Teaching Greek our way: Business Greek
This month we started a special course of Business Greek based on educational material developed by us and distributed by ALPHA PUBLISHERS. Our students have studied Economics and Accounting and work in an international auditing company based in Athens. We also have experience in teaching Greek for Engineers and Tourism.
Out of class activities: Greek Dance Lesson
We have started again the teaching of Greek traditional dances every Friday after the lessons, in our school in Athens. This is an amusing part of our method as we do not teach only the language but we also help students to understand Greek Culture. Lot of times students have the opportunity to practice what […]
Out of class activities: Eat like a Greek
Last Thursday our students accompanied by one of their teachers, Zoe, had the opportunity to dine like Greeks at a traditional Greek tavern with live Greek music. The dinner started at 08:30 and ended after midnight, some stayed longer. They dined the Greek way, “eat slowly, drink moderately, start and continue with mezes (simple food, […]
Life at school: The celebration of the “OXI” day at our school
On the 27th of October we celebrated the refusal of Greece to surrender to the fascist Italy of Mussolini and the start of our 6 months’ victorious war against the much stronger military forces of the Italians. Our students (three of them with Greek origin) raised the Greek flag on our roof garden and , […]
Proud of our staff: We support ALPHA PUBLICATIONS to revise the book “You know Greek already”
The book has been created by a group of Schools and Universities under our coordination with the partial financial support of EU. We mention University of Murcia, Spain, University Alexander Ioan Kuza, Romania, Greek Association in Latvia, Euromediterranean Cultural Heritage Agency, Italy, European Educational Center, Bulgaria. During all the past years it has been printed […]
OUT OF CLASS ACTIVITIES
During the past 50 years of our operation we have understood the importance of providing our students with information about Greece , Greek history, music, diet, dances, the language etc. So we developed a series of presentations and activities that are offered after the normal teaching hours. Initially we have named them “extra curricular activities” […]
Life at school: We have started going to the beach
Our students and teachers have already started swimming in the sea, since the Easter period. Our teacher Vasiliki was the first to come to Volos after Easter and told us that the water was very cold. On Saturday-Sunday our student Elias went to Glyfada with his friends and on Monday morning he mentioned that the […]
Life at school: Sunday mass with our students
We followed with students the Sunday mass at the oldest operating Byzantine church in Athens, Saint Nicolas Ragava. The church is located in old Athens, area of Plaka, just below the Acropolis. It has been built during the 11th century, probably by Ragava family. Most of the ancient wall and roof paintings have lived up […]
Out of class activities: Eat like a Greek
As we do every second week since ages, we invited our students to enjoy a Greek dinner under the sky (almost) with Acropolis in front of us. On May 12, at 21:00, we dine together on Andrianou Street, at our favorite restaurant. We ate only “Greek Mezedes” served for all to take, starting with ouzo […]
Out of class activities: Greek Film presentation & screening (a special presentation by the director of the school)
Almost all our students have seen the film, the English title is “A touch of spice”, and I do not remember anybody having disliked it. A love affair with an unhappy end on the surface, a continuous love affair of Greeks and Turkish alike for our Constantinople, their Istanbul…and all the story covered by the magical […]