Michel Thomas Method: Greek Foundation Course

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Published: 29/05/2009

Extent: 8 Hrs

Series: Michel Thomas Series

 

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Summary:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own

You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Greek in the same way.

You'll stick with it because you'll love it

Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.

This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Greek in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.

You learn through listening and speaking without the pressure of writing or memorising.

You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.

The NEW Greek Foundation Course

An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Greek. Join teacher Hara Garoufalia and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases. You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Greek.

• Learn another language the way you learnt your own

• Effective method - the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works with the brain

• Motivating - live classroom situation with two students encourages you to learn with the students on the recording
• All-audio - the way you want to learn

• Pronunciation is gently - but effectively - corrected

• Reference booklet - accompanying booklet lists key phrases in Greek (Greek script and roman transliteration) and English translation

• Suite of progressive and complementary course components: Introductory, Foundation, Advanced, and Vocabulary

• Sales record - the hugely successful Michel Thomas Method is applied to Greek

Table of Contents:
thélo = I want; éxo = I have; ‘you’ form of the verbs; egó/esís = I/you; form a question by upward inflexion; saying ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘not’ (no auxiliary in Greek); question words ‘what? why? where?; ‘please’ and ‘thank you’; useful regular verbs in the present: kséro = I know; katalavéno – I understand; periméno = I am waiting for; agorázo = I buy; no continuous form in Greek; personal pronouns (I, you etc) not always needed with verb; general ‘it’; position before the verb; kondá = near, makriyá = far; se + to = sto = in/at; ethó/ekí = here/there; íne = is; neuter gender; ‘a’ and ‘the’ for neuter words; some common neuter food items and places; signómi – sorry, excuse me; káti = something; conjunctions: and, but, because
íme/íste/íne = I am, you are, he/she/it is; introduction of feminine gender; ‘a’/’the’ for feminine words; some common feminine food/drink items; neuter and feminine pronouns; revision of common regular verbs; he/she/it form of regular verbs; aftós/aftí = he/she; allá = but; kano = I make/do, plus you and he/she/it forms; verbs ending in stressed –ao: páo = I go; miláo = I speak; miláo elliniká = I speak Greek; (polí) kalá = (very) well; galliká/ispaniká = French, Spanish; lígo = a little; angliká = English’; pináo = I’m hungry; thipsáo = I’m thirsty; ponáo = I hurt/ache; moo = my: comes after the word, and doesn’t change with gender; to stomaxi/thónti moo ponái = my stomach/tooth aches; póthi = foot; introduction of the future with the particle ‘tha’; ávrio = tomorrow; tóra = now
aftó = this; me/you object pronoun; single phrase for ‘tag’ questions: étsi then íne (is it not so); endáksi = OK; íme apó = I am from (England); intro of masculine gender and common endings; I am (English) – with masc/feminine ending; countries/nationalities; here is + name = introductions; question word ‘who’?; common irregular verbs: see, drink, eat, arrive, leave, in present tense; káthe = each/every (doesn’t change); káthe méra = every day; some common adjectives in singular, showing neut/fem/masc agreement;
Introduction of simple past of verb to be; xthes = yesterday; ‘we’ form of verb to be and some known verbs; pronoun mas = ‘us’; introduction of adjectives and agreement with nouns in singular; pronouns: me, you, him, her, us, them; moo arési = I like (it pleases me) + singular subject;
pánda/poté/sixná = always/never/often; double negative in Greek: I don’t have nothing = I don’t have anything; norís/argá = early/late;
Modals: explanation that there is no infinitive (‘to + verb’ form) in modern Greek, and action verb form agrees with subject: should/must: verb ‘prépi’ + particle ‘na’ plus special form of verb; can: verb boró + particle ‘na’ plus special form of verb; want to: verb thélo + particle ‘na’ plus special form of verb; verbs that change form after ‘tha’ and ‘na’ ‘we’ form of verbs.
Masculine noun and adjective endings, masculine form of ‘the’ and ‘a’.

About the Author(s):

Until May 2008 Hara Garoufalia-Middle taught Greek at both the University of Westminster and the City Literary Institute. Now she concentrates on teaching classes at the City Lit, as well as writing. Howard Middle is a consultant and project manager in the field of English as a Foreign Language. He was National Manager for Trinity College London's ESOL exams in Greece until mid 2009 and remains a consultant for this exam board.

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Self-access course for adult beginners

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