The head of the school and musician, Eugenia Manolidou, spoke to SKAI about the initiative of Greek Education for Greek and Chinese students to recite texts in ancient Greek and Chinese.
The students of the Greek education and at the same time the students of the Beijing academy recited events in ancient Greek, ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, said Ms. Manolidou.
“I was impressed by how much they wanted this meeting of cultures, how much they knew and helped us to unite the two most ancient cultures through children,” she said.
He stressed that there is great interest in the world for ancient Greek, something that as he said is not very well known in Greece
Regarding the benefits of the ancient Greek language, he explained that they help us to speak the news better. “Research showed that 80% of Greeks would like to know ancient Greek so that they can speak modern Greek better. “Abroad, they learn ancient Greek because they speak better foreign languages ​​such as French and German,” he added.
“We have many children who are taught ancient Greek even from the age of 3,” he said of the students of Greek Education.
He even noted that the way of teaching ancient Greek is one reason why children are repulsed from learning.
Even she revealed that when she started teaching ancient Greek she did not like it at all.
“The teaching of the ancients must be done like a foreign language,” she explained, “but it includes the elements of modern Greek that make it much easier for us,” she also said.
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