Vocabulary: Description and Analysis


 

Angeliki Efthymiou

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 7EA4 SEMESTER 4 (spring)
COURSE TITLE VOCABULARY: DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHINGHOURSPERWEEK ECTSCREDITS
  3 6
     
     
Please, add lines if necessary.Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSETYPE

Background, GeneralKnowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

None
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: MODERN GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUSSTUDENTS: Yes

(with foreign bibliography and written assignments in English)

COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/429364/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Pleasedescribethelearningoutcomesofthecourse: Knowledge, skills and abilitiesacquiredafterthesuccessfulcompletionofthecourse.
Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to:

–          have acquired an initial understanding of linguistic concepts applied in lexical research,

–          be familiar with theoretical issues related to the description of the vocabulary of Modern Greek,

–          be able to use foundational knowledge in describing the vocabulary of Modern Greek for further research and/or teaching engagement with the lexicon.

General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
–          Nature of words: Concept and Definition of the Word, Aspects of lexical knowledge

–          Lexical and GrammaticalWords

–          Basic word formation processes (Derivation – Compounding)

–          Peripheral word formation processes (Clipping, Blending, Reduplication)

–          Constraints of morphological processes

–          Allomorphy

–          Grammaticalization

–          Issues in word formation (competition, productivity, lexicalization)

–          Relationship between derivation and compounding

–          Diachronic change, variation, and stylistic registers

–          Elements of lexicography: Types of dictionaries

–          Dictionaries as tools for language learning

 

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHINGMETHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face-to-face instruction
USEOF INFORMATION&COMMUNICATIONSTECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
use of ICT for teaching and communication
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Autonomous weekly study 60
Written assignment 75
Presentation in audience 3
Final exams 3
   
course total 180
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Written Examinations:

These will include the assessment of theoretical knowledge and issues based on critical thinking.

The questions will be a combination of closed and open-ended types (short-answer or extended-response).

Written Assignment:

Students have the option to complete a term paper of 3,000–4,000 words.

The topic of the paper is chosen by the students themselves from the subjects discussed in class. The aim is to train them in collecting data and conducting a small study based on a specific methodology.

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Αναστασιάδη-Συμεωνίδη, Α. & Ευθυμίου, Α. 2006. Οι στερεότυπες εκφράσεις και η διδακτική της νέας ελληνικής ως δεύτερης γλώσσας. Αθήνα: Πατάκης.

Μήτσης, Ν., Παραδιά, Μ. & Μήτση, Α. 2012. Το Λεξιλόγιο. Θεωρητική Προσέγγιση και Διδακτικές Εφαρμογές. Αθήνα : Gutenberg.

Ευθυμίου, Α. (2001) Προτάσεις για τη διδασκαλία των μη απλών λεξικών μονάδων της νέας ελληνικής στην υποχρεωτική εκπαίδευση. Στο Μ. Βάμβουκας & Α. Χατζηδάκη (επιμ.), Πρακτικά του διεθνούς συνεδρίου Μάθηση και διδασκαλία της Ελληνικής ως μητρικής και ως δεύτερης γλώσσας, 6-8 Οκτωβρίου, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Π.Τ.Δ.Ε, Ρέθυμνο, Αθήνα: Ατραπός, 332-342.

Ευθυμίου, Α. (2023). Παραγωγή. Στο Α. Ρεβυθιάδου & Δ. Παπαδοπούλου επιμ., Εισαγωγή στη Μορφολογία: Θεωρία και πειραματικές εφαρμογές. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, 199–234.

Ευθυμίου Α. 2013. Η διδασκαλία του λεξιλογίου στο δημοτικό σχολείο. Θεσ/νίκη: Επίκεντρο

Ευθυμίου, Α., Δήμος, Η., Μητσιάκη Μ. & Αντύπα, Ι. (2007). Εικονογραφημένο Λεξικό Α΄, Β΄, Γ΄, Δημοτικού. Το πρώτο μου λεξικό. Αθήνα. Οργανισμός Εκδόσεως Σχολικών Βιβλίων.

Ευθυμίου, Α. & M. Μητσιάκη (2007). Το πρώτο μου λεξικό ως εργαλείο διδασκαλίας της ελληνικής σε αλλόγλωσσους. Στo Κ. Ντίνας & Α. Χατζηπαναγιωτίδη (επιμ.), Πρακτικά διεθνούς συνεδρίου: Η Ελληνική Γλώσσα ως δεύτερη/ξένη. Έρευνα, Διδασκαλία, Μάθηση. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press, 237-260.

Μότσιου, Β. 1994. Στοιχεία Λεξικολογίας. Αθήνα. Νεφέλη.

Ξυδόπουλος, Γ. 2008. Λεξικολογία. Πατάκης.