatives;
- Numerals;
- Morphology of the present subjunctive and optative;
- Syntax of the participle, the subjunctive and the optative;
- Consecutive and relative clauses;
- Conditional clauses.

Because of the nature of this course (intensive language learning) attendance is compulsory.

Compulsory:
P. Agazzi - M. Vilardo, Hellenisti. Corso di lingua e cultura greca. Terza edizione. Zanichelli 2014.

A Greek-Italian dictionary: F. Montanari, GI - Vocabolario greco-italiano (Loescher); L. Rocci, Vocabolario greco-italiano (Società editrice Dante Alighieri), both in any edition.

1) 10 short questions on phonology and morphology topics targeted during the course: during this part of the examination grammars, dictionaries and other sources will not be allowed. The highest score is 10/10 (1 point for each correct answer).

2) the translation of 5 sentences, or a short text; dictionaries will be allowed but not grammars or other books. The highest score for this part is 20/20 (4 points for each sentence / part of the translation).

The exam will take place over 2 hours. The highest score for both parts is 30/30. The final mark will be expressed according to the grades: ottimo, buono, discreto, sufficiente, insufficiente.
During the last week of the course a mock exam text will be uploaded on Moodle.

The course will be 'blended': it will be divided into traditional classes (always on Mondays) and online classes (on www.moodle.unive.it), which students will be able to 'attend' from their computers at any moment of the week commencing on Monday afternoon.
Traditional classes will consist in a short presentation by the lecturer concerning new topics of Greek grammar, followed by individual or group exercises through which the students will learn how to translate and consolidate their knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary.
The online class will be divided into short theoretical explanations of new areas of grammar (texts, commented powerpoint, podcast audio file) followed by individual activities either as interactive quizzes (with immediate auto-correction) and translation exercises which students will upload on Moodle for correction. Each of the parts into which the online class is divided will be available online at the beginning of each teaching week. Learning activities and exercises will have progressive deadlines throughout the week, so that students will be encouraged to learn gradually and prepare throughout the week.
Online classes are an integral part to the course. Attendance, active work on exercises and translations and participation in the students' forum are a PREREQUISITE for admission to the final exam. Students need to understand these rules by reading the 'patto formativo' file on Moodle. Access passwords will be provided on the first day of classes and upon request by writing to prof. Tribulato.
It is ESSENTIAL that those who attend the course have the coursebook: please purchase it in advance. Photocopies will not be provided.

Italian

The optimal functioning of this course can only be guaranteed if students enrol within the first week of classes. Enrolment won't be allowed after the end of the second week of classes. For enquiries or further information students are kindly requested to contact Prof. Tribulato BEFORE the beginning of courses.

written