Modern Greek Language

Why learn a second language, and why learn Greek?

We believe that by learning Greek you improve your ability to learn everything else.

But don’t take our word on it, listen to what some the most eminent minds in history have to say on it!

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“I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us”.
Thomas Jefferson (President of USA)

“Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries”.
Gilbert Murray (1866 – 1957) an Australian born, classical scholar public intellectual

“Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin”. Marcus V. Pollio

“From that moment, I did not cease to pray to God that by his grace it might one day be permitted to me to learn Greek”.
Heinrich Schliemann

Scientific Findings prove that learning a second language has many benefits:

Extracted from: Regarding World Language Education -NEA Research, December 2007

1. Enriches and enhances cognitive development (if begun early),
   • It actually improves IQ, along with learning music it is the only activity found to do this.

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2. Benefits academic progress in other subjects
   • A study of 13,200 third and fifth graders in US public schools revealed that, regardless of race, gender, or academic level, children taking foreign language classes did better on the English section of Basic Skills Test than those who did not. (Dumas 1999)

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3. Benefits higher order, abstract and creative thinking
   • One study found students scored significantly higher in math and language arts after one semester of foreign language study 90 minutes per week. (Armstrong 1997)

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4. Enhances a student’s sense of achievement
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5. Promotes cultural awareness and competency
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6. Improves chances of university acceptance, achievement and attainment
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7. Enhances career opportunities
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8. Benefits understanding and security in community and society