Agni Rassidakis Kastrinidis: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2020 |
Name | Ms Agni Rassidakis Kastrinidis |
Address | Sprachenzentrum UZH und ETH Zürich ETH Zürich, KOL P 001 Rämistrasse 71 8006 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
agnira@ethz.ch | |
Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
Relationship | Lecturer |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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851-0834-20L | Modern Greek Language II (A1.2) Your course regristration is only valid with a simultaneous online registration at the "Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich" (Link). Course fee: CHF 80.00 | 2 credits | 2G | A. Rassidakis Kastrinidis | |
Abstract | This is Part II of the Modern Greek language course, running over four semesters. Modern Greek II covers level A1.2 of the Global European Framework and is designed for students who have already attended course I at the Sprachenzentrum Uni/ETH, or whose language proficiency ist equivalent to level A1.1. | ||||
Objective | Practice of oral communication and extensive vocabulary work (approx. 400 new words). Study of basic grammar (focus on plural of nouns and adjectives, genitive, passive verbs in the present tense, active verbs in simple past and future tense). Web-based activities in Greek. Develop and sustain interest and activities in Greek language and culture. | ||||
Content | Everyday situations and conversations. Writing letters with descriptive content. Talking about the past or making plans for the future. Reading simple texts, such as recipes, poems or short stories. | ||||
Literature | • The course book by D. Dimitra & M. Papacheimona, Ellinika tora 1+1 (Greek now 1+1), page 71 (unit 5), Athens 2002. This course book is used in both courses Greek 1 and 2 and can be bought at the beginning of the course in the ETH-Store at the Polyterasse. • Web-based activities to support and enhance classroom teaching will be accessible via Moodle, an electronic platform offered by LET of ETHZ (http://moodle.let.ethz.ch/). • Additional course materials and handouts will be distributed in class. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | All course participants are expected to • attend regularly and take part actively during class • do at least 3-4 hours' work at home • commit themselves to online-activities in the Moodle-LET online-classroom The assessment will embrace: • a portfolio including written and oral exercises done throughout the semester • a final test assessing the different skills trained Requirements for the award of credits are the following: • a complete and successful assessed portfolio • a successful assessed final test All candidates who fulfill the course requirements will receive a language certificate, issued by the Language Center, awarding 2 ECTS credits. D-Gess students will receive on-line credits and marks, in addition to the LC-certificate. The course is only open to students who register on-line via the Sprachenzentrum website and who receive on-line confirmation that they have been accepted on this course (registration February 2020; for the exact dates please consult the website of the Sprachenzentrum after December 2019) . Students of greek origin please contact Ms. Rassidakis before enrolling in order to check if the course is not too easy for them. | ||||
851-0834-21L | Modern Greek Language IV (A2.2) Your course regristration is only valid with a simultaneous online registration at the "Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich" (Link). Course fee: CHF 80.00 | 2 credits | 2G | A. Rassidakis Kastrinidis | |
Abstract | Modern Greek IV leads to level A2.2 of the Global European Framework and is designed for students who have already attended courses I, II and III at the Sprachenzentrum UNI/ETHZ, or whose language proficiency is equivalent to level A2.1. | ||||
Objective | This course aims to consolidate and extend the knowledge and language skills the students already have. The main focus will be on speaking, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and writing skills. A systematic expansion of vocabulary will be promoted to enhance speaking skills in discussions of specific topics, such as descriptions of pictures and photographs. The course language will be Greek throughout. | ||||
Content | Speaking and Grammar-practice: Task-based individual and group-excercises. Training of listening comprehension: Listening to recorded dialogues and specific listening texts. Reading: Joint and independent reading practice of simplified literary text materials. Grammar: Repetition of verb-conjugation; the imperfective aspect of verbs;conditional forms and secondary sentences. | ||||
Lecture notes | Keines | ||||
Literature | • In this class no textbook will be required. Photocopies of all working-sheets and handouts will be provided during the semester; for these copies a moderate fee will be charged. • Web-based activities and audio-visual materials can be accessed via Moodle platform, supported by LET of ETHZ (http://moodle.let.ethz.ch/). | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | All course participants are expected to • attend regularly and participate actively in class • do at least 3-4 hours' work at home • take part actively in online-activities in the Moodle-LET online-classroom The assessment will embrace: • a portfolio including written/oral exercises done throughout the semester • a final test assessing the different skills trained Requirements for the award of credits are the following: • a complete and successful assessed portfolio • a successful assessed final test All candidates who fulfill the course requirements will receive a language certificate, issued by the Language Center, awarding 2 ECTS credits. D-Gess students will receive on-line credits and marks, in addition to the LC-certificate. The course is only open to students who register on-line via the Sprachenzentrum website and who receive on-line confirmation that they have been accepted on this course (registration February 2020; for the exact dates please consult the website of the Sprachenzentrum after December 2019) . Students of greek origin please contact Ms. Rassidakis before enrolling in order to check if the course is not too easy for them. |