Yorgos Karampalis is an author, teacher and digital creator from Greece. He has written a book for Beginner-Intermediate Greek language learners called 'Σιγά-σιγά — Bit by Bit: A basic-vocabulary builder for Greek learners' and co-founded the YouTube channel 'Difficult Greek.' Currently, Yorgos resides in Aberdeen, Scotland and teaches Greek on Italki.

Website: https://www.difficultgreek.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3ZC5RDV

Book a lesson: https://www.italki.com/yorgos

Timeline:

00:00 Introduction

01:02 - Background and education

02:28 - How did Yorgos start teaching Greek?

04:12 - Yorgos' project 'Difficult Greek'

07:58 - What should beginner and intermediate students learn?

09:23 - Yorgos' teaching methodology

11:00 - What are the biggest mistakes that stifle students' learning process?

13:27 - The structure and goal of Yorgos' vocabulary-building book

19:39 - How different is Modern Greek from Ancient Greek?

21:58 - Can contemporary Greeks understand Ancient Greek?

23:40 - What are declensions and how to approach them?

25:41 - How similar are Latin and Greek?

27:05 - How similar are Persian, Phoenician and Greek?

28:45 - Greek pronunciation

31:48 - What languages are similar to Greek?

33:50 - Are there any other surviving Hellenic languages besides Greek?

34:37 - What other languages can Yorgos speak?

36:17 - Is it OK to learn 2 languages at once?

42:08 - Yorgos' plans for the future + books

45:10 - What has Yorgos missed regarding his life in Greece?

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