Modern Greek Language
                  Program
                    FALL 2021
           Elementary Modern Greek I
                  M, W 12:10 - 2:00
          Intermediate Modern Greek I 
                  M, W 6:10 - 8:00
                  Greece Today:
         Language, Literature, & Culture
                   M, W 2:10-3:25
                                                         
   For more information contact the Director of Undergraduate
      Studies, Dr. Nikolas P. Kakkoufa at nk2776@columbia.edu
      Elementary Modern Greek I                  Intermediate Modern Greek I                    Greece today: language,
                                                                                                 literature, and culture
       THIS IS THE FIRST SEMESTER OF A YEAR-      THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS
      LONG COURSE DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS            WHO ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE
                                                                                             THIS COURSE BUILDS ON THE ELEMENTS OF
         WISHING TO LEARN GREEK AS IT IS          BASIC GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX OF MODERN
                                                                                               THE LANGUAGE ACQUIRED IN GRKM1101
      WRITTEN AND SPOKEN IN GREECE TODAY.               GREEK LANGUAGE AND CAN
                                                                                              THROUGH 2102, BUT NEW STUDENTS MAY
          AS WELL AS LEARNING THE SKILLS         COMMUNICATE AT AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
                                                                                                   PLACE INTO IT, AFTER SPECIAL
      NECESSARY TO READ TEXTS OF MODERATE         USING FILMS, NEWSPAPERS, AND POPULAR
                                                                                              ARRANGEMENT WITH THE INSTRUCTOR. IT
       DIFFICULTY AND CONVERSE ON A WIDE            SONGS, STUDENTS ENGAGE THE FINER
                                                                                             INTRODUCES THE STUDENTS TO A NUMBER
       RANGE OF TOPICS, STUDENTS EXPLORE          POINTS OF GREEK GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX
                                                                                              OF AUTHENTIC MULTIMODAL MATERIALS
      MODERN GREECES CULTURAL LANDSCAPE               AND ENRICH THEIR VOCABULARY.
                                                                                                DRAWN FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES
      FROM PAREA TO RACE, GENDER, POETRY,        EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO WRITING, WHETHER
                                                                                              WHICH INCLUDE FILMS, LITERARY TEXTS,
      AND POLITICS. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL        IN THE FORM OF FILM AND BOOK REVIEWS
                                                                                              MEDIA, MUSIC ETC. IN ORDER TO BETTER
       BE PAID TO GREEK NEW YORK. HOW DO          OR ESSAYS ON PARTICULAR TOPICS TAKEN
                                                                                                  UNDERSTAND GREECE’S CURRENT
         OUR, AMERICAN, GREEK-AMERICAN              FROM A SELECTION OF SECOND YEAR
                                                                                                 CULTURAL, SOCIO-ECONOMIC, AND
     DEFINITIONS OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE         TEXTBOOKS AND AUTHENTIC MULTIMODAL
                                                                                               POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. IN DOING SO, IT
      DIFFER FROM THEIR, GREEK ONES? WHAT                       MATERIAL. 
                                                                                                  AIMS TO FOSTER TRANSCULTURAL
          DOES IT MEAN TO UNDERSTAND
                                                                       
                                                                                               UNDERSTANDING AND INTERCULTURAL
       OURSELVES AND THE WORLD THROUGH                PREREQUISITES: GRKM UN1102 OR
                                                                                                   COMPETENCE, WHILE FURTHER
                ANOTHER CULTURE?                             PLACEMENT TEST.
                                                                                             DEVELOPING THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS:
                                                                                                LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING AND
                                                                                             WRITING. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE
            Directed Readings                             Placement Test                       LANGUAGE, GENDER EQUALITY, YOUTH
                                                                                                UNEMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, QUEER
                                                                                               IDENTITIES, REFUGEES, RACE, AND THE
       DESIGNED FOR UNDERGRADUATES WHO              FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE
                                                                                               MULTILAYERED ASPECTS OF THE CRISIS. 
       WANT TO DO DIRECTED READING IN A           PLACEMENT TEST, PLEASE CONTACT DR.
                                                                                                                  
      PERIOD OR ON A TOPIC NOT COVERED IN               NIKOLAS P. KAKKOUFA AT 
                                                                                             PRE-REQUISITE FOR THIS CLASS: GRKM 2102
                 THE CURRICULUM.                         NK2776@COLUMBIA.EDU
                                                                                                OR PLACEMENT TEST. INSTRUCTOR’S
                                                                                              PERMISSION REQUIRED IF THE STUDENTS
                                                                                                   HAVE NOT TAKEN GRKM2102 OR
                                                                                                           EQUIVALENT.