Modern Greek Beginners (2U)
Board Developed Course (240 hours)
Available in Years 11 and 12
Aims
The aim of the Modern Greek Beginners Stage 6 Syllabus is to enable students to develop:
• skills in effective communication
• knowledge of the nature of language
• understanding of the interdependence of language and culture.
Objectives
Objective 1 – Interacting
Students will develop the linguistic and intercultural knowledge, understanding and skills to communicate actively in Modern Greek in interpersonal situations.
Objective 2 – Understanding Texts
Students will interpret and respond to texts, applying their knowledge and understanding of language and culture.
Objective 3 – Producing Texts
Students will create and present texts in Modern Greek for specific audiences, purposes and contexts, incorporating their linguistic and intercultural knowledge, understanding and skills.
Course Structure
Themes, Topics And Subtopics
The Preliminary Course (120 indicative hours)
The Preliminary Course has outcomes as its organisational focus. Topics provide contexts in which students develop their communication skills in Modern Greek and their knowledge and understanding of language and culture.
The HSC Course (120 indicative hours)
In the HSC course students will extend and refine their communication skills in Modern Greek in contexts defined by topics, and will gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of language and culture.
Topics
The prescribed topics should be studied from two interdependent perspectives:
• the personal world
• the Greek-speaking communities.
The two perspectives will enable students to develop knowledge and understanding of and skills in the Modern Greek language, linked to cultural values, attitudes and practices.
The perspective, the personal world, will enable students to use Modern Greek to express and share ideas about experiences and activities relating to daily life and transactions in their own world.
The perspective, the Greek-speaking communities, will enable students to inquire about and to express ideas in order to undertake activities and transactions appropriately in one or more communities where Greek is spoken.
The prescribed topics provide an organisational focus so that tasks can be presented as a series of related learning experiences in cohesive contexts.
The Personal World The Greek-speaking Communities
Family life, home and neighbourhood
People, places and communities
Education and work
Friends, recreation and pastimes
Holidays, travel and tourism
Future plans and aspirations
Student Eligibility for studying a Beginners Language Course
Students may study Modern Greek Beginners in Year 11 only if they have studied Modern Greek for one year or less in High School.