SUMMER 1997
Summer courses in
modern Greek language and Civilization
The courses in Modern Greek began in the summer of 1992 and are run by the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting. The aim is to give students from universities abroad an opportunity to learn or improve their knowledge of Modern Greek in the country in which the language is spoken, and to combine it with a knowledge of Greek culture and contemporary life in Greece.
Modern Greek Courses in 1997
The course in Modern Greek Language and Civilization run by the Ionian University will be held between the following dates:
30th June - 25th July 1997.
Lessons are held each morning from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm.
NOTE: On Monday 30.6.97 lessons will begin at 4.00 pm.
The course is divided into three (3) groups:
BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED
with twenty (20) hours intensive tuition per week.
The composition of the groups will depend on the number and the level of the participants. There will be a maximum of twenty (20) students in each group. If student numbers are not sufficient to constitute a group, applicants will be notified twenty (20) days before the start of the course and the deposit will be returned.
Course Content
The course includes Language classes (4 hours a day) and Civilization classes (1 hour a day). The Language class consists of an intensive course in Modern Greek, including phonetics structure, syntax, vocabulary and oral and written exercises.
The Civilization class covers the following topics:
Modern Greek culture (Literature, Theater, Education, Libraries, Archives, etc.), Art (Modern Greek Painting, Sculpture, Music, Architecture), The Ionian Islands (History and Art), Greece and Europe, Greece and the Balcans, etc.
Examinations - Certificates
Examinations are held on the last day of the course. Anyone wishing to be entered for these examinations should inform the Secretariat. Students not wishing to be examined will receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the course.
Fees - Enrollment
The fees for the 4-week summer course in Modern Greek amount to 300.000 Drachmas (1250 US Dollars). The fees cover the cost of Modern Greek classes, lectures and cultural events, as well as double-room accommodation in a B class hotel (Meals are not included). Fees will be reduced to 150.000 Drachmas (625 US Dollars) for those who do not require accommodation. If for any reason you are obliged to leave the course, you will still be required to pay the full fees. To enroll, students must send their application forms, a photocopy of their student identity card, together with a non-refundable deposit of 50.000 Drachmas (210 US Dollars), by 10.6.96.
Commercial Bank of Greece
(Athens - Karaiskaki Square)
Account No: 008-21 197 106 / Ionian University
(Ionian University Special Account for Research
Modern Greek Course 1997)
The balance will be payable upon arrival in Corfu, in USD equivalent.
Further information can be obtained from:
Research Committee
Plateia Eleytherias, Palaia Anaktora, GR - 491 00 Corfu
Tel.:30-661-26960, 30-661-48181/3, FAX: 30-661-26960
Mrs Konstantina Papavlasopoulou
e-mail:
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