BA Latin and English Literature / Course details

This is the first half of a two-module intensive programme that will take you beyond A-Level standard by the end of the year. It is designed to be fast-moving but rewarding, and is based on the second edition of the excellent Reading Greek course. It is available to undergraduates in any year as well as to postgraduates. This first module assumes no previous knowledge of Greek or any foreign language, but if you have GCSE Greek you may still take it for credit; if you have AS Level Greek, you should audit this module in order thoroughly to revise and consolidate your Greek, and then in Semester 2 take CLAH 30162 Intensive Greek 2 for credit.

None. However, this course may not be taken for credit by candidates who have already achieved a qualification in Greek which is higher than GCSE. You may take this course if you have GCSE Greek. Students with A-Level Greek should take CAHE30120 Advanced Greek 1. Students who are not ready to enrol on CAHE30120 may audit CAHE20151 and take CAHE30162 for credit.    

Students hoping to continue the study of Greek in subsequent years are required to register also for the second semester course Intensive Greek II (CAHE30162). Students taking BA Classical Studies or BA Ancient History are strongly encouraged to register for both units.

Anti-requisite: Students are not permitted to take CAHE20151 Intensive Greek  and CAHE20171 Intensive Latin in the same academic year.
 

To introduce students to the basic elements of the Greek language.

By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:

• a knowledge and understanding of the basic workings of a highly-inflected language, Classical Greek;
• mastery of (roughly half of) the basic Greek forms and constructions (accidence and syntax), together with a vocabulary of several hundred words, and a developing ability to use them both actively and passively;
• the ability to read a simple Greek text, seen or unseen, with fluency and accuracy.

By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:

• subject-specific skills, including an incipient ability to read, understand, translate and write Greek;
• an insight into the nature of the differences between English and Classical Greek.

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By the end of this course students will have developed the following abilities:

• an increased awareness of the structures and resources of the English language;
• a developed ability to analyse and to describe linguistic forms and structures.

Test

Compulsory purchases:

• Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary, Second Edition. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, 2007
• Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises, Second Edition. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, 2007

Additional reading:

• Speaking Greek. Joint Association of Classical Teachers, 2007 (CD Audiobook)