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Hello! can anybody help me please? I am looking for easy texts to be read if possible in online magazines. I finished the whole course once, but I do not remember everything. I will repeat it but I also would like to do some additional work. It's urgent because I will go to live in Greece in 4 months!!!  thanks a lot! Lara |
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well it does seem urgent! Could you define "easy" though? For example, in the following link http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=111 you can find articles from a newspaper, dealing with various international news (I chose it because you may find something you are familiar with). Is this too dificult? |
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I agree with Irene: international [διεθνής] news is a great place to start reading newspapers, since you probably already know more or less what the stories are about. This site has links to some more newspapers, including some local ones: http://www.filakia.com/Efhmerides.htm If you can find one for the specific place in Greece you're going you can also start to get into the local culture and events, which will make the reading more interesting to you. You might also try Googling the Prefecture [νομός] or Municipality [δήμος] you will be living in (Google works with Greek lettering!). I'm sure they'll have a 'chamber of commerce' type website with interesting information (sometimes even with some sort of English version). For some easier material, the Greek Pedagogic Institute (http://www.pi-schools.gr/) offers Adobe Acrobat versions of elementary and secondary school textbooks in subjects like language, math, history, German, etc. They also include workbooks and teachers' editions. Elementary level [δημοτικό]: http://zeus.pi-schools.gr/dimotiko/ Secondary (high school) level [γυμνάσιο]: http://zeus.pi-schools.gr/gymnasio/ A great offline resource can be your local public library (or a University library, if you have access to one). In addition to texts and books about the Greek language, you might also find a foreign language section with novels in Greek. You can learn quite a bit with a slim novel, a dictionary and a lot of patience! Of course, once you get to Greece you will have no shortage of reading material. Make sure you check out the children's sections in bookstores. Also, there are a variety of foreign-language progams and movies on television, for the most part in their original languages with Greek subtitles. Try watching 'Friends' or 'Desperate Housewives' with the sound turned down! Then for an extra challenge, try a French or Italian movie! They talk pretty fast on the news programs, but if you're quick with your dictionary you can decipher the titles and graphics, and the crawl on the bottom of the morning shows tends to be rather short so it repeats often. Also, exhibit placards in museums are generally in both English and Greek--and sometimes the Greek versions have a lot more information! I hope you find these resources useful  -Kev |
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Dear Irene, Dear Kev, unluckily articles like the ones of Enet are too difficult for me still but I can start with the children books. This is a great idea! Thanks to the course I hope to soon remember some more words, then I will take more difficult articles and use a vocabulary  I am quite stressed but I have the feeling that at least I remember quite well the grammar! Thank you very much for your help!!! Have a nice day, Lara |
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A good source of simple reading books (and much else) - e.g. ones with a notes and vocab. is the Hellenic Book Service (www.hellenicbookservice.com) who do mail order. If you go to www.ert.gr you can get both Greek and English versions of the same news items. Also have you tried watching ERTSAT - the online version of ERT, one of the national Greek TV stations? Hope this helps Jim |
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that's why I asked first Another thing you may do is get an English book you know well in its Greek translation. I know that helped me a lot when I learnt English. |
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Thanks for all the precious advice! I will buy a book I have already read in English, translated into Greek |
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When I go to Greece I watch Greek TV (news and movies..), I try to always read the subtitles and I learn a lot like this. Since my mothertongue is not English, sometimes I even need the subtitles However, I understand very little when they talk fast like during the news. When I am not in Greece, I try to listen to Greek radio channels, in the website www.e-radio.gr you have access to all online Greek radio stations. My main problem is reading articles, when a very specific topic comes I do not understand much! Thanks for the links!! |
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| Hello. I would suggest checking out the Greek Interlinear book, which is available at http://interlinearbooks.com/greek/ |
