Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Διδασκαλία της Νέας Ελληνικής ως ξένης ΓλώσσαςLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Panagopoulos Panagiotis
Supervisors info:
Μαρία Ιακώβου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τοµέας Γλωσσολογίας, Τµήµα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Σπυριδούλα Βαρλοκώστα, Καθηγήτρια, Τοµέας Γλωσσολογίας, Τµήµα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Σπυριδούλα Μπέλλα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τοµέας Γλωσσολογίας, Τµήµα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η εκμάθηση των παρελθοντικών τύπων στην Ελληνική ως δεύτερη/ξένη γλώσσα: η περίπτωση του συνοπτικού παρελθοντικού
Translated title:
Learning of past tense in Greek as second/foreign language: the perfective past tense
Summary:
In this study, it is attempted to investigate the regular and irregular active past perfective verbs in teaching Greek as second/foreign language (L2). For that purpose, the beginners’ written production is examined through specific research exercises. The participants have been taught Greek in two different learning environments, in Greece (Greek as a second language) and Spain (Greek as a foreign language). Thereafter, it is evaluated how this grammatical phenomenon is presented in the specific textbooks of Greek as L2. Based on the research results, we conclude that L2 learners (both in the second and the foreign environment) tend to have better performances in irregulars than regulars, either before teaching or after. This differentiation leads us closer to the Dual-Mechanism Model in which irregular words are stored in the lexicon, as lexical data, and the regular inflection is computed by a symbolic rule. Moreover, the research results by L2 textbooks showed that the order of Past Tense and the presentation of regulars and irregulars vary depending on L2 textbook, the categorization of irregulars, the use of Future Tense as auxiliary form and the stress teaching. Taken together, we suggest a teaching proposal that includes a specific teaching order of Past Tense and a way of categorizing and teaching verbs.
Main subject category:
Language – Literature
Keywords:
teaching of greek as a second/foreign language, past tense, regular and irregular active past perfective verbs, dual-mechanism model, L2 textbooks