Hellenic Culture Centre
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Hellenic Culture Centre
The Centre undertakes research which supports and complements our educational work and the wider research activity in the field of education. Insofar we have completed and presented the following researches:
The individual and social characteristics of the educators who teach Greek as a foreign language in non formal education (2004)
The professional profile of the educators who teach Greek as a foreign language in non formal education (2004)
The reasons for which foreign adults learn Greek (2000)
The European Union's strategy for Life Long Learning (2000)
The educational strategy for the language education of adult immigrants in Greece
The need for Intercultural Counselling to teachers and educators who teach in culturally mixed groups
The keystones and the elements that should be included in a teaching manual in Greek as a foreign language (1999)
Hellenic Culture Centre
The Centre's faculty has produced and uses in the class the following educational materials:
Georgiadou, I., KALEIDOSCOPE, Book series on learning Greek as a Foreign/Second Language, B1 Level, Hellenic Culture Centre, Athens, 2015
Georgiadou, I., KALEIDOSCOPE, Book series on learning Greek as a Foreign/Second Language, C1 Level, AKAKIA & Hellenic Culture Centre, Athens, 2012
Georgiadou, I., KALEIDOSCOPE, Book series on learning Greek as a Foreign/Second Language, C2 Level, AKAKIA & Hellenic Culture Centre, Athens, 2012
Georgiadou, I. (2004), Παίξε-γέλασε: γλωσσικά παιχνίδια για τη διδασκαλία της ελληνικής ως ξένης γλώσσας (Play and Laugh: language games in teaching Greek as a foreign language), εκδ. Κέντρο Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού, 2004
Georgiadou, I., Natsina, A. (1999), Δημιουργική Ανάγνωση: 10 διηγήματα νεοελλήνων συγγραφέων (Creative Reading: 10 short stories by contemporary Greek writers),
Other publications: - Πρακτικά της 1ης Διεθνούς Συνάντησης Νεοελληνιστών, Ικαρία, 2004: «Η εκπαιδευτική πολιτική και πρακτική για τη διάδοση της ελληνικής ως ξένης γλώσσας: οι νεοελληνικές σπουδές στο εξωτερικό» (The educational strategy and practice for the dissemination of Greek as a foreign language: Modern Greek studies abroad) , εκδ. Κέντρο Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού, 2004
Hellenic Culture Centre
The Hellenic Culture Centre is an institution specialized in organizing Greek language courses for non native speakers, cultural tourism programmes and teacher training programmes for language teachers. It was founded in 1995 and since then it has carried out its programmes in Athens, where it is based, in Santorini island, and in selected venues throughout Greece and abroad.
The Centre΄s work includes research activities on teaching and learning Greek as second / foreign language, development of original didactic materials, book publishing (Kaleidoskopio series www.learn-greek-kaleidoskopio.com) and e-learning Greek:
Greek Language Programme:
- Specially designed Modern Greek language courses which cover the educational needs of all categories of foreign adult students (interpreters/translators, teachers and students of ancient and modern Greek, migrants, different professionals, tourists, philhellenes, etc)
Greek Culture Programme:
- Programme of complementary activities for Greek language students with cultural and intercultural content (conversation classes, lectures, presentations on History, Arts, Society, dance and song courses, etc)
Teacher Training Programme:
- Training Seminars in Teaching Greek as a Foreign/Second Language
- Intercultural Education Seminars for language teachers and other educators
- Adult Education Seminars for educators that work in this domain
As a complement to the organization of the language courses and the seminars, the Centre undertakes:
- research in issues of educational needs, material, teaching methods, etc.
- production of educational materials and methods of long-distance learning
- planning of programmes, curricula and educational services to other organizations (Vocational Training Centres, Non Governmental Organizations, private educational institutes)
- conferences/ meetings/ events for the promotion of Greek language and the dissemination of knowledge in language teaching methods, in Intercultural Education and in Adult Education
To accomplish of its aims, the Hellenic Culture Centre - Ifigenia Georgiadou co-operates at a local, national and international level with:
- institutes of formal education (schools, universities, educators΄ associations, etc)
- institutes of informal and life-long learning education (Adult Education Centres, Second Chance Schools, Vocational Training Centres, etc)
- Non Governmental Organizations
- public organizations and institutions (ministries, local authorities, Hellenic Tourist Organization, and others)
- mass media
- educational networks which undertake similar actions.
The curriculum is divided into seven classes covering all levels (Beginners Ι-Advanced II). Programme design is based on the curriculum of the Centre for Greek Language, on the description of basic level by the University of Athens and on the European Language Portfolio.