Λυδία: Ένα καλοκαίρι στην Ελλάδα!
Lydia: A Summer in Greece!
Are you in the early stages of learning Greek, or you simply want to brush up on everyday language? Maybe you feel like taking a break from grammar textbooks? Look no further—this is the book for you! By reading this engaging story, you’ll learn and revise Greek in a relaxed and enjoyable way!
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An easy-to-read Greek book
with a full audio recording of the text! Read this short story, written especially for beginners in Greek (A1 and early A2 levels, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), and—most importantly--listen to it as well!
Lydia, the main character of the book, is Greek-American. She lives in New York and works as a journalist for a local Greek newspaper. Because of her work, Lydia frequently travels to Greece to report on various topics. During one of her flights, she meets Orestis. Lydia is writing about the neighbourhoods in Athens, and Orestis offers to help her.
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They meet in Athens, where Orestis invites Lydia to accompany him to Syros, a Cycladic island he must visit for business. The jewel of the Aegean soon becomes the setting for unexpected events… and secrets waiting to be uncovered.
With this book, you will:
- Improve your reading and listening comprehension
- Learn and revise vocabulary gradually and naturally
The book features:
- Numerous dialogues drawn from everyday life: introducing yourself, talking about your family, ordering a coffee or a meal at a taverna, arranging to meet, asking for or giving directions, talking about hobbies, shopping, discussing travel, describing a city or clothes, and more
- Short, easy-to-follow chapters
- Illustrations at the beginning of each chapter that clearly introduce the themes of the text
- Footnotes explaining vocabulary
- Footnotes with synonyms
- Footnotes indicating Present-Tense forms of verbs that appear in other tenses in the main text
- A chapter-by-chapter vocabulary list translated into English
- A complete audio recording (MP3) of the story, narrated by native Greek speakers
This booklet can be used for self-study or in the classroom.
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About the MP3 audio recording (included with your Lydia purchase):
Listen to the story, narrated by native Greek speakers, and boost your understanding of Greek. The music was composed by Issidoros Papadakis, a talented musician. In addition, two other great figures of Greek music—Petros Kappelas, master of the bouzouki, and Yannis Varthalitis (guitarist)—improvised a musical prelude called a ‘taqsim’, which was recorded on the island of Syros by the sea and then incorporated into the Lydia audio recording. |
ALSO AVAILABLE
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«71 Everyday Greek Verbs»: An eBook featuring 71 common Greek verbs, conjugated in the 3 most important tenses: Present, Future Simple, and Aorist (Past Simple).
This eBook can be used on its own or alongside the easy reader “Λυδία: Ένα καλοκαίρι στην Ελλάδα!” (Lydia: A summer in Greece!), as these verbs appear frequently throughout the story. To find out more about this eBook or to purchase it, |
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Τέρψη Γαβαλά and Κωνσταντίνος Οικονόμου, qualified Greek teachers, are the writers of the Lydia story. They live in Athens and have been teaching for many years at the OMILO language school. Since 1996, the school has offered courses in Greek language and culture in Athens and Nafplio, as well as on the islands of Syros and Lefkada.
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