ACL9LCG8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor compare Classical Greek vocabulary and language structures and features with English, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recognising how word order may be different in Classical Greek and English, such as the use of the attributive and predicative position of the adjective to vary meaning, for example, ἡ καλὴ κόρη and καλὴ ἡ κόρη
• • Elaboration understanding that one Classical Greek word may correspond to several different English words, and selecting the most appropriate meaning of a word in its context
• • Elaboration using terms relating to parts of speech to compare basic sentence structures in Classical Greek and English
• • Elaboration developing strategies for vocabulary building by applying knowledge of roots and derivatives, for example, ἄγγελος (angel/archangel/evangelist), περί (periscope/perimeter/periphery), μόνος/η/ον (monotony, monologue, monopoly)
• • Elaboration building vocabulary by recognising Classical Greek words commonly used in English, for example, analysis, aroma, drama, eureka, hoi polloi, hyperbole, idea and synthesis
• • Elaboration identifying and using Classical Greek derivatives to expand own English vocabulary, for example, antithesis, cynic and sceptic
• • Elaboration identifying and collecting word families in which the same Classical Greek root is used with different prefixes or suffixes, for example, biography/calligraphy, biology/technology, analysis/paralysis, Palaeolithic/ palaeontology