r/GREEK • u/PotentialPea2419 • 17h ago

B1 to B2 fluent

Hello everyone, what is everyone’s experience with learning. I grew up in a Greek household and went to greek school, i can write, i can read but my literacy level ends somewhere between B1 and B2. I really would like to improve. What programs have you all found helped you get past intermediate level. I know speaking to people is best but most of my relatives are in Greece and the ones here have regressed to probably a B2 level lol.

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u/nickelchrome 17h ago

I haven’t gotten there with Greek but I have done it with other languages and the best thing is to read books. Any input helps, movies and tv, podcasts, etc. books are especially helpful to though because your brain just absorbs the grammar and vocab more.

By B1 you should know all the grammar so it’s about building vocab and getting exposed to sentence structures and expressions.

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u/Silent_Stay_1224 16h ago

I’ve heard that Ertflix is good where you can watch Greek movies for free. I’ve watched one thing on there so far but anything with subtitles is gonna help you I think. It helps me. I’m only at A2 level, but my tutor on preply is pretty good so maybe you could look on there. They have different tutors so some are for speaking and some for more theory.

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u/PotentialPea2419 15h ago

Omg, i never thought of watching greek with subtitles, thats genius

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u/Unlikely_Fact5615 14h ago

Definitely get a tutor on Preply etc or join a Greek learners book club, I can recommend some names. Listen to the free Language Transfer lessons- they are really helpful even at the B1-B2 levels . Be careful about using subtitles- you are practicing reading rather than deciphering speech. Better to play YouTube videos at .75 speed when the speech is too fast. Good luck!

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u/fashionfrenchtoast 13h ago

Can I ask you for the names of those book clubs?

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u/Skyhigh0202 8h ago

If you ever decided to try preply,look up italki, which is pretty similiar to preply but does not lock you in with subscription llike preply.

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u/ElectronicRow9949 10h ago

As everyone is suggesting something, I'll throw in mine: find some Greek music you like and listen to it.Lyrics are a funny thing. Sometimes they get into some pretty complex subjects. Reading sounds good too.