Do you want a solid foundation to your Greek studies?
If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Greek in no time. Through authentic conversations, clear language presentations, and extensive practice and review, you will learn the Greek you need to communicate naturally in everyday situations - from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family.
What will I learn?
Basic Greek is slowly and carefully introduced to ensure you progress confidently through the course and build up a foundation to allow you to feel confident in everyday situations and move to the next level of your learning. It teaches grammar, vocabulary and listening, reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation skills. By the end of the course you will reach a solid Novice High proficiency level of ACTFL (The American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and A2 Beginner level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines.
Is this course for me?
Get Started in Greek is for absolute and false beginners of Greek. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Greek. There are extensive illustrations to support the learner working on his or her own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course.
What do I get?
This book has a learner-centred approach that incorporates the following features:
- 10 units of learning content - covering everyday topics from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family
- Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns yourself to make the language stick
- Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims
- Vocabulary building - thematic lists and activities to help you learn vocabulary quickly
- Test yourself - see and track your own progress
- Native speaker audio - available online
The audio for this course is available for free on library.teachyourself.com or from the Teach Yourself Library app.
Where do I go next?
If you want to advance your Greek, our Complete Greek course (9781444195347) will take you to an intermediate level of Greek.
If you want to practice your speaking and listening skills, Get Talking and Keep Talking Greek (9781444184204) is the perfect audio course.
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By:
Aristarhos Matsukas
Imprint: Teach Yourself
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9781444174656
ISBN 10: 1444174657
Series: Teach Yourself
Publication Date: 13 January 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
: Introduction : 1. Hi/Hello! How are you? : 1. Hi/Hello! How are you? : 1. Hi/Hello! How are you? : 2. Do you speak Greek : 2. Do you speak Greek : 2. Do you speak Greek : Study guide : Pronunciation guide : 3. What's your job? : 3. What's your job? : 3. What's your job? : 4. I live in an apartment : 4. I live in an apartment : 4. I live in an apartment : 1 Hi/Hello! How are you? : 2 Do you speak Greek : 5. A big family : 5. A big family : 5. A big family : 6. Welcome! : 6. Welcome! : 6. Welcome! : 3 What's your job? : 4 I live in an apartment : 7. What a nice armchair! : 7. What a nice armchair! : 7. What a nice armchair! : 8. How do you spend the day? : 8. How do you spend the day? : 8. How do you spend the day? : 5 A big family : 6 Welcome! : 9. Do you have a hobby? : 9. Do you have a hobby? : 9. Do you have a hobby? : 10. At the fruit and vegetable market : 10. At the fruit and vegetable market : 10. At the fruit and vegetable market : 7 What a nice armchair! : 8 How do you spend the day? : 11. Where is the bank? : 11. Where is the bank? : 11. Where is the bank? : 12. Let's go shopping! : 12. Let's go shopping! : 12. Let's go shopping! : 9 Do you have a hobby? : 10 At the fruit and vegetable market : 13. Train or coach? : 13. Train or coach? : 13. Train or coach? : 14. Hotel reservation : 14. Hotel reservation : 14. Hotel reservation : 11 Where is the bank? : 12 Let's go shopping! : 15. The menu, please! : 15. The menu, please! : 15. The menu, please! : 13 Train or coach? : 14 Hotel reservation : 15 The menu, please! : Revision tests : The Greek alphabet : Grammar summary : Key to the exercises : Glossary: English-Greek : Greek websites
