Greek will be taught in Russian schools. Russian schoolchildren will learn Greek

By decision of the Ministry of Education and Science Russian Federation approximate approved training program in Greek (as a second foreign language) for grades 5-9. The textbooks have already been published. Introduction of Greek into school course scheduled for September 1, 2017 - provided that the children and their parents agree to this.

We would like to remind you that from September 1, 2015, Russian schools introduced mandatory 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 a child’s memory and intelligence. The introduction of the new subject is carried out in stages, with a five-year transition period provided.

MINISTER OF EDUCATION RADA, BUT “NEW CRIMEA” IS NOT

This year the school curriculum will include Greek language. 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. It's about primarily about schools that are located in the south of Russia, where many ethnic Greeks live. IN Russian universities Greek departments will appear.

- 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. Website " New Crimea"reports that this week in the Bakhchisarai region, parents of schoolchildren received questionnaires. “Do you want your child to study Greek as a second foreign language at school?” - educational authorities are interested.

- What is surprising is not the fact of introducing a second foreign language, but the choice of language. Why Greek? How will Crimean children be able to apply the knowledge acquired in Greek lessons? Indeed, under the sanctions, Crimeans do not even have the opportunity to visit Greece or Cyprus. And besides, where can we get teachers? Maybe in Crimea there are native speakers from ancient times who can now teach at school? Then which option: Ancient Greek or Modern Greek? - asks “New Crimea”.

TEXTBOOK CREATED AT KUBAN UNIVERSITY

A textbook of the Greek language for Russian schoolchildren was developed at the Department of Modern Greek Philology of Kubansky state university(KubSU). The line of educational and methodological kit 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 KubSU there is a certification center, to which the Greek Language Center in Thessaloniki has granted the official right to take international exams in the Greek language (levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2). Today this is the only certification center in Southern federal district Russian Federation, where you can take the international exam in Greek.

From January 1, 2017, Greek will be taught as a second foreign language in Russian schools. The agreement on this was signed on November 10 Russian minister Education Olga Vasilyeva and First Deputy Minister of Education for scientific research and Innovation of Greece by Costas Fotakis.

Previously, students of Kuban State University had the opportunity to study Greek as a second foreign language. Now, according to the signed agreement, primary and secondary school students will be able to choose Greek as their second foreign language. high school throughout the entire Russian Federation.

“We are very happy that this has finally happened and for the first time Russian schoolchildren will have the opportunity to study Greek. Several years of preparation preceded this, and now we have textbooks and teaching materials for the study and teaching of Greek as an optional language, which can be used by those who decide to choose it in primary and secondary school. The appearance of these manuals became possible thanks to the staff of the Greek language department of Kuban State University,” said the rector of the Aristotle University, Pericles Mitkas, at a press conference. “The introduction of teaching Greek in schools was made possible thanks to the implementation of the Jason program, which for 22 years has been promoting the Greek language in universities in 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 primary and secondary education system in Russia “will help improve the image of Greece in Russia and will 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’ve only been in northern Greece for about two weeks, but I’ve already noticed that there is a huge demand for Russia and its culture,” he said.

“The Department of Greek at the University of Kuban appeared and grew out of the Jason program implemented by Aristotle University. All teachers of the department underwent internships at our university, where they studied the modern Greek language,” says the head of the Greek language center, honorary professor at Aristotle University, Ioannis Kazanis.

« Even the doctoral dissertations that our graduates write and defend at other universities are always based on the knowledge acquired within the walls of Aristotle University,” he assures.

Noting the successes 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 took part in it. The project awarded 760 scholarships from Aristotle University and awarded 77 doctoral degrees.

Speaking about the Greek language textbooks prepared at the Department of Philology of Kuban State University, Kazanis emphasized that they combined material from previous editions with an innovative approach to language learning. The financing of their publication was undertaken by the head of the Greek community of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, Aflaton Vasilievich Solakhov .

“The synthesis of old and new in teaching the Greek language is an innovative, but already proven method. Above creation teaching aids a team of teachers from the Greek department of the Faculty of Philology of Kuban University worked. In their work, they used the methods of the legendary Hellenistic teacher, author of many textbooks, Marina Ritova, who devoted her life to serving the Greek language, taught it in the Soviet Union and Russia, and also trained a whole galaxy of Greek teachers,” added Kazanis.

“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 Aristotle University. “The dissemination of language teaching is a very important tool for our cooperation and further development relations between our peoples,” he added.

The Faculty of Philosophy at Aristotle University also plans to launch two proprietary courses in the new year: on the study of the cultures of the Black Sea region and on the study of Russian language and culture. Both of them will be launched with financial support from the Ivan Savvidi Charitable Foundation. “Despite the bureaucratic difficulties, we will be ready to start them in the spring semester,” confirmed the head of the fund.

