Studies

Publications for 2001

Innovation in education (Patris newspaper 16/12/2001)

The operating method of the European Center for Language Studies – Miranta Merkouri is exemplary and requires dedication, knowledge, and love in what they do.
This is why during its 11 years of operation the School wants to innovate, to renew itself, to demand educational perfection and use new educational syllabus for the modern method of foreign language teaching. Special trainers participated in the seminars that took place, who came to Pirgos to decisively contribute to the methodology required for usage of new educational syllabus. Participants at the seminars conducted included Mrs. Danae Kozanoglou, Director of the renowned international educational organization PROFILE - PROFESSIONALS IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, Mr. Vassilis Georgopoulos and Mrs. Theofano Alevizou, special pedagogues who specialize in dyslexia issues and learning difficulties, Mr. Giorgios Vasilakis, teacher and writer from MACMILLAN HEINEMANN publishing house, Mrs KAREN COOK, educational consultant and teacher from HILLSIDE PRESS, and Mr. Andreas Karadimas, teacher trainer from OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
Finally, in the context of security measures taken by the European Center for Language Studies – Miranta Merkouri, the security and fire technician Mr. Athanasios Skordalis informed every one of the actions to be taken during a state of emergency. The seminars will continue for the whole year as promised by active teacher Miranta Merkouri, who gives everything for the operational excellence of her School.

Seminar by Miranta Merkouri Language School for the better learning of foreign languages (Patris newspaper 15/9/2001)

The event organized by the European Center for Language Studies – Miranta Merkouri on Sunday morning at the IONIAN SEA hotel in Pirgos, on the occasion of entering its second decade of foreign language educational service and action, was exceptionally interesting. It was an informative event for parents and instructors with the purpose of understanding children and the finer learning of foreign languages. The foreign language teacher trainer and writer Mrs. Danae Kozanoglou discussed the topic of “Teaching and Learning”. She referred to the expectations and the reality of opinions that converge or diverge, communication and information, the targets and the procedure in learning and evolution, the diplomas, learning and evaluation, what parents should check, teaching or learning and their relationship in language learning.
Mr. Vassilis Georgopoulos, special education instructor, in his introduction referred to learning difficulties. As he characteristically stressed, “School failure is a form of missing conformity. The mechanisms are multi-dimensional. A classic categorization of the criteria responsible for their appearance are the following: 1. Organic problems. 2. deprivation of stimuli and socio-cultural opportunities. 3. psychological and emotional problems. The attempt to explain the phenomenon of school failure is characterized by the meaning of “blaming” someone. This arises from the classical concept of determinism, according to which there is a linear connection between cause and effect. In this way, we end up with a label where someone is to blame. The child is either incompetent or lazy on one hand or on the other hand the blame either falls on the teacher or on the school’s bad organization.“
Mrs. Merkouri in her greeting, stressed that the goal of the Language School was for students to properly speak foreign languages for a success without borders. Following the event, there was a rich buffet and parents and instructors had the chance to exchange opinions about the problems children face with regards to learning and the manner for them to conquer the knowledge of foreign languages more easily.

Birthday and Theatre (Patris newspaper 10/6/2001)

The European Center for Language Studies – Miranta Merkouri, loyal to the values dictating its operation, continues for ten whole years the traditional student theatrical plays in English, German, and Italian at the end of the academic year. Within the routine and monotony of every day life, this comes as a mental and spiritually uplifting moment to breathe life and interest into her little friends. The effort is large, the result is rewarding, the little actors gave their best selves speaking in foreign languages they are taught and grasping their use with song, dialogue, and dance. Everyone with faith and love for the service they render. The success was exceptional. Mrs. Miranta Merkouri was really pleased from the effort of her little students and moved by the result which was the result of her capability to innerly reach all the children and not hesitate to reach them with her warm smile and her open heart.