1st Edition
Exploring Modern Greek as a Second, Foreign, and Heritage Language In Greece and Beyond
Exploring Modern Greek as a Second, Foreign, and Heritage Language considers the diverse educational contexts within which Modern Greek is taught and how these diverse contexts substantially alter the requirements for materials, teacher training, and instructional practices.
Divided into three parts, this book systematically examines the teaching of Greek as a second, foreign, and heritage language for students in Greece and further afield. The methodologies vary from interviews to case studies and introduce innovative approaches such as experiential learning, creative writing, and theatrical practices designed to create a more holistic learning experience. The in-depth studies provided in this collection are designed to raise awareness of the unique challenges and different needs arising in the Greek language classroom and the implications for teachers and learners.
This book will be essential reading for educators, researchers, and policy makers interested in the teaching of Greek as a second, foreign, or heritage language.
Introduction
PART I: Greek as a Second Language in Greece
1 Teaching Greek as a second/host language to children of refugee origin
LIDA STERGIOU AND GIORGOS SIMOPOULOS
2 From cultural indoctrination to mutually empowering interaction: Intercultural competence among teachers of Modern Greek as a second language
NIKOS GOGONAS, GIORGOS SIMOPOULOS, AND KOSTAS MAGOS
3 The CEFR and the CEFR‑CV in Modern Greek language education: Overall impact and teachers’ perceptions
VICKY KANTZOU AND ANNA MOUTI
4 Teaching Modern Greek as L2 at higher education institutions in Greece: Learners’ profiles and instructors views on learners’ diversity
CHRISTINA MALIGKOUDI AND VICKY KANTZOU
PART II: Greek as a Heritage Language
5 Greek heritage language education in Toronto in the aftermath of the COVID‑19 pandemic
THEMISTOKLIS ARAVOSSITAS AND EMMANOUELA TISIZI
6 Teaching Modern Greek at Yale University: A creative and flexible model for the future
MARIA KALIAMBOU
7 Greek culture acquisition among heritage learners in the US: Integrating Process Drama into teaching
IOANNA LEKKAKOU
PART III: Greek as a Foreign Language
8 Learning Modern Greek as a foreign language in Barcelona, Spain
MARIA ANDRIA
9 A comparison of two bilingual programs on students’ academic achievement in a US charter school
MARINA MATTHEOUDAKIS
10 K‑12 foreign language education in the US: Current challenges and future perspectives – the case of Modern Greek
GEORGIA NIKOLAOU
11 Teaching Greek as L2 to preliterate children: The effect of songs and rhymes on L2 vocabulary development
MARIA PARAPONIARI AND MARIA MATTHEOUDAKIS
Biography
Marina Mattheoudakis is Professor in Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Her research interests lie in the areas of second language acquisition, bilingual education, and language teaching methodology. In 2017, she designed and implemented a bilingual immersion program (English and Greek) in Delaware, USA, for which she was nominated twice by the Department of Education in Delaware for the Innovation Awards (2017 and 2019). In 2019, she received a scholarship for the Data Wise Leadership Institute in Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Christina Maligkoudi is Assistant Professor in Education of Minority Groups at the Department of Primary Education, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. She graduated from the Department of Greek Philology (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and holds an MSc from the University of Edinburgh (Developmental Linguistics) as well as a PhD from the University of Crete in Intercultural Education. Her publications and research interests lie in the areas of intercultural education, multilingualism, bilingualism, and bilingual education.