Applications from candidates wishing to take courses at Aristotle University will close on January 2, 2017. Tuition will be paid for two of them charitable foundation Savvidi.

The future popularity of studying the Greek language is difficult to predict, says the chairman of the board of the Guild of Linguists Experts in Documentation and Information Disputes, Professor Mikhail Gorbanevsky. At the same time, he points to close cultural ties between Russia and Greece, which may be a factor in attracting attention to the language.

“It’s hard to say that it will become popular right away. 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 don’t see anything complicated in the Greek language from the point of view 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 main problem in including Greek in the school curriculum will be the lack sufficient quantity teachers, the professor noted.

“The question is who will teach Greek. We have too many such initiatives. But in Moscow alone there are only about two dozen teachers,” noted Mikhail Gorbanevsky.

Learning multiple languages is not so much a responsibility in modern world, as much as needed. The Russian language, however, is not popular today, the professor believes.

“In European countries, it is common to know three languages: your native language, English as an international language, and any language related to your profession. Therefore, learning many languages is a necessity, not an obligation. Russian now is not as popular as it was in the 1970-1980s. Russian language teachers are very often invited to China. There is a real boom there 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 Crimea and southern Russia, for example, where there is traditionally a compact residence of Greeks, this may be interesting,” the dean of the Faculty of Philology told RT State Institute Russian language named after. A.S. Pushkin Andrey Shcherbakov. - Only graphic designs can make things difficult for schoolchildren greek letters coupled with linguistic features.”

He also called it a common practice to study Russian as a compulsory foreign language in other countries, especially in the CIS and Syria.

“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 disciplines are taught in Russian. In addition, in Syria the first compulsory study foreign language is Russian. This decision was made just a few years ago. But many people already know it, because they studied in Soviet time and to Russian in our universities,” said Shcherbakov.

In the context of economics

The introduction of the Greek language in schools responds to economic realities, says Igor Sharonov, professor of the Russian language department at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian State University for the Humanities.

"Countries Lately let's get closer. Cultural and economic ties are strengthening. I don’t 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 the twin cities, learning the Greek language in schools will be appropriate,” Sharonov noted.

At the same time, he believes, new language, will not cause much difficulty for those studying it.

“Modern Greek is much easier than Ancient Greek, which our ancestors studied. Now it, like Vulgar Latin, is greatly simplified. Now this language is somewhat more difficult than English, but no more difficult than German,” the professor concluded.

Strengthening cooperation

IN school curriculum Greek will appear from the new school year and will be widespread in the southern regions of Russia, where it lives larger number ethnic Greeks. The language will also be taught in those cities and areas where there is 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’s commentary quotes the portal of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery.

She noted that in addition to this, it is also planned to open several Greek language departments in Russian universities. IN currently only four higher education institutions have them.

Polina Dukhanova

The study of Greek as a second foreign language will be introduced into the Russian school curriculum, and a 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 field. RT studied the prospects of “language exchange”.

Ancient connections

In his opinion, for Russian schoolchildren the Greek language will seem no more difficult than any other European language.

“The question is who will teach Greek. We have too many such initiatives. But in Moscow alone there are only about two dozen teachers,” noted Mikhail Gorbanevsky.

Learning multiple languages is not so much an obligation in the modern world as it is a necessity. The Russian language, however, is not popular today, the professor believes.

Greek for the Russian South “For some regions, for Crimea and the south of Russia, for example, where there is traditionally a compact residence of Greeks, this may be interesting,” said RT the dean of the philological faculty of the State Institute of Russian Language. A. S. Pushkina Andrey Shcherbakov. “The only difficulties for schoolchildren can be the graphic designs of Greek letters coupled with linguistic features.”

He also called it a common practice to study Russian as a compulsory foreign language in other countries, especially in the CIS and Syria.

“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 disciplines are taught in Russian. In addition, in Syria the first compulsory foreign language to learn is Russian. This decision was made just a few years ago. But many people already know it, since they studied in our universities in Soviet and Russian times,” said Shcherbakov.

In the context of economics

“The countries have recently moved towards rapprochement. Cultural and economic ties are strengthening. I don’t 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 the twin cities, learning the Greek language in schools will be appropriate,” Sharonov noted.

At the same time, he believes, the new language will not cause much difficulty for those studying it.

Strengthening cooperation

Greek will appear in the school curriculum from the new school year and will be widespread in the southern regions of Russia, where a larger number of ethnic Greeks live. The language will also be taught in those cities and areas where there is interest in Greek culture.

She noted that in addition to this, it is also planned to open several Greek language departments in Russian universities. Currently, only four higher education institutions have them.