{"id":1099,"date":"2013-09-04T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2013-09-04T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T16:14:36","slug":"reading-suggestions-for-greek-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/reading-suggestions-for-greek-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Suggestions for Greek Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1101\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4036\/4463577602_897453fa47.jpg\" aria-label=\"4463577602 897453fa47 300x225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1101 \" alt=\"photo by a1pha_gr@flickr\"  width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/4463577602_897453fa47-300x225.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by a1pha_gr@flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u039a\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc \u03c6\u03b8\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03c0\u03c9\u03c1\u03bf! (<em>Kalo fthinoporo<\/em>= enjoy autumn in free translation)<\/p>\n<p>Autumn is the \u00a0season of apple picking, watching season premieres and reading.<\/p>\n<p>This post is about material related to reading. My list is rather limited, I\u2019m afraid, as material for A1 students is almost inexistent. For C2 level students, on the contrary, the list never ends: they practically read what native speakers read. The printed books are available on online stores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A. Printed Books (for students of all levels)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201c <em>\u039c\u03af\u03b1 \u03b4\u03cc\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03bb\u03b1\u03c2<\/em>\u00bb \u0394\u0397\u039c\u0397\u03a4\u03a1\u0391 \u0391. \u0394\u0397\u039c\u0397\u03a4\u03a1\u0391, \u039d\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 (\u201cMia dosi trelas\u201d DIMITRA A. DIMITRA, Nostos ed.)\u00a0 \u00a0(10 short stories written in a simple language, 1200-1500 words)<\/p>\n<p>2. <em>Greek easy readings<\/em> by Deltos publishing (A series of original detective stories and adventure tales for students of all levels. Vocabulary provided in Greek, English, French and German). You can find a description of each book here: http:\/\/deltos.gr\/en\/stories\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Level 1<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u03a4\u03bf \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0391\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/em>, \u039d\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u039a\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1 (To periptero stin Aristotelous, Neni Kolethra)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u03a0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u0391.\u039c<\/em>; (Poios einai o A.M.?)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u039e\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u0391\u03c4\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03c2<\/em>, \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ce (\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03ae) (Xenodoheio Atlantis, parakalo). ( Adapted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Level 2<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>H N\u03af\u03ba\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03b9 \u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9<\/em>, \u039d\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u039a\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1 (I Niki kai oi alloi, Neni Kolethra)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u0388\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u0391\u03cd\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u00a0\u03a3\u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c3\u03b5\u03c2<\/em>, \u039a\u03bb\u03b5\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c2 \u0391\u03c1\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03c4\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2 (Enan Avgousto stis Spetses, Kleanthis Arvanitakis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level 3<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u03a4\u03bf \u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ae\u03be\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac<\/em> (\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03ae) (To modelo pou ixere polla) (Adapted)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03a3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03b7<\/em>, \u039d\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u039a\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1 (Diakopes sti Santorini, Neni Kolethra)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level \u00a04<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9 35<\/em> , \u039b\u03af\u03bb\u03b7 \u0395\u03be\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 (Kanali 35, Lili Exarhopoulou)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u03a0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c0\u03ad\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u039c\u03ac\u03bd\u03b7<\/em>, \u039d\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u039a\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1 (Peripeteia sti Mani, Neni Kolethra)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level \u00a05<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>T\u03bf \u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03cc\u03ba\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd<\/em>, \u0391\u03c1\u03b3\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03b7 (To mystiko tou kokkinou spitiou, Argyro Margariti)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. <em>Mythology in Easy Greek<\/em> by Deltos publishing. For a description of the books go here: http:\/\/deltos.gr\/en\/mythology\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Level 3<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u039f\u03b9 \u0394\u03ce\u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1 \u0398\u03b5\u03bf\u03af \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u039f\u03bb\u03cd\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf<\/em>\u03c5, \u039a\u03bb\u03b5\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c2 \u0391\u03c1\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03c4\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2 (Oi Dodeka Theoi tou Olympou, Kleanthis Arvanitakis)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u039c\u03cd\u03b8\u03bf\u03b9<\/em>, \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u0391\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7 (Mythoi, Maria Aroni)<\/li>\n<li><em>\u0389\u03c1\u03c9\u03b5\u03c2<\/em>, \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u0391\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7 (Iroes, Maria Aroni)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>B. Books used in high school <em>(For intermediate and advanced students)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pi-schools.gr\/books\/gymnasio\/\">http:\/\/www.pi-schools.gr\/books\/gymnasio\/<\/a> Books used in high school. Students of level &gt;B1 can find\u00a0 original texts in Modern Greek. Just follow the links to \u00ab<strong>\u039a\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1 \u039d\u03b5\u03bf\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5\u03c7\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u0391, \u0392, \u0393, \u03b3\u03c5\u03bc\u03bd\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bf\u03c5, \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae<\/strong>\u00bb or to \u00ab<strong>\u039d\u03b5\u03bf\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u0393\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1 \u0391\u2019 ,\u0392\u2019, \u0393\u2019 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bc\u03bd\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bf\u03c5, \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae<\/strong>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1102\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8196\/8139757998_f60d763c66.jpg\" aria-label=\"8139757998 F60d763c66 199x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1102\" alt=\"by cogdogblog@flickr\"  width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/8139757998_f60d763c66-199x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by cogdogblog@flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0C. Bilingual food blogs (for students of all levels)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greek cuisine could be the topic of a separate entry. The resources that can be found online are unlimited. These bilingual blogs give, not only access to Greek recipes, but can also be the source of\u00a0 new vocabulary related to food and cooking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookandfeed.blogspot.gr\/\">http:\/\/cookandfeed.blogspot.gr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodjunkie.eu\/greek-recipes\/\">http:\/\/foodjunkie.eu\/greek-recipes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mylittleexpatkitchen.blogspot.gr\/p\/about.html\">http:\/\/mylittleexpatkitchen.blogspot.gr\/p\/about.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>D. Free e-books (for upper intermediate and advanced students)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kavafis.gr\/\">http:\/\/www.kavafis.gr\/<\/a> C level students or students of Greek literature can find here a list of Kavafis\u2019 poems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snhell.gr\/\">http:\/\/www.snhell.gr\/<\/a> This link gives you access to the digital library of the Center of Neohellenic Studies (<em>\u03a3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf \u039d\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5 \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd, Spoudastirio Neou Ellinismou<\/em>). You can find, among others,\u00a0 literary texts, poems,\u00a0 and useful weblinks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/browse\/languages\/el\">http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/browse\/languages\/el <\/a>Access to various books written in Classical and Modern Greek.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openbook.gr\/\">http:\/\/www.openbook.gr\/ <\/a>A selection of Greek literature and Poetry.\u00a0 There\u2019s also a selection of children e-books by Greek authors or translated .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebooks4greeks.gr\/\">http:\/\/www.ebooks4greeks.gr\/<\/a>A list of literature and \u00a0also history, religion, music and computer books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-ebooks.gr\/gre\/ebooks\/index\">http:\/\/www.free-ebooks.gr\/gre\/ebooks\/index <\/a>A selection of literature but also e-books about Classical authors such as Aristotle, science, computers, art, cooking, psychology, music, dictionaries comics and children books.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>E. Newspapers and news portals online (for upper-intermediate and advanced students)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mme.gr\/pbgr-politikes.htm\">http:\/\/www.mme.gr\/pbgr-politikes.htm<\/a> Greek newspapers in digital form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvxs.gr\/\">http:\/\/tvxs.gr\/<\/a> An independent Greek news portal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gr\">www.in.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portalnews.gr\">www.portalnews.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips on choosing the right book<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Be careful of translations. Reading your favorite book in translation seems to be a good way to keep a student motivated about learning a language. However, keep in mind that the translations of best sellers are not always accurate: translators have to work on short deadlines and sometimes the result is poor work.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid children books if you are beginner or pre-intermediate. \u00a0Children books are shorter but not easier than adult books. Sometimes they contain literary words and expressions and figures of speech whose meaning is too difficult for beginners.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid books that are too challenging for your level. If you\u2019re not sure if a book is right for you, just don\u2019t buy it. Getting the wrong book is not only a waste of money, but also a source of frustration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"233\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/8139757998_f60d763c66-233x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/8139757998_f60d763c66-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/8139757998_f60d763c66.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p>\u039a\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc \u03c6\u03b8\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03c0\u03c9\u03c1\u03bf! (Kalo fthinoporo= enjoy autumn in free translation) Autumn is the \u00a0season of apple picking, watching season premieres and reading. This post is about material related to reading. My list is rather limited, I\u2019m afraid, as material for A1 students is almost inexistent. For C2 level students, on the contrary, the list never ends&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/reading-suggestions-for-greek-learners\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[292953,292955,292957,292956,2447],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-greek-books","tag-greek-ebooks","tag-greek-learners","tag-greek-newspapers","tag-reading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}