Conversational Greek for Beginners

Conversational Greek for Beginners

Course Description: In this course, students will learn the basics of how to communicate in Ancient Greek and build up their speaking and listening skills. This will be done by having simple guided conversations, describing pictures and talking about well-known mythological stories. Special attention will be paid to the activation of passive and the acquisition of new vocabulary. At the end of this course, students should be able to have simple conversations in Greek and to present a mythological story on their own.

DETAILS

Level: This course is intended for beginning Greek speakers who know the basics of Greek grammar.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Sundays, 2pm EDT

Cost
$250

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Instructor

Zoltán Tomkó

Zoltán studied classical and Renaissance studies for two years at the Academy Vivarium Novum, a unique institute where students are allowed to speak only Latin and Ancient Greek. After graduating in Classics in Rome, he studied sinology and history in Vienna, specializing in ancient and early modern history with a special focus on historiography. He has been teaching conversational Latin and Greek for several years.