"Filoglossia" is a multimedia program for learning Greek as a foreign language and is addressed to beginners. It combines video and audio files with native speakers and offers supporting material in six languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Danish and Russian.
The programme is mainly based on the communicative approach and focuses on the production and comprehension of both oral and written speech. The user is encouraged to use Greek in order to acquire communicative efficiency and be able to communicate in everyday life situations. Basic grammatical and syntactic phenomena are also treated, however in a simple and functional way.
Each chapter consists of the following components:
- dialogue (supported by video with native speakers),
- vocabulary (basic and additional),
- grammar and
- useful phrases.
Main features of the program:
- video and audio files with native speakers
- famililarization with the greek alphabet
- Translations at the user's native language at the click of a button
- Reading and listening comprehension exercices
- Vocabulary exercises
- Prononciation exercices with recording facilities
- Spelling exercises
- Grammar exercises
- voice recognition exercises
- Automatic phonetic transcription of any greek word
- Use of synthetic voice for the prononciation of any greek word
- Bilingual electronic dictionaries
- A tour of the Greek Islands (Cyclades)
- Contemporary Greek paintings
Minimum requirements:
PC Pentium 200 MHz
Windows 98/Me/2000
32 MB RAM
Sound card, speakers
CD-ROM drive 16x
Screen 800x600, 16bits |