The history of the first language (Fundamentals of Neo-Hellenistic Studies)
Course: «Modern Greek philology and translation and the English language»
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
The history of the first language (Fundamentals of Neo-Hellenistic Studies)
Code
ОК 02.02
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. Communicate freely on professional issues with experts and non- experts in Ukrainian and English languages, in oral and in written form, use these languages to organize effective cross-cultural communication.
PLO2. Effectively work with information: select the necessary information from various sources, in particular from professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyze and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it.
PLO 7. Understand the major issues of philology and approaches to solving those using relevant methods and innovative approaches.
PLO 12. Analyze language units, determine their interaction, and characterize linguistic phenomena and the underlying processes.
PLO16 Know and understand the basic concepts, theories and concepts of Neohellenistics, to be able to apply them in professional activities.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1) successful assimilation of the first part of the complex discipline
Fundamentals of Neohellenistics Introduction to the specialty (first language);
2) knowledge of general information about the phonetic and grammatical
system of the Modern Greek language, possessing a lexical minimum within the
limits of level A1;
3) command of the modern Greek language at the level of A1-A1+ competences.
Course content
The aim of the discipline is to develop the skills of philological work (analysis and
translation) with texts from different periods of the Greek cultural tradition;
familiarization with the grammatical system of the ancient Greek language in order to
organize and deepen the knowledge of the practical course of the modern Greek
language; development of the skills of processing archaic elements of various levels
in modern Greek texts, their interpretation, finding the original text and reproduction
in translation. The discipline consists of two meaningful parts. The first outlines the
structural and semantic features of the functioning of the grammatical system of the
ancient Greek language; introduces students to the formation of inflectional
paradigms in the noun and verb system; the main types of syntactic connection in
ancient Greek phrases and sentences. The second - develops practical skills of
working with ancient Greek adapted and original texts, understanding and correct
interpretation of linguistic phenomena, comparing them with typologically similar
phenomena in the modern Greek language.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Звонська Л.Л.Підручник грецької мови Нового Завіту. — К.: Видавниче
управління Київського Патріархату, 2017. — 368 с.
2. Mondi Robert, Corrigan Peter L. A Student Handbook of Greek and English
Grammar. — Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2018. — 178 p.
3. Μουμτζάκης Α.Β. Συντακτικό της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής - Γενικού
Λυκείου. — Αθ, 2018.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Forms of learning used in the course: oral answers in practical classes (exercises,
translation and analysis of texts), independent work (grammar exercises) and creative
tasks (intra-lingual translation - Ancient Greek / New Greek), as well as tests.
Assessment methods and criteria
The semester grade is based on the points earned by the student in the process
of mastering the material from the entire course. The total grade for the semester
consists of the points received for classroom work and for independent work (home
translations, essays). A student can get a maximum of 60 points and a minimum of 36
points. The final evaluation is conducted in the form of an exam: the maximum
number of points in the exam is 40 points, the minimum number of points (positive
grade) that are added to the semester points is 24 points. For different types of work,
points are awarded from 10 to 2. Differentiation of grades is based on the percentage
of the students fulfillment of the maximum requirements for the assignment (10
points - 100%, 8 points - 80%, etc.).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, and original and adapted texts in ancient Greek and Modern Greek are used.
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Lesia
Leonidivna
Zvonska
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology