The future popularity of learning the Greek language is difficult to predict, says Professor Mikhail Gorbanevsky, Chairman of the Board of the Guild of Expert Linguists in Documentation and Information Disputes. At the same time, he points to the close cultural ties between Russia and Greece, which may be a factor in drawing attention to the language.
“It’s hard to say that he will immediately become popular. However, we have such close ancient cultural ties with Greece that we do not even suspect that we use many words of Greek origin. For example, all words with the letter “f” are Greek in origin, ”Gorbanevsky noted in an interview with RT.
In his opinion, for Russian schools For example, Greek will seem no more difficult than any other European language.
“Greece has made a huge contribution to the development of our history. I do not see anything difficult in the Greek language in terms of mastering its syntax and pronunciation, its morphology by our schoolchildren. It is no more difficult than any other European language,” emphasized the professor.
The main problem is the inclusion of Greek in school course will consist in the lack of a sufficient number of teachers, said the professor.
“The question is who will teach Greek. We have too many such initiatives. But only in Moscow there are only a dozen or two teachers, ”said Mikhail Gorbanevsky.
Learning multiple languages is not so much a duty in modern world how much need. The Russian language, however, is not popular today, the professor believes.
“In European countries, it is customary to know three languages: one's native language, English as an international language, and any one related to one's profession. Therefore, learning many languages is a need, not an obligation. Russian is now not as popular as it was in 1970-1980. Russian language teachers are often invited to China. There is a real boom there now, ”concluded Gorbanevsky, explaining the reason for the demand for Russian in China by the close economic ties between Beijing and Moscow.
Greek for the Russian South
“For some regions, for the Crimea and the south of Russia, for example, where there is traditionally a compact settlement of Greeks, this may be interesting,” the dean of the philological faculty of the State Institute of the Russian Language. A.S. Pushkin Andrey Shcherbakov. - Difficulties for schoolchildren can only be graphic styles Greek letters coupled with linguistic features.
He also called the study of Russian as a compulsory foreign language in other countries, especially in the CIS and Syria, a common practice.
“In many CIS countries, Russian is studied as one of the compulsory foreign languages. For example, in Tajikistan. Although at the same time there are Russian classes where the disciplines are taught in Russian. In addition, in Syria, the first must-learn foreign language is Russian. This decision was made just a few years ago. But many people already own it, since they studied at Soviet time and Russian in our universities,” Shcherbakov said.
In the context of the economy
The introduction of the Greek language in schools meets economic realities, says Igor Sharonov, professor at the Department of the Russian Language at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian State Humanitarian University.
"Countries recent times went to get closer. Cultural and economic ties are strengthening. I do not want to say that this piece of the economic pie is very large, but it has become larger than it was and has become significant. And in those cities in which it is present, in sister cities, there in schools, the study of the Greek language will be appropriate, ”Sharonov noted.
At the same time, he believes, the new language will not cause great difficulties for those who study it.
“Modern Greek is much lighter than the ancient Greek that our ancestors studied. Now it, like Vulgar Latin, is greatly simplified. Now this language is somewhat more difficult than English, but not harder than German,” the professor summed up.
Strengthening cooperation
Greek will appear in the school curriculum from the new school year and will be distributed in the southern regions of Russia, where he lives more ethnic Greeks. The language will also be taught in those cities and regions where there is an interest in Greek culture.
“I am pleased with the interest of Russians in learning the Greek language. We have a single civilizational code, a single religion and common Christian roots, ”Vasilyeva commented on the portal of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery.
She noted that in addition to this, it is also planned to open several departments of the Greek language in Russian universities. At the moment, they are only in four higher educational institutions.
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By the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science Russian Federation an approximate curriculum for Greek (as a second foreign language) for grades 5-9 was approved. The textbooks have already been published. The introduction of the Greek language into the school curriculum is scheduled for September 1, 2017 - provided that the children and their parents agree to this.
Recall that from September 1, 2015, Russian schools introduced obligatory learning a second foreign language. The leadership of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation explains this by the fact that foreign languages contribute to the development of the memory and intelligence of the child. The introduction of the new subject takes place in stages, with a five-year transitional period.
THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION OF THE RADA, BUT THE "NEW CRIMEA" IS NOT
This year the Greek language will be included in the school curriculum. The agreement was signed in November 2016 between the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva and the Deputy Minister of Education of Greece Konstantinos Fotakis. We are talking primarily about schools that are located in the south of Russia, where many ethnic Greeks live. Greek departments will appear in Russian universities.
- I am pleased with the interest of Russians in learning the Greek language. We have a single civilizational code, a single religion and common Christian roots, - said Olga Vasilyeva during the signing of an agreement between the ministries of education of Russia and Greece.
Alas, not everyone shares her joy. The website "New Crimea" reports that this week in the Bakhchisaray district, parents of schoolchildren received questionnaires. “Do you want your child to study Greek as a second foreign language at school?” - Interested in educational authorities.
- It is not the fact of introducing a second foreign language that is surprising, but the choice of language. Why exactly Greek? How will Crimean children be able to apply the knowledge gained in Greek lessons? Indeed, under the sanctions, Crimeans do not even have the opportunity to visit Greece or Cyprus. And besides, where to get teachers? Perhaps native speakers have been preserved in the Crimea since ancient times, who can now teach at school? Then which of the options: ancient Greek or modern Greek? - asks "New Crimea".
TEXTBOOK CREATED AT KUBAN UNIVERSITY
The textbook of the Greek language for Russian schoolchildren was developed at the Department of Modern Greek Philology of the Kuban state university(KubGU). The line of the educational and methodical set prepared at the department for the subject "Greek language" (second foreign language) includes:
- Textbook (book for students) - grades 5-9
- Textbook (electronic interactive version)
- workbook
- teacher's book
- Audio application (MP3)
- Work program "Greek language"
On the basis of the Department of Modern Greek Philology of Kuban State University, there is a certification center, to which the Greek Language Center in Thessaloniki granted the official right to take international exams in the Greek language (levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2). Today it is the only certification center in the Southern Federal District of the Russian Federation where you can take the international exam in Greek.
From January 1, 2017, Greek as a second foreign language will be taught in Russian schools. This agreement was signed on November 10 Russian minister Education Olga Vasilyeva and First Deputy Minister of Education for scientific research and Innovation in Greece by Kostas Fotakis.
Previously, students of the Kuban State University had the opportunity to study Greek as a second foreign language. Now, according to the signed agreement, students of primary and secondary schools throughout the Russian Federation will be able to choose Greek as a second foreign language.
“We are very happy that this has finally happened and for the first time Russian schoolchildren will have the opportunity to learn Greek. This was preceded by several years of preparation, and now we have textbooks and teaching materials for the study and teaching of Greek as an elective language, which can be used by those who choose to choose it in the primary and secondary grades of the school. The appearance of these manuals became possible thanks to the staff of the Greek language department of the Kuban State University,” said the rector of the Aristotle University Pericles Mitkas at a press conference. “The introduction of teaching the Greek language in schools became possible thanks to the implementation of the Jason program, which for 22 years has been promoting the Greek language in the universities of the countries of the Black Sea region,” he added.
The press conference was attended by the new Consul General of Russia in Thessaloniki, Alexander Shcherbakov, who noted that the introduction of teaching the Greek language in the system of primary and secondary education in Russia "will help improve the image of Greece in Russia and open up prospects for further cooperation in the field of culture and education." He also expressed the hope that "our countries will make efforts to further spread the Russian language in Greece." “I have only been in northern Greece for about two weeks, but I have already noticed that there is a huge demand for Russia and its culture here,” he said.
“The Department of Greek at the University of Kuban appeared and grew out of the Jason program implemented by the Aristotle University. All teachers of the department underwent an internship at our university, where they studied the modern Greek language, ”says the head of the Greek Language Center, Honorary Professor of the Aristotle University Ioannis Kazanis.
« Even the doctoral dissertations that our graduates write and defend at other universities are always based on the knowledge gained within the walls of the Aristotle University,” he assures.
Noting the success of the Jason program, he noted that over the 22 years of its existence, 16 partner universities from the countries of the Black Sea region have taken part in it. The project awarded 760 scholarships from the Aristotle University and awarded 77 doctoral degrees.
Speaking about the Greek language textbooks prepared at the Department of Philology of the Kuban State University, Kazanis emphasized that they combined material from previous editions with an innovative approach to learning the language. The head of the Greek community of Gelendzhik took over the financing of their publication. Krasnodar Territory Aflaton Vasilievich Solakhov .
“The synthesis of the old and the new in teaching Greek is an innovative, but already tried and tested method. over creation teaching aids a team of teachers from the Greek department of the Faculty of Philology of the Kuban University worked. In their work, they used the methods of the legendary Hellenistic teacher, author of many teaching aids, Marina Ritova, who devoted her life to serving the Greek language, taught it in the Soviet Union and Russia, and also brought up a whole galaxy of Greek teachers,” Kazanis added.
