KLEIS-WORKSHOP for Greek Language & Culture: Situated in the heart of Chania, on the Greek island of Crete, Kleis Workshop for Greek Language & Culture provides a range of Greek language courses for international students at beginner to advanced levels.
Our privately owned facilities are located in the city of Chania, in one of the best districts of its modern part, Amberia, very near to the historical and beautiful quarter of Halepa and only 5 minutes away from the busy Eleutherias square (or Dikasterion Square, as the citizens of Chania call it).
Our building is a small 19th century country house of about 100 m2, surrounded by a verandah, yard and garden, today fully integrated into the urban infrastructure of Chania and recently renovated.
In the neighbourhood you can find whatever you might need: a greengrocer’s, bakery and supermarket are a two-minute walk from the school. Cafes, restaurants, bookshops, banks can be found at Dikasterion Sq., 5 minutes away.
Plateia Dikasterion (official name Eleftherias sq): one of the most central spots of the city of Chania. Our school is located 5 minutes away from there.
In the classroom.
Walking with our students around the city
Visiting an exhibition
Our school's entrance
Map:
School / Office Address:18B, Knossou Street, Chania, 73133
Crete
Greece
CELT situated in the heart of Athens was established in 1993, primarily as a teacher education centre offering quality training programmes for foreign language teachers of English, Modern Greek and other Modern Languages. As such, our interest in teaching foreign languages, especially the Greek language and Greek culture, became important goals from the outset.
Situated in the heart of Athens, in the very centre of the capital of Greece, an excellent place to start or develop your Modern Greek as well as experience living in an exciting European city with so much to do in its present and see of its past.
The Athens Center located in the heart of Athens has been a focal point for academic and cultural activities in Greece since 1969. The Centre's Greek Language program, one of the most prestigious and comprehensive in the world, is offered on a year-round basis.
The Centre organizes programs in Greece with participating colleges and universities in the United States and Canada in that emphasize classical, Byzantine, and modern Greek studies. The Athens Centre cultural programs include a touring theatre festival which arranges productions every summer. Special summer workshops are held in poetry, art and modern Greek .
Established in 1998 in the Glyfada area of southern Athens, Babel Language Centre provides modern Greek language courses to adult learners from around the world.
The courses at Babel Language Centre are designed for both the serious and the casual learner. Our approach to the teaching of language is based on the Communication Method. This means that we place emphasis on spoken Modern Greek.
Our friendly instructors are all fully qualified teachers and native speakers of Greek. They are talented, conscientious and sensitive to learners needs with extensive experience in the teaching of Greek as a foreign language to adults.
Our aim is to consolidate learning and create opportunities for developing fluency, not simply to get through a course book. Prescribed textbooks and workbooks are regularly supplemented by the school's original material distributed in class.
- Our courses concentrate on the language, culture, and society of contemporary Greece.
Levels include:
- Beginners Modern Greek A
- Beginners Modern Greek B
- Intermediate Modern Greek A
- Intermediate Modern Greek B
- Intermediate Modern Greek C
- Advanced Modern Greek A
- Advanced Modern Greek B
- Newspaper and Literature Reading
- Literacy Classes in Modern Greek
The Hellenic American Union in Thessaloniki & Athens, Greece, is a public-service institution with an international focus and strong community commitment, dedicated to providing opportunities for a diverse range of audiences to encounter and benefit from innovative educational programs and cultural events. The Modern Greek Language Program has been offering courses in Modern Greek to foreign students in Athens since 1957. Since then, every year, more than 800 students from approximately 75 countries join the Program. Among other services, the Program also offers methodology courses for teachers.
The Hellenic American Union’s Center for Applied Linguistics and Language Studies has been accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) for the Modern Greek Language Program.
- Modern Greek Beginners to Advanced Levels
- Intermediate & Advanced Conversation Courses
- Exam Preparation Courses
(Exam Preparation courses prepare you for the Examination for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Greek from the Hellenic Ministry of Education and the Centre for the Greek Language.)
The Greek Language and Culture Centre in Chania, northern Crete offers programs to adult foreigners of every nationality who want to learn modern Greek language, to improve it or to perfect their knowledge of the language and at the same time discover modern Greece from lively teaching methods and also from various activities that the Centre offers out of the classroom.
The Greek Language Centre operates in Chania all year long and its specialized courses cover the various needs and the different levels of the poeple who participate.
Lord Byron Schools of Languages provides year-round modern Greek language courses in our city centre school in Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia in Northern Greece, approximately 515 km (320 miles) north of Athens. We offer special tailor-made courses in Greek for specific purposes, activities and entertainment during the week, excursions and visits on a weekly basis and much more.
We also have an international summer school in Gerakini and Ouranoupoli, Chalkidiki in West Macedonia in Northern Greece. From Thessaloniki, Gerakini is 80 km (50 miles) and Ouranoupoli is 140 km (87 miles). Our summer school runs during the holidays with 4 or 5 hours Greek language tuition per day. All our teachers are highly experienced, hold university degrees and are bilingual.
Thessaloniki's international airport Macedonia is approximately 15 km (9 miles) south of the city centre, with direct connections to many national and international destinations.
- Year-round modern Greek language courses for all levels from beginners to advanced
- Special tailor-made Greek language courses for specific purposes
- International summer school in Gerakini and Ouranoupoli, Chalkidiki (Northern Greece) during the summer holidays / vacations with Greek language tuition every day