Lewis & Clark Moodle

Students abroad in Greece face a double challenge:, making sense of a new culture in a language that, is new to them. This course gives students the, tools necessary to interpret and understand what's, going on around them, and to push past their first, impressions of difference in order to evaluate the, cultural logic and history behind what they, observe. Students will receive an introduction to, the Modern Greek language, making it possible for, them to interact with people on a basic, everyday, level in their neighborhood, their explorations of, the city, and their travels throughout Greece. The, course also covers the important social changes, that have transformed Greek society over the past, 50 years, as well as the social concerns most, pressing in Greek society today.

Expansion of vocabulary and idioms, polishing
pronunciation, and correcting faulty grammar
through oral variety of exercises. Students
improve their listening comprehension through
audio and video materials and develop confidence
in using the language through guided discussions
based on brief readings, Youtube videos, music, and movies.
May be taken twice for credit.
Credit/no credit.

Oral expression, listening comprehension, reading,, writing. Expository and creative writing, syntax,, idiomatic usage emphasized to promote fluency., Review and consolidation of grammar and vocabulary, learned in previous years, expansion of structural, and idiomatic command. Readings in increasingly, natural Japanese, including contemporary short, stories and current newspaper and magazine, articles. Short oral presentations, compositions,, other exercises to build general language, proficiency. With consent of instructor, may be, taken twice for credit.

Advanced readings in Japanese fiction and, nonfiction to familiarize students with a range of, literary styles. Excerpts from contemporary, writers, which may include essays and short, fiction from Kawabata, Murakami, Tanizaki, others., Emphasis on close reading, analytical writing,, detailed discussion of the texts. Topics vary from, year to year. With consent of instructor, may be, taken twice for credit.