Say and Write:
Where is the airport?
How do I get to the church?
Where is my hotel?
How do I get to the restaurant?
I will use the names of the actual church, hotel, and restaurant of course, but do not really want to share those details now.
In my attempt to learn Greek, I have turned to Pinterest. It's perfect, all of the ideas I am finding are really elementary. And I am setting some really basic goals, so I think it might help. What is has done is gotten me really excited for Greece!
I think I have narrowed it down a bit, I want to learn some basic directional things such as how to get to the airport, the church the wedding will be held at, to a restaurant, and to the hotel. I want to learn how to write these as well as how to say it. As of right now that's my goal, as easy as it seems I am not too confident at the moment.
Say and Write: Where is the airport? How do I get to the church? Where is my hotel? How do I get to the restaurant? I will use the names of the actual church, hotel, and restaurant of course, but do not really want to share those details now.
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I got ahead of myself, I got too excited to learn Greek and didn't think about the challenges it may pose. Here are ten of many questions that came to mind while thinking about learning Greek (most of which I think I have an answer for now):
1. What phrases do I need to learn in order to get around Greece? 2. Where can I learn these phrases? 3. How can I practice Greek? 4. Should I learn the alphabet? 5. Should I try to learn geography/major Greek cities? 6. Do I need to get a tutor? 7. If I need a tutor how much will that cost? 8. Can I use my master teacher in my journey to learn this second language? (That's a loaded question, I know she knows the alphabet and she has already vowed to assist)! 9. Can I even remember all this? 10. Where should I limit myself/should I limit myself at all? I was thinking back to learning Spanish in high school, and right now I really wish I had a classroom and Greek teacher I could go to everyday during third period... Those were the days! As many of you know I have a family wedding to attend on the island of Santorini, Greece this spring. Unfortunately I know two Greek words, and those words are names of the two types of Greek food I love! I think I need to know a little bit more than just pastitsio and avaglemono. (Which are basically Greek lasagna and lemon, chicken and rice soup). So I am making it my goal to know how to have (very) small talk in Greek, by the end of the semester. To make this "observable and measurable," as us student teachers are trained so well to do, I will keep this blog posted with my progress, and I will set the words and phrases I want to know out ahead of time. Then I will differentiate if necessary.
I hope this will be fun for all of you, and I almost guarantee it will be comical, because judging at my failed attempts at Spanish, Greek should be even better... Or would that be worse? Anyways, this should be fun. Countdown: 11 Weeks, 6 Days |
Kimmy McKenzieI am visiting Greece in May for a family wedding. I know that I like Pastitsio and Avaglemono... But that's not going to get me directions to the nearest restroom... So I am taking it upon myself to learn some Greek phrases! I hope you find my journey fun and comical, because I certainly do. Archives
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