"Aristotle University is ready to accept new students and listeners"
“Relations between Greeks and Russians have a very long history,” comments Dimitris Mauroskofis, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Aristotle University. “The spread of language learning is a very important tool for our cooperation and further development of relations between our peoples,” he added.
The Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University also plans to launch two original courses in the new year: on the study of the cultures of the Black Sea region and on the study of the Russian language and culture. Both of them will be launched with the financial support of the Ivan Savvidi Charitable Foundation. “Despite the bureaucratic difficulties, we will be ready to start them already in the spring semester,” the head of the fund confirmed.
Applications from candidates wishing to become students of courses at the Aristotle University will end on January 2, 2017. Two of them will pay for training charitable foundation Savvidi.
The Russian school curriculum will include the study of Greek as a second foreign language, and the Department of Russian Language and Literature will be opened at the University of Athens. The corresponding agreement was signed by the ministers of education of Russia and Greece within the framework of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the educational sphere. RT explored the prospects of "language exchange".
ancient connections
The future popularity of learning the Greek language is difficult to predict, says Professor Mikhail Gorbanevsky, Chairman of the Board of the Guild of Expert Linguists in Documentation and Information Disputes. At the same time, he points to the close cultural ties between Russia and Greece, which may be a factor in drawing attention to the language.
“It’s hard to say that he will immediately become popular. However, we have such close ancient cultural ties with Greece that we do not even suspect that we use many words of Greek origin. For example, all words with the letter “f” are Greek in origin, ”Gorbanevsky noted in an interview with RT.
In his opinion, for Russian schoolchildren, the Greek language will seem no more difficult than any other European language.
“Greece has made a huge contribution to the development of our history. I do not see anything difficult in the Greek language in terms of mastering its syntax and pronunciation, its morphology by our schoolchildren. It is no more difficult than any other European language,” the professor emphasized.
“The question is who will teach Greek. We have too many such initiatives. But only in Moscow there are only a dozen or two teachers,” Mikhail Gorbanevsky noted.
Learning multiple languages is not so much a duty in today's world as it is a necessity. The Russian language, however, is not popular today, the professor believes.
“In European countries, it is customary to know three languages: one's native language, English as an international language, and any one related to one's profession. Therefore, learning many languages is a need, not an obligation. Russian is now not as popular as it was in 1970-1980. Russian language teachers are often invited to China. There is a real boom now,” Gorbanevsky concluded, explaining the reason for the demand for Russian in China by the close economic ties between Beijing and Moscow.
Greek for the Russian South “For some regions, for the Crimea and the south of Russia, for example, where there is traditionally a compact settlement of Greeks, this may be interesting,” the dean of the philological faculty of the State Institute of the Russian Language named after RT told RT. A. S. Pushkin Andrey Shcherbakov. “Difficulties for schoolchildren can only be graphic inscriptions of Greek letters, coupled with linguistic features.”
He also called the study of Russian as a compulsory foreign language in other countries, especially in the CIS and Syria, a common practice.
“In many CIS countries, Russian is studied as one of the compulsory foreign languages. For example, in Tajikistan. Although at the same time there are Russian classes where the disciplines are taught in Russian. In addition, in Syria, Russian is the first compulsory foreign language to learn. This decision was made just a few years ago. But many people already own it, since they studied in Soviet times and in Russia in our universities, ”said Shcherbakov.
In the context of the economy
The introduction of the Greek language in schools meets economic realities, says Igor Sharonov, professor at the Department of the Russian Language at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian State Humanitarian University.
“Countries have recently moved towards rapprochement. Cultural and economic ties are strengthening. I do not want to say that this piece of the economic pie is very large, but it has become larger than it was and has become significant. And in those cities in which it is present, in twin cities, there in schools, the study of the Greek language will be appropriate,” Sharonov said.
At the same time, he believes, the new language will not cause great difficulties for those who study it.
“Modern Greek is much lighter than the ancient Greek that our ancestors studied. Now it, like Vulgar Latin, is greatly simplified. Now this language is somewhat more difficult than English, but not harder than German,” the professor summed up.
Strengthening cooperation
Greek will appear in the school curriculum from the new academic year and will be distributed in the southern regions of Russia, where a larger number of ethnic Greeks live. The language will also be taught in those cities and regions where there is an interest in Greek culture.
“I am pleased with the interest of Russians in learning the Greek language. We have a single civilizational code, a single religion and common Christian roots, ”Vasilyeva commented on the portal of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery.
She noted that in addition to this, it is also planned to open several departments of the Greek language in Russian universities. At the moment, they are only in four higher educational institutions.
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