Bulletin No. 105
THE HELLENIC LINK, Inc.
Member Update- BULLETIN
Editorial Committee: Ahilleas Adamantiades, Alex Economides, Dean C. Lomis, Katherine Efthymiatou-Stabile, Contributing Editor: Evangelos Calamitsis, Asscociate Editor: Evangelos Gizis, Acting Editor: Constantine Efthymiou
No. 105, October, 2012
A Decisive Convention for the Future of the Greek Language and Culture in the U.S.A.
It is brought to the attention of all members and readers, especially of the Greek Educators living and working in the USA, that at the forthcoming Annual Convention & World Language Expo of the Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) to be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center, November 16-18, 2012 the ad hoc Task Force working for Modern Greek Teaching Standards will formally present its work and submit for approval its prepared document. In connection with this Convention, a special Reception & Celebration is organized by and for Greek Teachers for the purpose of getting to know each other, for interactive exchange of ideas and experience and for establishing a basis for future cooperative efforts to utilize the National Greek Standards for professional development and promotion of teaching/learning of Modern Greek. For detailed information on both the ACTFL Convention and the Greek Teachers’ Reception & Celebration, a press release along with a special brochure and announcement have been prepared and communicated to the Bulletin by the Coordinator of the Task Force. In view of their great significance for the Greek American community, we reprint these announcements in this issue with the warmest recommendation for attendance of the upcoming events by anyyone cherishing the Greek language and culture.
Press Release for Modern Greek Language Standards 10/22/12
ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) has led the way in the task of defining content standards — what students should know and be able to do — in foreign language education. The final document first published 11 years ago, “Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century”, represents an unprecedented consensus among educators, business leaders, government, and the community on the definition and role of foreign language instruction in American education. Teachers, administrators, and curriculum developers at both state and local levels, have used this visionary document, to begin to improve foreign language education in our nation’s schools for the past 11 years. Noteworthy for the Greek community is that Modern Greek language standards will be added to this document in the upcoming 2013 edition. Establishing standards for Modern Greek language learning and teaching, will promote better learning and teaching practices, strong curricula at the local and national level, better assessment practices, and opportunities for the professionalization of teachers of Modern Greek.
It is brought to the attention of all interested persons and especially of teachers of Modern Greek living and working in the USA, that two exceptionally professional venues for the enhancement of the teaching and learning of Modern Greek are being planned on November 16, 2012. First, at the forthcoming ACTFL Annual Convention & World Language Expo to be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center, November 16-18, 2012 they will be able to learn about the work of the ad hoc Task Force for Modern Greek Language Standards which will be formally presented at the Modern Greek Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting at the convention, in addition to participating in four other professional Modern Greek Language seminars. Secondly, a special community networking Reception & Celebration is being organized for Modern Greek Language Educators, Leaders and Friends at a premier Greek Restaurant in the heart of Philadelphia, Estia: A Greek Mediterranean Restaurant (15 minute walk from Pennsylvania Convention Center and by reservation only; parking garage immediately next to the restaurant). This special event will feature: a Café of Ideas Reception at 5 pm [An interactive opportunity to learn from one another by sharing local best practices & projects], and at 6:30 pm a Dinner & Community Celebration of the Modern Greek Language Standards and other efforts to promote Modern Greek Language in America.
For more detailed information, an updated Brochure on the ACTFL Convention and an invitation for the Modern Greek Language Reception & Celebration event are attached to this Bulletin.
Comprehensive and Handy Guide to the Greek Archaeological Museums made available.
We are very grateful to our avid reader and fervent supporter Dr. Calliope Spinellis, Professor Emeritus, School of Law of the University of Athens, for bringing to our attention the “Electronic Edition of the Guides to the Greek Archaeological Museums” with the request to share
it with our members; it represents a very useful reference to the contents of all main Archaeological Museums of Greece (except the new Parthenon Museum of Athens). Indeed, it is a carry-along must for every tourist visiting Greece with a desire to delve productively into the origins of our common civilization, artistically and otherwise. We are gladly presenting these Guides in the current Bulletin issue for their direct use:
Ηλεκτρονική έκδοση των οδηγών των αρχαιολογικών μουσείων της Ελλάδας:
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Το Μουσείο Ακροπόλεως (The Acropolis Museum) Το Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (The National Archaeological Museum) Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας (The Olympia Archaeological Museum) Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πέλλας (The Pella Archaeological Museum) Ο Μαραθών και το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (Marathon and the Archaeological Museum) Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου (The Herakleion Archaeological Museum) Δήλος (Delos) Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πειραιώς (The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus) Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών (The Archaeological Museum at Delphi) Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης (The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki) Ελευσίνα: Ο Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος και το Μουσείο (Eleusina: The Archaeological Sites and Museum) |
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On-Line Course in Modern Greek Offered Free
In cooperation with the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)/“Athena” Research Center, the Hellenic Link, Inc. is offering as a service to the community a series of Greek language lessons on its Web site: http://www.helleniclink.org ( on a 24/7 schedule).
On the home page of the site, upper left corner, click on “Learning Greek,”
to be introduced to a series of fifteen lessons of the filoglossia+ courseware.
Please inform anyone who would be interested in learning Greek of this service.
THE HELLENIC LINK, Inc.
A NON PROFIT CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION
OF HELLENES AND PHILHELLENES
INCORPORATED IN DELAWARE
Suite No. 278, 38-11 Ditmars Blvd, Astoria, New York 11105
Web Site: http://www.helleniclink.org Email: info@helleniclink.org
Contact Telephone: (718) 217- 0430
SEMINAR ON THE MODERN GREEK STATE AT THE GRADUATE CENTER OF
CUNY*
Thirty-seventh Year 1975-2012
The Center of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies of Queens College,
The European Union Studies Center,
And The CUNY Academy of the Humanities & Sciences
Co-Sponsor a Panel Discussion to which they invite the Members of the HL:
THEME: The Greek Crisis and the Euro zone: The Endgame?
PANELISTS
Dr. Hugo Kaufmann, Professor of Economics at QC & GC & Director
of EU Studies Center at GC
Dr. Constantine Alexandrakis, Assist. Professor of Economics, HofstraUniversity
Dr. Aris Christodoulou, Former CEO of a US based Industrial
Business
MODERATOR
Dr. Christos P. Ioannides, Director, CBMGC
WHEN: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. & 34th Street
Segal Theater
For more information and RSVP please call the Center: 718-997-4520
E-mail:qc.byzantine.center@gmail.com
*The Seminar is made possible in part by a grant from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
On-Line Course in Modern Greek Offered Free
In cooperation with the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)/
“Athena” Research Center, the Hellenic Link, Inc. is offering as a service to the community a series of Greek language lessons on its Web site: http://www.helleniclink.org ( on a 24/7 schedule)
On the home page of the site, upper left corner, click on “Learning Greek,”
to be introduced to a series of fifteen lessons of the filoglossia+ courseware.
Please inform anyone who would be interested in learning Greek of this service.
THE HELLENIC LINK, Inc.
A NON PROFIT CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION
OF HELLENES AND PHILHELLENES
INCORPORATED IN DELAWARE
Suite No. 278, 38-11 Ditmars Blvd, Astoria, New York 11105
Web Site: http://www.helleniclink.org Email: info@helleniclink.org
Contact Telephone: (718) 217- 0430