Introductory course to the specialty

Course: «Modern Greek philology and translation and the English language»

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Introductory course to the specialty
Code
ОК.02.01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
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. 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 the chosen philological specialization, be able to apply them in professional activities.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
successful mastering of the components of the complex discipline Theoretical and practical course of modern Greek;Modern Greek: introductory course, Modern Greek: theoretical and practical phonetics; knowledge of general information about language levels and their basic units; on the historical development of Greece and Cyprus; main phenomena of Greek culture knowledge of modern Greek at the level of competencies A1-A1 +; skills of abstracting and interpreting scientific and popular science sources.
Course content
The purpose of the course is to form preliminary ideas about the continuity of the development of Hellenism over 4 thousand years, the peculiarities of the formation of the Greek linguistic and cultural environment at different stages of historical development; to acquaint students with the research apparatus and achievements of Hellenistics; to teach research activities to solve practical problems in the field of science, education and intercultural communication. The first part singles out the subject of neo-Hellenistics in the context of the history of philological science, outlines the Hellenistic trends: classical philology, Byzantine, neo-Hellenistic. The second one outlines the linguistic and cultural contacts of the Greeks with neighboring peoples during historical development; covers the periodization of the Greek language; outlines the main features of the ancient Greek and modern Greek language complexes, the status of the modern Greek language, gives a historical and comparative overview of the development of the nominal system of the Greek language.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Білецький А.О. Вибрані праці/ Упор. Клименко Н.Ф., Карпіловська Є.А., Пономарів О.Д., Савенко А.О. — К.: Видавничий дім Дмитра Бураго, 2012. — 791 с. 2. Історія Візантії. Вступ до візантиністики / За ред. С. Б. Сорочана і Л. В. Войтовича. — Львів: Видавництво «Апріорі», 2011. — 880 с. 3. Клименко Н.Ф. Вибрані праці/ Упор. Карпіловська Є.А., Пономарів О.Д., Савенко А.О. – К.: Видавничий дім Дмитра Бураго, 2014. – 725 с. 4. Чернишова Т.М. Вибрані праці / Упор. Клименко Н.Ф., Карпіловська Є.А., Пономарів О.Д., Савенко А.О. – К.: Видавничий дім Дмитра Бураго, 2013. – 400 с. 5. Beaton R. Greece: biography of Modern Nation. Penguin books, 2020. – 496 p. 6. Browning R. Η ελληνική γλώσσα,. μεσαιωνική και νέα. —Αθήνα: εκδ. Παπαδήμα, 2011. — 299 σ. 7. Ανδριώτης Ν.Π. Ιστορία της ελληνικής γλώσσας.—Θ/κη, 2005. — 164 σ.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Forms of study consist of lectures, practical trainings, consultations and students’ self-study. Teaching methods include answers at the practical classes, analytical task on the topic given by the lecturer, report, extra answer / participation in the discussion, self-study work (essay, analytical task, presentation of the project), test papers.
Assessment methods and criteria
The semester number of points is formed by the points obtained by the student in the process of mastering the material from the entire course. The general assessment for the semester consists of points obtained for classroom work and for independent work (home translations, works). The maximum student can score 60 points, the minimum - 36. The final grade is conducted in the form of an exam: the maximum number of points on the exam - 40 points, the minimum number of points (positive grade), which are added to the semester - 24 points. Points from 12 to 1 are awarded for different types of work. Differentiation of the assessment consists in the percentage of students fulfillment of the maximum requirements for the task (12 points - 100%, 10 points - 80%, etc.)
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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